TEI 282: Do you have an innovator’s mindset to succeed as a product manager?

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister,
PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation
and managing products become more successful, grow their careers,
and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode:  Are you an
innovator? Not every product manager is, but I think the good ones
need to be. Innovation is most frequently described as a process
that brings something new into existence, creating value for
others, such as customers. Our guest shares that innovation is
really about people and those who are good at it have a different
mindset. While process is important, innovation needs the right
people involved. The discussion covers a lot of ground as Chuck
Swoboda, retired Chairman and CEO of Cree and a pioneer in the LED
lighting industry, shares his 30 years of experience with us. We
discuss the mindset he wrote about in The Innovator’s
Spirit that people use to make the seemingly impossible a
reality, examples of innovation at Cree, how to find and hire
innovators, using Brutal Truths to improve anything, and why Steve
Jobs was right when he said customers don’t know what they want.