Alex Dapunt and Christian Strunk
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Are you currently working in a Product Company or even considering starting your own? In this Show, Design Manager Alex Dapunt, and Product Coach Christian Strunk are bringing people from all product functions together to talk about the key to build successful products customers love. This involves everything from Product Management to Design as well as Development and Marketing, breaking down traditional silos around these functions and fostering an open dialogue between them. Tune in for weekly interviews, discussions, and best practices that help you understand the whole product process.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Product Bakery connects product strategy to the customer evidence, operating tradeoffs, and cross-functional decisions behind software businesses.
Product Bakery makes product work audible as a chain of operating decisions, moving between expert interviews and conference panels led by Christian and Alex.
An engineer waits for a receipt email in a store; suddenly 'it works' needs a second opinion.
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A practical case for naming the work before deciding the work.
Product vision is treated here less like a slogan and more like a way to get everyone pointing in the same direction. Christian and Alex keep circling the basics: what a mission is, how it differs from vision, and why teams can get into trouble when strategy shows up before the…
A grounded product conversation about AI, leaner teams, and how PM and design roles are shifting.
Christian and Alex focus on a simple question: what happens to PMs and designers when AI changes the pace of product work? The strongest part is the practical one. They get into prompt-led building, quicker first drafts, and the push toward smaller teams that move faster.
Product strategy narrows broad ideas into choices that can be checked against evidence.
The panel treats product strategy as a practical discipline: it defines the why, sets a road ahead, and narrows a broad opportunity into a problem worth solving.
A grounded look at AI as a labor shift, with the clearest value in how companies and classrooms are already adapting.
The piece frames AI less as a shiny product story and more as a labor shift with real fallout for support, content, and coding jobs. It works best when it stays close to how teams and roles inside companies are changing, and the pressure on Ophir Natan gives the discussion some…
A steady reminder that product discovery starts with observation, not instant action.
The conversation tracks what product leadership looks like when someone lands in a new country, joins a new team, and has to learn the business before trying to change it.
A practical take on discovery as an iterative team process.
Christian and Alex present product discovery as a living practice, not a fixed playbook. The conversation keeps returning to early starts, repeated passes through both the problem and solution space, and alignment meetings with senior leadership to keep the work aimed in the…
A practical look at why product and marketing should not be working from different numbers.
This episode follows Adam Greco in conversation with Product Bakery, with a steady focus on how product analytics can get out of its silo and give teams one shared view of customer data.
Idea backlogs only work when triage, ownership, and follow through keep them from turning into a holding pen.
Christian and Alex treat the idea backlog as something useful only when it is handled like a real intake system, not a dumping ground for half formed thoughts.
Melissa Perri interviews CPOs and VPs of Product on leadership, pricing, and team design.
B2B revenue talk, pressure-tested one practical question at a time.
Apple decisions, examined down to the window corner.
Weekly film, music, and arts criticism from Monocle 24's Midori House studio in London.
Product discovery gets messy fast.
The hosts introduce the topic of OKRs, discussing their relevance in quarterly planning and addressing a listener request to explore the definition and process.
Product-led growth stays practical here.
California's law gets the conversation moving.
Hosts Christian and Alex debate the practical challenges of defining and aligning on product vision and strategy, critiquing vague corporate statements and arguing for more detailed, actionable frameworks.
The hosts of Product Bakery debate the modern obsession with design and product management tools like Figma and AI assistants.
The hosts discuss Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky's announcement that the company is moving away from product managers, analyzing what this means for the fluidity of product roles, the overlap with engineering and design functions, and how organizations should structure teams for optimal collaboration.
Hosts Christian and Alex explore how AI tools like ChatGPT are transforming product management and engineering, enabling rapid startup creation but raising questions about job relevance.
Hosts Christian and Alex debate what true innovation means for product teams, arguing against isolated innovation labs and for embedding problem-solving within product management.
Product strategy gets tested once real people get involved.
AI is moving fast.
A new country, a new product remit, and a smart pause before changing things.
Hosts Christian and Alex discuss the critical phase of product delivery that follows discovery.
Christian opens with a blunt question.
The hosts of Product Bakery clarify the often-confusing distinctions between product designer and UX designer roles in the tech industry.
Christian and Alex discuss the critical importance of collaboration between product designers and engineers throughout the entire product development cycle.
Adam starts with analytics where it actually shows up at work.
Hosts Christian and Alex debate the value and pitfalls of maintaining an 'idea backlog' for product management.
User centricity gets practical fast.
Strategy still feels emotionally loaded.
Christian and Alex discuss the common struggle of product managers and designers with time management, focusing on how to say no to unnecessary tasks and meetings.
Hosts Christian and Alex analyze how market downturns, like the FTX collapse and tech layoffs, impact jobs and product trust.