The Prod Cast

Craig and Tom continue their series of podcasts exploring the overlap between Product Design and Product Management. In this third episode, we're joined by Tom Knights from recruitment firm Scene to discuss one of the most important aspects of building great Product teams - hiring!The trio explore the importance of spending time to deeply understand what skills and experience you're looking for before writing the job description, working with recruiters to bring the right calibre of candidates, the costs of miss-hiring, what the funding climate in 2024 means for hiring, etc...As always, feedback is much appreciated!

Craig and Tom launch their series of podcasts exploring the overlap between Product Design and Product Management. In this second episode, they're going deep, exploring what they call their Favourite Product Development Process. The pair explore divergent thinking, the power of sketching, getting feedback early and often, involving the right stakeholders at every stage, how to estimate effectively, and whether the Product Manager is the parent of the squad - although this has some potentially disturbing consequences for what the Product Designer is... As always, feedback is much appreciated!