Season 5 Trailer: The Human Side of Product Management
From Productly Speaking: Real Stories for Product Managers by Product Management Stories by Productly Speaking
March 31, 2026 · 3 min · Season 5
About this episode
Season 5 of Productly Speaking explores the human side of product management through honest conversations.
Product management gets talked about like it’s all clarity, confidence, and momentum. But most of the time, it’s not. Season 5 of Productly Speaking explores the human side of product work — authenticity, balance, uncertainty, and values. These are conversations about what product management actually feels like when things are unclear, when the roadmap breaks, or when the rules everyone repeats stop making sense. This season features conversations with Scott McCarty, Katie Tamblin, and Rick Lewis, and closes with a conversation about values, integrity, and authenticity in leadership with Reese Gifford. I slowed the show down this season, reworking the sound and flow to make space for more honest, reflective conversations, the kind you usually only have after the meeting ends. No frameworks. No polished PM stories. Just real people talking about what actually happened and what it taught them. Season 5 launches April 14th, with new episodes released weekly.
People in this episode
Guests: Scott McCarty, Katie Tamblin, Rick Lewis, Reese Gifford
Topics covered
- human side of product management
- authenticity
- balance
- uncertainty
- values
- leadership
Keywords
- product management
- authenticity
- leadership
- uncertainty
- values
- conversations
More episodes of Productly Speaking: Real Stories for Product Managers
- S5E4: Authenticity Over 'Fake It': Lessons in Leadership and Life with Reese Gifford · May 5, 2026 · 35 min
- S5E3: Navigating the Complexity of Product Leadership with Rick Lewis · April 28, 2026 · 37 min
- S5E2: Finding Balance in Product Management with Katie Tamblin · April 21, 2026 · 50 min
- S5E1: From Punk Rock to Product Management with Scott McCarty · April 14, 2026 · 45 min
- S4E4: AI, Product Failure, and the Skills PMs Need for What’s Next with Dina Atia · February 10, 2026 · 33 min
- S4E3: Beyond Dogfooding: Balancing Complexity and Market Insight with Jake Bowen-Bate · February 3, 2026 · 33 min
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