Radhika Dutt, Author and Innovation Thought Leader: Escaping the Performance Trap and Radical Product Thinking
- Launching a startup from MIT and learning through early mistakes.
- Identification of recurring “product diseases” across roles and countries.
Podcast
Overview
In this inspiring episode, Ashutosh Garg interviews Radhika Dutt—author of Radical Product Thinking and the upcoming Escaping the Performance Trap. Radhika shares lessons from her global, cross-industry journey, challenging old paradigms on product innovation and workplace performance.
00:01:09- What pivotal experiences shaped Radhika Dutt’s career?
- Launching a startup from MIT and learning through early mistakes.
- Identification of recurring “product diseases” across roles and countries.
- Motivation to design systematic, repeatable methods for better products.
00:03:02- How does a global background shape innovation?
- Exposure to varied industries encourages asking foundational and challenging questions.
- Pattern matching across sectors reveals overlooked opportunities.
00:04:19- How did moving across cultures influence her writing?
- Her identity is not tied to language or location, but to personal experience
- Purposeful inclusion of international case studies in her books.
00:06:15- What’s the core idea of Radical Product Thinking?
- The radical idea: Vision must be specific and actionable, not just grand or generic.
- Systematic tools to avoid common pitfalls in product development.
00:09:16- Why do targets and OKRs sometimes fail?
- Targets lead to selective reporting; bad outcomes are ignored.
- Goal-setting suppresses useful learning and constructive risk-taking.
00:11:06- Why is the history of goal-setting frameworks relevant?
- OKRs are just Management by Objectives renamed—originally for simple, repetitive tasks.
- Most modern work is too complex for these legacy systems.
00:14:01- What makes OHL (Objectives, Hypotheses, Learnings) different?
- Focuses on curiosity and problem-solving, not just hitting arbitrary numbers.
- Encourages sharing both good and bad results, plus learnings for next steps.
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Learn more about Radhika Dutt: LinkedIn
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Profile
- Launching a startup from MIT and learning through early mistakes.
- Identification of recurring “product diseases” across roles and countries.
- Motivation to design systematic, repeatable methods for better products.
