The Product Huddle

Product Huddle is a podcast for product managers, product leaders, and founders who want to level up their impact.Hosted by Anamarija and Jeff Callan, the show dives into real-world product strategy, leadership, decision-making, and growth.Topics include: product culture, roadmap strategy, stakeholder management, leadership, AI in product, and how to build trust while scaling fast.New episodes monthly. Follow to get practical, no-fluff insights that make you a sharper product leader.

The Product Huddle is a business podcast hosted by Anamarija and Jeff Callan, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Anamarija and Jeff Callan hosts The Product Huddle, a business show with 12 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  Ep. 12 - Customers Ignore Your AI 3x More. Why Is It On Your Roadmap?

  Aug 12, 202636 minS1

  Every roadmap has AI on it. Almost none of it came from a customer. This is our first birthday episode, twelve episodes, twelve months, nobody has quit, and we spent it on the AI that turns up on the roadmap without a ticket, without an interview, and without a single customer's name attached to it. The number that framed the conversation: Gartner surveyed 3,000+ people and found they're three times more likely to reach for a third-party AI tool than the one their own vendor built for them. Company chatbot usage has been flat since 2022. The features are getting built. They're just being walked around. Anamarija and Jeff get into where these features actually come from, why "AI-powered insights" keeps appearing on slides nobody can define, and what it costs when the roadmap loses credibility with the people who have to build it, which is more than the wasted sprint. Also: whether pushing back with evidence works (sometimes), what to do when it doesn't, and why "mobile-first" and "web3-first" should have taught us this already. If you've ever shipped something you knew wouldn't get adopted, this one's for you. (00:39) The Gartner data: customers are routing around your AI(03:38) The AI features we all quietly ignore(06:00) Why product people adopt faster than everyone else(09:09) Where unrequested features actually come from(12:23) Vibe coding, feature bloat and congested menus(15:59) Is this hype, or is this control?(18:56) Mobile-first, cloud-first, web3-first, now AI-first(22:12) The hidden bill: burned trust and stranded investment(27:14) When leadership strong-arms the roadmap(31:51) Ego, control, and making it their idea What's on your roadmap right now that no customer asked for? Tell us, we read everything, and the best stories end up in future episodes. New episode every month. Follow the show so you don't miss the next one. Hosted by Anamarija Ledic and Jeff Callan.

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  Episode 11- THE ONE THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST

  Jul 21, 202619 min

  THE ONE THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST Is the "AI PM" role actually going to exist in 5 years? And more importantly, why are so many companies completely broken when it comes to hiring? In this episode, Jeff and Anamarija have an unfiltered conversation about the future of product management, the hiring paradox that's plaguing tech companies, and how to actually build teams that perform. Spoiler: it's not about finding someone with 50 skills. This was supposed to be a bonus segment recorded after another podcast ended, but it turned out to be so much better that we're making it the full episode. You're listening to the conversation that almost didn't happen. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why "AI PM" is just corporate hype and will eventually disappear into the general PM skill set. Anamarija breaks down how companies are confusing a job title with actual strategy. The real dysfunction in product manager hiring: why companies post job requirements with 50+ skills, run 10+ interview stages, and still can't find the right person. (Hint: they don't actually know what they need.) Jeff's 4-step framework for building high-performing organizations from his upcoming book "Culture of Speed": hire right, define roles clearly, provide resources to execute, and then get out of the way. Why company vision and alignment matter more than you think. Without a clear direction from the top, everything else falls apart - including your hiring process. The uncomfortable truth: people don't leave their jobs because of skill mismatches. They leave because of culture, bad leadership, and toxic environments. How many skills does a PM actually need? Spoiler: about 3-5 core competencies, not 50. Most roles need three key skills and maybe one or two important experiences. That's it. A fresh perspective on hiring: what if candidates got to choose companies instead of the other way around? ABOUT THE HOSTS Jeff is a product leadership expert and author of "Culture of Speed." He focuses on helping organizations build the right structures and teams to actually execute. Anamarija is a product manager with deep experience in hiring processes and team building. She brings a no-nonsense perspective on what's broken in tech recruitment. PERFECT FOR Product managers interviewing or job hunting Founders and hiring managers building their teams Tech leaders struggling with organizational alignment Anyone confused about whether they should add AI skills to their toolkit New episodes drop monthly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. If you have a product management challenge, hiring question, or topic you want us to cover, find us on LinkedIn at The Product Huddle. Leave a review if this episode helped you. Your feedback drives what we create next. --- Keywords: Product Management, AI PM, Hiring, Tech Careers, Leadership, Team Building, Organizational Culture, Job Search, Product Strategy

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  Episode 10 - “Launching Without Burning Out:Fast, Lean, and Smart GTMs”

  Jul 21, 202614 min

  You've got a 47-page GTM doc, a Miro board full of positioning options, and a launch date that keeps slipping. Sound familiar?In this episode, Anamarija and Jeff strip the go-to-market down to three things - and argue that everything else is a "nice to have" that's probably burning out your team before the product even hits the market.Jeff shares a real conversation with a startup founder who couldn't explain what problem she was solving - and the simple question that unlocked her messaging in minutes. Anamarija introduces the "stranger test," a brutal filter most teams are too scared to run. And together they break down why picking one channel with an unfair advantage beats spreading yourself across seven at 15% effort.They also get into the growth loop trap - why bolting on a referral program because Dropbox did it is one of the most common mistakes in early-stage GTM - and what a successful lean launch actually looks like week by week: from the pre-launch conversations nobody sees to the one signal that tells you whether to keep going or pivot.If you've ever delayed a launch because the positioning "wasn't ready" or watched a Product Hunt spike disappear into flat retention, this one's for you.Connect with us:Anamarija Ledic - / anamarijaledic Jeff Callan - / jeffcallan Jeff's book "What Makes Great Products Great" - https://whatmakesgreatproductsgreat.com TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - The 47-page GTM plan that killed the launch 0:30 - Three things: message, channel, signal - everything else can wait 2:15 - Why your messaging is doing too much (and the stranger test) 4:30 - "Completeness vs. readiness" - clear enough beats perfect 5:45 - The one metric that actually matters at launch 7:00 - Spray and pray: why seven channels at 15% effort doesn't work 9:00 - How to pick your one channel (unfair advantage over scale) 11:00 - Growth loops: why copying Dropbox might be the worst move 13:00 - What a lean launch looks like week by week15:00 - The signal that tells you it's working (hint: it's not press coverage)16:30 - The loud launch trap: when a spike gives you false confidenceWhat's your GTM horror story? A launch that died by overplanning - or one you stripped down and it actually worked? Drop it in the comments. Some of our best episodes start here. #ProductManagement #GoToMarket #GTM #ProductLaunch #StartupStrategy #ProductManager #LeanStartup #TheProductHuddle

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  Episode #9

  EP 09: The Invisible Work of Product Management

  May 19, 202640 minS1

  <p>The work that actually makes you a great PM never shows up in Jira. Here's what nobody tells you about the job.</p><p>Anamarija and Jeff break down the invisible work of product management, the relationship building, pre-alignment, context gathering, and room-reading that never gets tracked but determines whether everything else succeeds or fails.</p><p>They share real stories: the PM who had perfect data and still got destroyed in a meeting, how a tight jaw and a glance at a notebook caught a disaster before it shipped, and the PM whose superpower was making every hard...

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  Episode #8

  Ep 08: Why 75% of Products Fail with Anthony Argenziano (Velociti)

  Mar 19, 202634 minS1

  <p>Why is $4 trillion spent annually on software that nobody actually uses?</p><p>In our first-ever guest episode, Ana and Jeff sit down with Anthony Argenziano, founder of Velociti. With 25 years of experience at giants like Intel, eBay, and Amazon, Anthony has seen firsthand why great products die in the "execution gap", and how AI is changing the rules of the game.</p><p>We’re moving past the AI hype to discuss the "The Product huddle stuff": the gritty, unglamorous reality of product management.</p><p>In this episode, we cover:</p><p>The Discovery Death Spiral: Why PM...

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