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[2.5] Hard Decisions - What it Means to be a Product Manager

Steve Gogolak shares some of the best advice in the industry for product managers, including how to manage many moving parts, accepting compromise, and more. Boston Private brings together a full spectrum of wealth, trust, and banking services designed to give customers one trusted resource to help simplify and strengthen their financial life. Steve Gogolak is the Product Manager of the Client Portal at Boston Private Bank, where he blends techniques from systems, user experience design, and communication to bring clear messaging and action to Boston Private. This episode of The Daily Stand [https://www.thedailystand.co/] is brought to you by the folks at ADK Group [https://www.adkgroup.com/].

[2.4] Design, Strategy, and Road-Mapping - The Foundations of Digital Product

Alyssa Gray shares her approach to design thinking, including: design strategy, project management, roadmapping digital products, and data-driven decision making. Shorelight Education is an educational technology platform that creates opportunities for international students, universities, and counselors. They expand options for students from all over the world to learn at top-ranking universities in the U.S and online. Gray is the CTO of Shorelight Education and has 20 years of EdTech product development experience. This episode of The Daily Stand [https://www.thedailystand.co/] is brought to you by the folks at ADK Group [https://www.adkgroup.com/].

[2.3] How to Develop a User-Centered Mindset with Kevin Darlington

In this episode, Kevin Darlington will explore what it means to be user-centered, how to put those concepts into action, and give strategic advice to product managers early in their careers. Kevin Darlington is the General Manager for Broadridge Advisor Solutions, which builds products and capabilities for financial advisor marketing and worked with ADK Group to strengthen their design muscles. This episode of The Daily Stand [https://www.thedailystand.co/] is brought to you by the folks at ADK Group [https://www.adkgroup.com/].

[2.2] Putting Your Users First with Om Suthar

Om Suthar is the consummate entrepreneur: after getting fed up with tools that didn't support his emphasis on user research, he built Personify [https://personifyhq.com/]. In this episode, you'll learn * why Suthar emphasizes user research so much in both of his roles, and * how he operationalizes that emphasis He'll share tactics, tools, and tips that you can apply to help make your team more user-centric.  This episode of The Daily Stand [https://www.thedailystand.co/] is brought to you by the folks at ADK Group [https://www.adkgroup.com/].

[2.1] The role of the CPO with Matt Tharp

What does it mean to be a Chief Product Officer? Who should your first hire on the product team be? How can you balance leading a team with staying close to the customer? Since the early 2000s, Matt Tharp has been discovering and refining answers to those questions and more. Listen to this conversation between Chris Baker, Chief Strategy Officer at ADK Group, and Matt Tharp, Chief Product Officer at Gamalon to get an insider's look at product leadership and what it's like to run product at an AI-driven company.  As always, please leave us a rating, review, and share the podcast with any people curious about product strategy.  For more information about the podcast, visit The Daily Stand website [https://www.thedailystand.co/]. For more information about product development services, head over to ADK Group [https://www.adkgroup.com/].