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      Off Script: Better, faster, cheaper – how AI transforms the economics of customer service

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      Beyond the AI hype: Understanding technological transformation with Benedict Evans

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      Intercom’s 2024 in review

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Intercom on Product

Product & Design 41 min listen

Intercom on Product: The dawn of a new decade

I sat down with Paul Adams and Emmet Connolly to reflect on the end of an era as well as the products and technology that defined 2019.

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor

Product & Design 31 min listen

Intercom on Product: The intersection of company and product strategy

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.

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor

Product & Design 32 min listen

Intercom on Product: Rethinking outcomes over outputs

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.

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor

Product & Design 29 min listen

Intercom on Product: Rise of the “keyboard-first” generation

There’s been a sudden rise of “keyboard-first” apps that focus on speed. We explore what this trend says about product design and how products evolve over time.

Paul Adams

Chief Product Officer, Intercom

Paul Adams

Engineering 32 min listen

Intercom on Product: The principles behind how we build

Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the principles we use to guide us as we build great product. Helping us to encode our successes and avoid mistakes, our principles are the foundations on which we build.

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor

Product & Design 15 min listen

Intercom on Product: The most valuable meetings for building product

Des Traynor and Paul Adams discuss the value of holding product forums and end-to-end reviews as a way of getting alignment between multiple stakeholders in an R&D organization.

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor

Product & Design 24 min listen

Intercom on Product: How we unlock the power of feedback

In the second episode of this new product-focused series, we discuss how to harness the power of feedback to shape your product roadmap.

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor

Product & Design 24 min listen

Introducing Intercom on Product, our brand new podcast series

Welcome to our brand new podcast series, Intercom on Product, where Intercom co-founder Des Traynor and Intercom SVP of Product Paul Adams discuss their latest thoughts on how to build successful products

Des Traynor

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Intercom

Des Traynor
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