Dave Fradin on Building Great Products, Tech Shifts, and the Role of Mediation in Management

With over 50 years of experience in the technology industry, David Fradin has trained thousands of managers worldwide and has worked as a product leader at companies like Apple and HP. He has authored several books on product success, innovation, and design and has contributed to multiple publications and podcasts. Dave is on a mission to share his insights and best practices with aspiring and experienced product professionals and to help them build insanely great products and services that delight customers and create value.

He is the author of "Building Insanely Great Products," "Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products," and the Wiley published "Successful Product Design and Management" all available now on Amazon.

He has trained companies such as Cisco on these topics worldwide.

His mission is to help products succeed.

Connect with David:

https://spicecatalyst.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfradin/ Books https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-Fradin/author/

(0:00) Introduction and climate change discussion (1:15) Welcoming Dave Braden and his background (3:22) Dave's joys and Hawaiian history (5:19) Dave's early career at HP and Apple (9:24) Overcoming challenges at Apple (11:05) Key meetings and product decisions (17:13) Hersh's Apple reseller memories (18:42) "Building Insanely Great Products" insights (20:01) Mediation's role in product management (21:44) Spice Catalyst's mission and goals (24:20) The necessity of employee training (25:55) Anticipating future technological shifts (28:12) Technological impacts on society (28:39) Tips for aspiring product managers (30:09) Product development best practices (31:17) Market strategy approaches (33:04) Closing remarks and where to find Dave Fradin (33:38) Show outro and call to action