Uncomfortable truths, hidden dynamics, and the messy underbelly of corporate life—welcome to Corporate Underpants, the podcast that pulls back the curtain on the challenges holding back great teams and ideas. Whether you’re a product manager, designer, or leader, this series is your guide to navigating office politics, aligning stakeholders, and tackling the organizational hurdles that stand between you and making a real impact.
Episodes
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
This is a great 2-parter, people. The first part is all about how uniquely challenging Higher Ed and other non-tech-first orgs for website strategist and product people. Adam shares his experiences working in higher education and other sectors, where unique and complex Governance structures, diverse stakeholder groups, and entrenched institutional politics create substantial obstacles. You'll hear about how the first big project he did was chaos due to misalignment. In part 2, you'll hear about the magic of stakeholder Alignment, alignment Personas, and clear goals! Hint: the second project came in early and under budget.
Have YOU ever gotten hate mail after launching? Adam has.
Have YOU ever turned that hate mail into thank-you notes within months? Adam has.
Have YOU ever gotten hate mail after launching? Adam has.
Have YOU ever turned that hate mail into thank-you notes within months? Adam has.
00:27 Welcome!
05:14 We're going to start talking about the solution to underpants!
08:02 Introducing Adam Staffa
10:45 Stakeholders and Governance in HIgher Ed Projects
11:46 Stakeholders in Higher Ed, and Understanding Governance
19:53 #The Value of Being One Step Behind
23:44 In higher ed, the pipeline is YEARS.
25:18 The Scale of Content is Mind-Boggling
26:47 A Story of Educational Underpants
32:38 No matter how successful a project is, if everyone doesn't think it was successful, it wasn't.
33:04 Stakeholders were popping up everywhere!
35:05 Endless Meetings = Jenga
36:29 How the project ended
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