Brandon Dewitt has a counterintuitive approach to product management and leadership. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a rare type with only 36 diagnosed in the United States, he and his team set out to create a roadmap to save his life. From that, he learned several invaluable lessons, one of which is to publicly recognize and compensate…

John Zeratsky is the co-creator of Google Ventures' renowned design sprint. He has helped hundreds of teams solve important problems by changing how they work. Building on the success of these sprints and his experience designing ubiquitous tech products like YouTube, he spent years experimenting with his own habits and routines, looking for ways t…

Glenn Reid was one of Adobe’s first 40 employees and was handpicked by Steve Jobs to work at Apple on the first version of iMovie and iPhoto. Now, he’s moved from Palo Alto back to Milwaukee to launch Marathon Machines, which he describes as “Laundry in the Internet Age.” In this chat at MKE Product Brew, Glenn shares how he tests product ideas bef…

Would you gamble your yearly salary on a coin flip? Oftentimes we bet larger sums of our companies’ money without even knowing we have such slim odds. On this episode, agile coaches Jeff Maleski and Jeff Bubolz cover how to lower the stakes when gambling on a product with your company’s money, forecasting tools to increase your odds of success, and…