McKinsey on Building Products is a new podcast series from McKinsey Product Academy. We feature conversations with distinguished software product and engineering leaders. Tune in to hear about their real-world experiences of building exceptional products. Each episode will feature an innovative leader covering topics ranging from SaaS, product-led growth to generative AI. If you are passionate about building products that customers fall in love with, this is for you. Visit McKinsey Product Academy to hear more from similar leaders.
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Paul Yacoubian on product-led growth in AI-native companies
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Copy.ai co-founder and CEO Paul Yacoubian discusses his approach to growth, expanding product offerings, and using analytics to give customers exactly what they need.
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Robert Chatwani on product-led sales, a new growth frontier
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Robert Chatwani, president of growth at Docusign, discusses how to drive sustainable revenue growth and brand love through product-led sales.
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Varun Parmar on how CPOs are shaping the future of sales
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Adobe’s Varun Parmar discusses product-led growth and emphasizes that a great product should be intuitive, deliver immediate, tangible value to users, and be the primary driver of business growth.
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Inbal Shani on maturing your product leadership in the age of AI
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Inbal Shani, chief product officer at Twilio, shares how she thinks about incorporating AI into products to maximize customer outcomes and product value.
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Trisha Price on leveraging data to build great products
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Trisha Price, chief product officer of Pendo.io, discusses the importance of metrics in product management and how teams can use data to inform every aspect of their products.
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Scott Johnston on designing and building scalable platforms
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Scott Johnston, CEO of Docker, discusses how to design and build scalable platforms and find the right balance between standardization and flexibility to empower developers.
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Ya Xu on building AI and machine learning products
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Ya Xu, vice president of engineering and head of data and AI at LinkedIn, discusses how leaders can prioritize and mature AI use cases, and capture the impact of AI in any organization.
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Kareem Yusuf on building sustainability products for your customers
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Kareem Yusuf, senior vice president of product management and growth at IBM, discusses the current landscape for sustainability products, the connection between sustainability and profitability, and how to empower customers to be more sustainable.
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Thomas Dohmke on improving engineering experience using generative AI
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Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, discusses the impact generative AI will have on software development, the evolution of the developer’s role, and the opportunity to accelerate innovation.
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Alex Hardiman on product outside of pure technology companies
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Alex Hardiman, chief product officer of the New York Times, shares how a strong product-led strategy can elevate organizations across industries.
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Pali Bhat on building intelligent products
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Reddit chief product officer Pali Bhat shares his approach to creating innovative products—and how machine learning and artificial intelligence will change that approach.
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Gokul Rajaram on product thinking and the future of innovation
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Coinbase and Pinterest board member Gokul Rajaram reveals how companies can use product thinking to better understand customers and innovate quicker.
Upcoming episodes
Scott Johnston, CEO, Docker