Your first day in Product Ops, they hand you a pile of jigsaw pieces. No box, no picture on the lid. Just chaos.
Ross Webb is joined by four operators who give you the four corners of the jigsaw — the foundations that separate a strategic partner from a glorified admin.
This episode is brought to you by Airfocus by Lucid — the structured foundation that keeps strategy intact as you scale, so your team always knows what to build and why. Find out more at airfocus.com
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
▶ Leonora Meaney — Why your "customer" in Product Ops is the PM, the UX team and leadership, and how to run your own internal customer discovery before anyone tells you the priorities.
▶ Kristen Reals — The Roadshow stakeholder listening tour: lead with empathy, name the pain points, and turn complaints into outcomes that go a long way with people.
▶ Matthew Kanawati — Analytics is the easy part. The work is the storytelling that equips decision-makers, aligns product and executive leadership, and drives quick and precise decisions.
▶ Jason Lott — Confusion is a tax on busy PMs. Clarity through documentation is the single biggest gift Product Ops can give a product team — and that's strategic partnership, not admin.
Build the foundations. Stop reacting. Start leading.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 — The Jigsaw You Get Handed on Day One
00:33 — Sponsor: Airfocus by Lucid
01:16 — Meet the Four Operators
01:47 — Corner 1: Voice of Customer (Leonora Meaney)
04:19 — Corner 2: The Stakeholder Roadshow (Kristen Reals)
06:00 — Corner 3: Analytics as Storytelling (Matthew Kanawati)
07:16 — Corner 4: Clarity Through Documentation (Jason Lott)
09:19 — Land the Plane: The Four Foundations
10:09 — Sponsor: Airfocus by Lucid
10:42 — Subscribe & Join Top Prods
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