John Cutler
Senior Director, Product Enablement, Toast
John Cutler focuses on the messy overlaps and patterns of product—The Beautiful Mess (the title of his newsletter). John currently supports product teams at Toast as Senior Director, Product Enablement. Before Toast, he interacted with diverse product teams and product leaders worldwide as a product evangelist and coach at Amplitude. Few people in the world have this kind of exposure, and if you follow John's writing over the last couple of years, you can see the influence of this perspective. He has a background in product management and UX research, including B2B SaaS companies like Zendesk, Pendo, and AppFolio, and before that, B2C, ad-tech, banking, and media. John is a prolific (or some might say obsessive) writer, with almost a thousand posts spread across various newsletters, blogs, and Medium.
Rosenverse talks by John:
" You have to go from being able to deliver a message in three bullets and then turn around in the next moment and deliver a massive service blueprint or customer journey. "
Oxbows, Rivers, and Estuaries: How to navigate the currents of change (without burning out)
December 3, 2024
" Prioritization is as much about saying no gracefully as it is about saying yes to the right things. "
Prioritization for designers and product managers (1st of 3 seminars)
June 13, 2024
" A story lets people assign the meaning that's powerful to them and then think about the decisions they need to make and align. "
The Alignment Trap
November 29, 2023
