Lessons from Atlassian: Launching new products, getting buy-in, and staying ahead of the competition | Megan Cook …
Brought to you by: — Megan Cook is the head of product for Atlassian’s Jira software, which is used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies, has over 125,000 customers globally, over 15 different products, and is by far the most popular project management tool in the world. Megan has been at Atlassian for just under 11 years, and before this role, she was an analyst, a developer, and an Agile coach. In our conversation, we discuss: Some takeaways:
Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Overcast, and YouTube. Find the transcript for this episode and all past episodes at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/episodes/. Today’s transcript will be live by 8 a.m. PT. Where to find Megan Cook: • X: https://twitter.com/meganwcook • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cookmegan Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • X: https://twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/ In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Megan’s background (03:50) Creating space for play and psychological safety on teams (07:36) Peer feedback groups (10:30) Sharing stories of failure (13:33) The “10 dollar” game for priorities (15:24) Advice on making remote work, work (24:16) Getting buy-in for your ideas (28:33) The importance of staying open-minded (34:05) A quick summary of how to get buy-in (36:45) Fighting the good fight (38:19) Identifying customer pain points (43:08) Starting small and showing success (46:08) Launching new product lines (53:35) Atlassian’s gated process for new product ideas (58:29) How Jira stays ahead of competitors (01:04:56) Learning from failure (01:09:00) Fight club (01:10:37) Lightning round Referenced: • Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira • Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/ • Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/product • Ben Crowe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-crowe-67299714/ • Ash Barty on X: https://twitter.com/ashbarty • Atlassian’s blog, Work Life: https://www.atlassian.com/blog • Lessons learned: 1,000 days of distributed at Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/distributed-work/distributed-work-report • New research: How to make time for the work that matters: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/distributed-work/calendar-redesign-experiment • Atlas: https://www.atlassian.com/software/atlas • Confluence: https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence • Lenny’s swag store: https://lennyswag.com/ • What is CSAT and how do you measure it?: https://www.qualtrics.com/experience-management/customer/what-is-csat • The UX research reckoning is here | Judd Antin (Airbnb, Meta): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/the-ux-research-reckoning-is-here-judd-antin-airbnb-meta/ • Charlie Sutton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliesutton/ • Nokia 6100: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6100 • Compass: https://www.atlassian.com/software/compass • Jira Product Discovery: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/product-discovery • Canva: https://www.canva.com/ • Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love: https://www.amazon.com/INSPIRED-Create-Tech-Products-Customers/dp/1119387507 • Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building: https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212 • Foundation on AppleTV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/foundation/umc.cmc.5983fipzqbicvrve6jdfep4x3 • Foundation book series: https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-3-Book-Boxed-Set-Empire/dp/0593499573 • Traeger smoker: https://www.traeger.com/shop/wood-pellet-grills Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Invite your friends and earn rewardsIf you enjoy Lenny's Newsletter, share it with your friends and earn rewards when they subscribe. |
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