After 25 years across industries and 5 acquisitions, Radhika breaks down why iteration-obsessed teams are failing and how vision-driven development can cure what's making your products sick. We explore why goals, targets, and OKRs backfire and discover what actually works instead.
Radhika introduces her tried-and-tested alternative: a framework for puzzle-setting and puzzle-solving called OHLs (Objectives, Hypotheses and Learnings). This approach helps companies develop a mindset that equips teams to experiment, learn, and adapt in a disciplined way, ultimately delivering far better results than traditional goal-setting methods.
What You'll Learn:
✓ The 3 most common "product diseases" killing innovation
✓ Why OKRs create an illusion of performance (and what to do instead)
✓ How to write vision statements that actually help you make decisions
✓ The OHLs framework: Objectives, Hypotheses and Learnings
✓ Why Goodhart's Law means all metrics get gamed
✓ How to balance short-term survival with long-term vision
✓ The 3-question puzzle-solving framework for better learning
Key Moments:
0:24 - Radhika's diverse industry background
2:31 - What are "product diseases"?
6:11 - Why most vision statements are useless
13:22 - Example of a detailed vision statement
20:55 - The problem with performance measurement
27:52 - The 3-question puzzle-solving framework
Free Resources: Download the OHLs template and toolkit: https://www.radicalproduct.com/toolkit/#OHLToolkit
Guest: Radhika Dutt - Author, "Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter"
Hosts: Peter Maddison & Dave Sharrock
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