Season 4 Introduction

Welcome back to Productly Speaking. I'm Karl Abbott, and I'm thrilled to kick off Season 4.
This season, we're tackling a question that every product manager, founder, and innovator wrestles with.
Why do products fail? And what can we learn from those failures?
Now, I'm not talking about the obvious mistakes. I mean the hidden risks, the tough decisions, and the human dynamics that can make or break a product, even when everything looks right on paper.
Over the next four episodes, I'll be joined by some incredible guests who have seen these challenges up close.
Lee Fischman kicks things off by sharing how humility, communication, and strategic thinking, not just frameworks, drives excellence in digital product management and helps us navigate failure, chaos, and the future of AI.
Katie Tamblin continues the conversation by exploring the tension between chunky corporates and lean startups.
Jake Bowen-Bate explores the dangers of dogfooding and how to truly understand what users want by defining how a product should feel.
And Dina Atia brings her experience as an AI product manager to show how product managers can cut through hype, focus on real user needs, and build solutions that truly deliver.
Lee's conversations won't give you a magic formula, but they will challenge your assumptions and help you see product success and failure in a whole new light.
So subscribe now, share this with your team, and join me on January 20th when we drop Episode 1 with Lee Fischman.
Until then, thanks for listening, and welcome to Season 4 of Productly Speaking.