The Product Nerd

by Dominic Gadoury

Why Product People Should Sketch – Sketching As a Product Person is a skill I highly recommend to my mentees. Why?  Any method of communicating the problem you are trying to solve and thoughts to start the ideation process with stakeholders can be very valuable.

I initially learned this lesson at a set of meetings at Frog Designsome years ago. As we were Journey Mapping…

by Dominic Gadoury

Yesterday was my first day back after a nice long vacation…so I’ll premise this post with the honest fact that my perspective was fresh and optimistic. With that said, yesterday was the perfect Product Management day for me.

1. Had time to prepare – as with any day that leads to productive and meaningful conversations, I was able to prepare for my dayand come loaded with…

by Dominic Gadoury

Product of the Week: Amazon Audible – I spend time with Audible twice every morning…listening to my favorite fiction books. It’s a form of entertainment to listen to a story from someone usually talented in telling it. As an early adopter, I’ve also been so impressed with how the Audible solution has evolved over time.

The Audible team is in part led today by Joe Berger.…

Artificial Intelligence Can’t Fix Stupidity – Looking over the year that has passed, it is a nice question whether human stupidity or artificial intelligence has done more to shape events. Perhaps it is the convergence of the two that we really need to fear.

Artificial intelligence is a term whose meaning constantly recedes. Computers, it turns out, can do things that only the cleverest humans…

by Dominic Gadoury

Happy New Year! For those of you who know me personally, 2018 was a bit of a rollercoaster ride that ended very nicely. I am so grateful for the learnings and opportunities I’ve had to get to the place I am today personally.

Professionally it’s been a pretty amazing ride. I’ve worked on some great products with a unique data set. I’ve also been exposed to industries that…