Teresa Torres

Building Rhea's Factory: How AI-Designed Enzymes Could Finally Solve Plastic Recycling

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Only 10% of the plastic we manufacture gets recycled. We've been trying to solve this for a hundred years using the same mechanical and chemical tools that created the problem. What if biology—specifically, engineered enzymes—is the missing piece?

Behind the Scenes: Building AI-Generated Opportunity Solution Trees

Audio Version ($) I just finished an all-out engineering sprint. That sounds weird to me. I've been writing code on and off for several years. But I wouldn't call myself an engineer. I'm a product manager. And I used to be a designer. It'

Product Builder Myth - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Is the "product builder" trend the future of product management—or just the latest thing everyone thinks you should be doing? In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres push back on the hype. They dig into whether product managers

Taste - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Is "taste" the must-have skill of the AI era — or just the latest tech buzzword? In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres unpack the growing hype around taste as a differentiating human trait in a world where AI is

Let's Read Continuous Discovery Habits Together (May 2026)

Continuous Discovery Habits turns five this year. And to celebrate we are reading the book together. Each month, I am releasing an in-depth reading guide that includes: * The chapters we will be reading * A preview of the most important concepts we'll be learning about * Short videos you can

Building AI Employees for Hospitality: How AITropos Takes Orders Where Customers Already Are

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts What does it take to build an AI that can take a food order over WhatsApp — correctly, every time, fast enough that customers can't tell it's not a person? That's the core challenge Santi Marchiori and

Command and Control - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts When things feel uncertain, many companies default to command-and-control leadership. It feels faster, safer, and more decisive. But is it actually effective? In this episode, Teresa Torres and Petra Wille unpack the real role of command and control in modern product organizations.

Predicting the Future - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts AI headlines are everywhere—and many claim they know exactly what’s coming next. In this episode, Teresa Torres and Petra Wille push back on that certainty. They explain why people are bad at predicting the future and why betting on a

Building Todoist Ramble: How Doist Turned Voice Braindumps into Real-Time Task Capture

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts How do you turn a rambling stream of consciousness into a clean task list — while the person is still talking? That's the core challenge Doist solved with Ramble, a voice-to-task feature inside Todoist that uses live audio AI to capture

How to Share Your AI Context and Skills Across Devices

Audio Version ($) I've been hosting Claude Code office hours for the past few months and by far the most common questions I get are around sharing context and skills. I'm hearing from a lot of people who are leading AI adoption in their companies. They'

Product Work Is Relationship Work - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts As AI makes it easier than ever to generate ideas and build products, some people are asking: Do we still need product managers? In this episode of All Things Product, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres argue that the real work of product

Product Roadmaps: How the Best Product Teams Plan for Uncertainty

Audio Version ($) We need to talk about product roadmaps. I once worked at a startup where our product roadmap was literally an Excel spreadsheet full of feature ideas. Most of them came from our CEO. Our head of product simply prioritized the rows. Based on what, I have no idea.

FOMO - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In the AI era, new tools seem to appear every week. It’s exciting—but it can also feel overwhelming. How do you keep up without burning out? In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres talk about how they deal with

Let's Read Continuous Discovery Habits Together (April 2026)

Continuous Discovery Habits turns five this year. And to celebrate we are reading the book together. Each month, I am releasing an in-depth reading guide that includes: * The chapters we will be reading * A preview of the most important concepts we'll be learning about * Short videos you can

Building Banani: How a Canvas-First AI Designer Is Raising the Floor on Product Design

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts What if the future of product design isn't about replacing designers — it's about giving every team access to one? For solo founders, stretched design teams, and early-stage startups, great UX has always been out of reach. Banani is

Vibe Coding Best Practices: Avoid the Doom Loop with Planning and Code Reviews

Audio Version ($) - This link will only work for paid subscribers. I've written more software in the past six months than I've written in my entire lifetime. I started vibe coding in March 2025. My first foray was extraordinarily successful and then resulted in complete failure.

Product Builders - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Is product management dead? Petra Wille and Teresa Torres unpack the big question making the rounds at conferences: Is PM disappearing—or evolving? Their take: product management isn’t dead. But the traditional product trio (PM, design, engineering) is collapsing into something

Bad Advice - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts What happens when AI starts giving advice in your voice — advice you’d never actually give? In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres unpack the rise of AI “clones” built from podcast transcripts and public content. They explore where experimentation is

Building Agent Studio: How Medable Is Using Agentic AI to Accelerate Clinical Trials

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts What if AI could help reduce the 10-plus years it takes to get a new drug to market? That's the driving ambition behind Medable's agentic platform—and the bet that led them to build Agent Studio. In this

Outcomes vs. Outputs: What's the Difference and Why Does It Matter?

Audio version ($) - This link will only work for paid subscribers. Outcomes over outputs—everyone knows the mantra. But putting it into practice can be deceptively hard. It's relatively easy to understand the concept. We should focus on the impact of what we build rather than just shipping

Staying Sane - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts When the world feels like it’s spinning out, it can be hard to stay grounded—especially if you’re someone who cares deeply and pays attention. In this episode, Petra Wille and Teresa Torres talk about what it looks like to

Conversations with Claude: Can You Conduct a Content Audit?

Audio Version ($) During one of our recent Claude Code Office Hours, a participant asked, "Can we zoom out? Help me understand what I can use Claude Code for." This is a great question. I was so focused on how to help people set up Claude Code that I

Kill Your Darlings - All Things Product Podcast with Teresa Torres & Petra Wille

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts In this episode of All Things Product, Teresa Torres and Petra Wille tackle one of the hardest decisions in product and business: when—and how—to kill your darlings. They dig into the uncomfortable middle ground between obvious failure and runaway success:

Building GitHub for Product Management: How Momental Uses AI to Find Merge Conflicts in Strategy

Listen to this episode on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts What if an AI could spot the moment two product teams start pulling in opposite directions -- before it derails a quarter? In this episode of Just Now Possible, Teresa Torres talks with Matthias and Charlotte Kleverud, co-founders of Momental, about their

Stakeholder Management for Product Teams: Show Your Work, Don't Sell Your Conclusions

Audio Version ($) Everyone I talk to is rushing to add AI features to their roadmap. And every stakeholder has an opinion about what they should be building. The challenge is we are forgetting our discovery fundamentals. We are reverting back to a feature factory. Delivery is getting faster and easier,