Des leads Intercom's R&D org and oversees its product strategy. He often speaks about product and growth strategies at conferences worldwide, including SaaStr, Web Summit, and The Next Web. He's also the host of the Intercom on Product podcast. Prior to Intercom he co-founded Exceptional and worked in UX design.
In our latest episode Des Traynor chats Bob Moesta, the founder, maker, innovator, and professor who helped pioneer the Jobs-to-be-Done framework and has now turned his attention to demand-side sales and making it an empowering experience for all.
In this month’s episode Des Traynor and Paul Adams deep dive into the process of roadmapping – why it’s important and how it should evolve as your company scales.
In our 11th episode Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the importance of collaboration between product and marketing teams, especially as a company scales.
Des Traynor and Paul Adams return with episode 10 of Intercom on Product, exploring product judgment. What is it? Why does it matter? And how to develop it?
Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the importance of efficiency to good product principles and why it’s important to build a team who are willing make every day count
In episode seven of Intercom on Product, Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss six key ingredients for product strategy and how to align them with company strategy.
Convincing potential users to sign up for your product isn’t easy. But what happens next is far more important – customer retention is the next frontier.
On this episode of Intercom on Product, we discuss the five inputs that guide us at Intercom; how to think about the relationship between inputs, outputs and outcomes; and how to frame projects as customer problems instead of business problems.