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We chat with Cris Domingo, Head of People, Culture, and Talent at Productboard, about the key shift many HR departments have made in recent years, taking a more proactive approach toward people. In a post-Covid world, companies have had to adapt and embrace changes in their office environments, with HR essentially becoming champions of culture and fostering career growth with employees.We discuss the importance of trust, proactivity, and honest communication, the benefits of diverse work...

In the fifth episode of Season 2, we sit down with Jaroslav Tran, Growth Product Manager at Productboard, to talk about why many companies are turning to product-led growth to help secure more customers. We also take a closer look at why product teams in general have become so important to marketing and sales acceleration. Customer needs are rapidly evolving. These days, a lot more users want to try products before agreeing to buy, Jaroslav explains, making the role of growth engineers a...

In the fourth episode of Season 2, we sit down with Eva Novotná, a Product Manager at Productboard, to go over the skills you’ll need to successfully lead a product team, including the three core ones: seamless communication, keen professional analysis, and ruthless prioritization. Eva emphasizes the important role soft skills and routine feedback play when closely collaborating with various teams on a daily basis. We explore the differences between project and product management and tak...

In our third episode of Season 2, we sit down with Malwina Fojcik, Senior Product Design Manager at Productboard, to discuss why seamless cross-functional collaboration, now more than ever before, is essential to modern work environments. Team members – regardless if they are designers, engineers, or product managers – need to be encouraged to take full responsibility of every aspect of a project in order to guarantee its success. Trust is so important when building these lasting and meaningf...

In our second episode of Season 2, we sat down with Josh Jones, Senior Sales Development Manager for the EMEA region, to talk about powering through the volatile fourth quarter of 2022. He shares the lessons we learned during this turbulent period, stressing the importance of actionable strategies, guidelines and roadmaps, and the value of team collaboration and experimentation. He looks ahead at Productboard’s goals for 2023 and explains what it takes to build a successful sales ca...

For our 11th episode, we sat down with Pavel Spacil, Senior Software Engineer, to discuss his journey from Java to Kotlin — and Productboard.During an interesting discussion, Pavel shares the challenges and benefits he encountered while learning a new programming language from scratch. We also discuss why Productboard shifted its focus towards Kotlin, and how Pavel is using it in our Insights tribe to build out critical functionality. If you’re an engineer who’s interested in taking on n...