TEI 089: Intelligent disobedience for product managers-with Bob McGannon

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you episode
089 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 there times
that product managers need to be disobedient – not do what they
were asked to do? To explore the topic I spoke with Bob McGannon
who has great experience with this through the lens of project
management. As the purpose of a project is to develop a product or
service, product managers and innovators have much they can learn
from the field of project management. Bob is vice-president of
Mindavation, a company that focuses on helping businesses increase
their capabilities in portfolio, program, and project management.
Bob has set up project management programs on three continents. He
has 25 years of IT, project management, and project analysis
experience, 18 of those years with IBM. In the discussion you’ll
learn: the value of project management,three key project management
skills product managers must have,what intelligent disobedience is,
andhow product managers can exercise intelligent disobedience.