How to hire and retain high performing product teams - Bobby Moesta at INDUSTRY 2025
At INDUSTRY 2025, renowned product thinker and entrepreneur Bobby Moesta (co-creator of the Jobs to Be Done framework and author of Job Moves) reframes talent and career strategy through the lens of product design. Drawing on interviews with over 1,000 job-switchers, Bobby explores what motivates job changes, how managers can design better roles and teams, and how product managers can use these insights to lead more effectively.Chapters
0:00 Introduction & speaker background
1:30 The shift from “Bob” to “Bobby” and what it tells us about identity & change
3:00 The product‑analogy: “people don’t buy products, they hire them to make progress”
4:20 Why engineers need to worry about “talent” (finding & retaining)
5:15 Introducing the book Job Moves and its research (1,000+ job‑switchers)
6:00 Four “quests for progress” when people switch jobs: Get Out / Regain Control / Regain Alignment / Take the Next Step
9:00 Recruitment tips: How to prototype the position with contrast (best/worst people)
12:00 Why job descriptions are broken; shifting from “features” to the experience of working there
14:30 Retention insight: the reason someone comes is not the same reason they stay
15:30 Progress‑oriented conversations: quarterly check‑ins on what energises vs what drains
18:00 Trade‑offs matter: there is no perfect job
19:00 Conclusion & offer to talk further
Key takeaways
— Translate product‑thinking into career and talent strategy: just as you ask “what job does the customer hire this product for?”, ask “what job is the employee hiring this role for?”
— The “quests for progress” framework helps segment job‑seekers: understanding whether someone is seeking to get out, regain control, realign, or take the next step helps tailor recruitment messaging.
— Great job descriptions aren’t just lists of tasks and skills: they should articulate the experience of coming to work — the growth environment, the team culture, the trade‑offs.
— For retention, the conversation has to be ongoing and mutually aligned: your team doesn’t stay for the same reason they joined. You need to surface what drives them, what drains them, and align on how the work and role evolve.
— Every hire and every role is a trade‑off: you will never get everything you want. Recognising trade‑offs explicitly makes the hiring process more realistic, and retention conversations more honest.
— Proactively target “passive candidates”: most of the workforce isn’t actively looking, but is primed for change — framing your role around the experiences someone wants can reach them.
— Coaching and development aren’t just “nice to have”: they are part of the value‑exchange that retains top talent. Ask “how are we helping this person make progress?” rather than just “what deliverables does this person own?”. Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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