Marty Cagan’s books changed how we think about building products and leading teams. For one of us, it started with “Inspired”; for the other, “Empowered”.
And we recently got to sit down with Marty and ask the questions we’d always wanted to ask.
A small dream come true for both of us. And now we get to share the full conversation with you. :)
We talked a lot about how AI is changing product teams.
One idea from Marty that stayed with us and reinforces the product builder model we’ve been vocal about: smaller teams can own more of a problem, from understanding customer needs through to maintaining the solution, without constantly handing work off to someone else.
We also explored:
Why Marty believes engineers are more important than ever.
Where competitive advantage comes from when building software keeps getting cheaper.
Why good teams throw away 90% of their prototypes.
How to start changing a company with one pilot team and get leadership on board.
This is the first episode on our new English YouTube channel.
We’re very happy with our choice of first guest. ;)
Enjoy!
Piotr & Wojtek