Episode 68

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28th Aug 2025

Why Teams Lose Their Way at Scale with Randy Silver

Matt is joined by product and leadership consultant Randy Silver to unpack one of the most frustrating problems in product organizations: everyone knows where they want to go, but no one knows how to actually get there.

Together they explore what causes this breakdown in execution, how companies drift from product strategy to dysfunction, and what strong leadership really looks like at scale.

Key Discussion Points

Why strategy is easy—execution is the problem

Why in-shitification happens

The three organizational dysfunctions Randy sees most

Why autonomy without alignment fails

The real root of dysfunction: unclear product strategy

What leaders can do right now to fix the mess

Resources & Links

Randy Silver’s consulting work https://randysilver.com

Follow Randy on LinkedIn Randy Silver

Good Strategy Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt Link to Book


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Product Driven
How to build better software and software teams
Building software products requires caring more about the product than it does the technology used to build the product. On this podcast, we discuss bringing a product driven mindset to every step of the product development process.

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