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Podcast: PRODUCTEA with Leah, Growth & Senior Leadership
Episode: 71: John Cutler - How to structure a product organization
Description: John Cutler on the challenges of scaling and operating a collaborative product organization. We discuss different mental models for how different functions work together as teams and why it’s important to clarify and document the operating model, especially during times of growth, turnover, or changing strategies.John talks about the concept of scaffolding is introduced as a way to navigate the process of change and improvement and why most crossfunctional initiatives fail.TakeawaysDefine in an operating model team sizes, roles, and responsibilitiesReduce single points of failure and promote sha...