The Product Porch

Product Principles In Real Life

Episode Summary

As someone who practices management principles daily at work, I want to uncover where these principles are used in real life, so that I can learn how broadly applicable my skills are.

Episode Notes

• Ryan tells us how he leveraged PM principles recently for his mulch project ( 0:45)
• Joe shows us how Ryan applied the Jobs to Done framework to Ryan’s approach (3:00)
• We discuss how often we apply PM Principles creep into our life (5:00)
• Todd discusses how Problem Framing can be applied in real-world scenarios (12:00)
• Joe gives us a review of the Broadway Show “Heart of Rock and Roll” (20:00)
• Ryan walks us through dot voting techniques for family (21:00)
• Todd experiments with Tiny Acts of Discovery (23:50) 
• Ryan applies iteration techniques when filling up the dishwasher (26:40)
• Todd discusses success metrics and his neighbor's lawn (31:00)
• We talk about which product principles don’t work in real life (32:27)
• Key takeaways and our recommendations (38:24)