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Episode 23 - Avoiding the agency trap & ADHD in Product (with Janna Bastow, Co-Founder @ ProdPad & Mind The Product)
Episode 23: Avoiding the agency trap & ADHD in Product
Janna Bastow, Co-Founder @ ProdPad & Mind The Product
About the Episode
Janna is co-founder of ProdPad and Mind the Product, and inventor of the Now/Next/Later roadmap. We talk about a few things:
- How ProdPad started as an idea to solve a problem for Janna in her Product Management job and became a company serving thousands of Product Managers
- How date-based roadmaps are the devil and how to tackle management wanting false security
- The perils of building features for clients, falling into the trap of being an agency instead of a product company, and never getting the chance to solve big problems
- How Mind the Product started out and how they've pivoted to run successful events even in the middle of a pandemic (and how she misses a good flat white)
- Janna's recent ADHD diagnosis, what that meant to her, how she's managing it, and some of the advantages and disadvantages the condition brings to Product Management
More about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
You can find out more about ADHD in many places on the internet, and get support for a diagnosis via your medical practioner just like Janna did. Here are a few uncurated links offering further information.
CHADD—Children and Adults with ADHD
Contact Janna
Janna loves talking to people about Product Management... you can reach out to her on LinkedIn, on Twitter, or via email
Other links
You can find out more about ProdPad, about the Mind the Product community or your local ProductTank.
Related episodes you should like:
- Scaling your Product Team with Product Operations (Christine Itwaru, Director of Product Operations @ Pendo)
- Going Beyond Idealistic Book Principles & The Myth of Unicorn Product Managers (Emily Tate, Managing Director @ Mind the Product)
- Building Your Product Muscles & Developing Strong Product Teams (Petra Wille, Product Leadership Coach)
- Product Management in Africa & Dreams of an African Silicon Valley (Layo Ogunbanwo, Founder @ Practical Product)
- Practical Product Management & Demonstrating Product Thinking (Büşra Coşkuner, Product Consultant & Coach)
- Effective Hiring for Product Managers & Building Diverse Teams (Kate Leto, Author "Hiring Product Managers")
- Redefining Product-Led Growth (Heather James, Founder @ Product-Led Alliance)
- Lifelong learning & the perils of time-based roadmaps (Andrea Saez, Product Growth & Education @ ProdPad)