E84 Dane Maddams: Wading through the 'Messy Middle' of Culture and Product

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Chris Hudson discusses the complexities of organizational culture and product management with Dane Maddams.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Company Road Podcast, Chris Hudson dives into the heart of organisational success with Dane Maddams, Director of Product at Culture Amp and Amplitude Product 50 leader. Dane specialises in the "messy middle": the ambiguous, unspoken tensions, and trust gaps that quietly hold firms back. Drawing on a fascinatingly diverse background from Toyota to the world of gaming, Dane shares his unique perspective on making high performance more human, actionable, a...

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Host: Chris Hudson

Guest: Dane Maddams

Topics covered

• organizational success
• product management
• company culture
• high performance
• trust gaps
• messy middle

Keywords

• organizational success
• product management
• company culture
• high performance
• trust gaps
• messy middle

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Organizations: Culture Amp, Amplitude, Toyota

Places: gaming

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