In this episode, Rebekah Panepinto sits down with product strategy expert Radhika Dutt to explore the hidden “product diseases” that quietly derail companies. While many teams blame poor execution when products fail, Radhika explains that the real problem often starts much earlier with how organizations define success, chase metrics, and build products around short-term incentives rather than long-term value.
Radhika breaks down why teams frequently prioritize shipping features over solving meaningful customer problems and how that mindset leads to stalled innovation. She also shares how leaders can diagnose these product diseases inside their organizations and shift toward a problem-first approach that focuses on creating durable value rather than vanity metrics.
Takeaways
Many product failures are caused by structural “product diseases,” not poor execution.
A problem-first mindset helps teams avoid building products that customers don’t actually need.
Companies fall into incremental improvement cycles that prevent breakthrough innovation.
Product strategy should start with understanding the problem space, not the solution.
Leaders must align teams around long-term value instead of vanity metrics.
Organizations that solve real problems build more resilient and sustainable businesses.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:38 What “Product Diseases” Really Mean
04:17 Why Many Teams Build Features Instead of Solving Problems
06:46 The Hidden Incentives Driving Bad Product Decisions
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