Mastering Productivity: Insights for PMs and Beyond | Bijan Shahrokhi (Founder, Product Monkey AI)

The Product Development Podcast

Bijan Shahrokhi is Creator of PM Exercises and Product Monkey AI. He is a product management executive with 10+ years of experience in building disruptive technologies. He was previously Head of Product at O(1)Labs, working on Mina Protocol, the world’s lightest blockchain, an L1 project.
In today's episode:
• The key pillars of productivity
• How to be more productive in our lives (for PMs and everybody)
• Emerging productivity tools
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Bijan's contact and company info:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/bijan_sha
• Product Monkey AI: https://productmonkey.ai/
• PM Exercises: https://www.productmanagementexercises.com/
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Where to find the host, Adam Wakeling:
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamjwakeling
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wakeling-26494b35/
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:32) Bijan's view of productivity as a concept
(04:18) Where to start with being more productive
(09:53) The next steps
(12:34) Discussion around prioritisation
(17:50) Differentiation between team and individual productivity
(19:22) Tactics and The 5AM Club
(25:18) Using mini milestones
(26:30) Importance of exercise
(30:50) Tactics around improving knowledge
(31:46) Using generative AI for productivity
(34:02) Bijan's story in founding PM Exercises and Product Monkey AI
(40:54) The tension between productivity and redundancy
(43:48) Privacy and security around AI
(48:28) Emerging productivity tools
(50:48) Final thoughts from Bijan
(52:03) Outro

Follow the podcast on Twitter: @proddevpodcast
Get in touch with the host, Adam Wakeling, on Twitter: @adamjwakeling and LinkedIn: @adam-wakeling