#39 Melissa Perri: Product strategy and the missing middle in organizations

Melissa Perri is on a mission to grow great product leaders. This conversation will help you to become more strategic and multiply your impact. She’s the CEO of Produx Labs, a product management consultancy, and the author of “Escaping the Build Trap” which is one of my favorite books on product.

She's the creator of the online school Product Institute, where she has shared her scientific approach to Product Management with over 3500 students and since 2019, she's taught on the faculty of Harvard Business School.

In this conversation, we discuss the "missing middle" layer in organizations, how to create and maintain a product strategy, how to assess whether you want to work with a company, product operations, and much more.

Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Google, Overcast, or Youtube.

---

Links & resources mentioned

• Melissa Perri: Twitter, website

  • Melissa's new podcast, Product Thinking

  • Melissa's book: Escaping the Build Trap

• Related episodes

  • Marty Cagan: Empowering product teams to do the best work of their lives (#31)

  • Hope Gurion: What nobody told you about being a product leader (#27)

• Books

  • Melissa's book: Escaping the Build Trap

  • The Art of Action

• Other resources mentioned

  • "The Product of You": A Talk from Melissa Perri on Product Leadership

  • How to know if you're interviewing at a product-led company

  • What is Good Product Strategy? — Melissa Perri

  • Cost of delay

  • Gib Biddle strategy framework