Justin R. Meats

Last October, Pope Leo XIV invited people to pray the Rosary every day during October for peace . When I heard his invitation to pray for peace, I knew my family and I could use prayers for peace.

Today, the platform our team has been building for more than a year and a half finally has a name... Orion! When I joined Precision eControl as Head of Product and Engineering at the end of July 2024, one of the first problems I was asked to solve was building a new price monitoring application to monitor the web and better support MAP administrators. As we spent time understanding our customers, existing products, technology, and where we wanted to go, it became clear that we had an opportunity to think bigger than a single application. We decided to build a new platform on a new technology stack and build the team that could bring that vision to life. While we're 100% remote, we intentionally built most of the engineering team here in the Columbus area. Being in the same time zone as most of our customers makes it easier for engineers to join customer calls, hear problems firsthand, and stay closer to the people using what they're building. We also wanted the benefits of work...

This past weekend, I completed the first of my two Wood Badge weekends, Scouting America’s premier leadership training for adults. Before signing up, I honestly didn’t know much about Wood Badge. I knew my mom had completed it many years ago, that she was a Buffalo, and, according to her, the Buffaloes were the best. So there was something extra special about following in her footsteps and experiencing a Scouting tradition that had been part of her own Scouting journey. As I’ve gotten back into Scouting over the past few years, I’ve begun to see how much Scouting taught me without realizing it as a youth. Wood Badge reinforced that for me. Scouting and Leadership Throughout the weekend, we worked with leadership concepts that I’ve used throughout my professional career. We spent time on Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development: Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing. We explored DISC and how different communication and behavioral styles affect the way people work together. We also spen...

I'm so proud of Isaac and his love of serving others! He’s on the cover of this month’s Tri-Village Magazine for his service with UA Village, helping older adults in our community. It’s great to see him recognized for something he genuinely enjoys doing and for the difference he’s making in our community. Read: Upper Arlington student serves older adults in his community

  For anyone looking for a job, here are some resources, the most important of which is the book Never Search Alone: A Job Seeker’s Playbook by Phyl Terry.

October is ADHD Awareness Month, and I want to share my journey accepting ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) in hopes that it can help someone else on their journey.  

Do you think you or someone you know has ADHD?  See how many of the symptoms listed here represent your experiences.

  I shared my job search journey tonight at ProductTank Columbus with a talk titled Finding Candidate Market Fit: Tips for Job Seekers and Hiring Managers . I created this post to share the resources I mentioned tonight.

Continuous Discovery Habits is one of the most practical books for product teams. Use these resources to help your team improve their customer discovery skills and build products that provide value to your customers and business.

As a product leader and infinite learner, I've discovered that learning is not just reading a book (10%) but also learning from others (20%) and implementing those insights (70%). Reading a book together allows you to read, learn from each other, and be accountable for applying what you have learned. This can help upskill the whole team or community of practice (CoP) and establish a common vernacular. Here are some recommendations for starting a book club with your team or community of practice.

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Product for Product Podcast to share my product teams' experience with Mircosoft Teams.

This is the fourth and final chapter of a handwritten book by my great-grandaunt, Jo Baginski. It covers the Ullivelli family, primarily Julius Ullivelli and his four kids Julius, Louis, Amalia, and Dorothy.

This is the third chapter of a handwritten book by my great-grandaunt, Jo Baginski. It covers her paternal branch, the Sommer family, mostly of Heinrich Sommer and his son, Edward Baginski.

This is the second chapter of a handwritten book by my great-grandaunt, Jo Baginski. It covers the Stahl family back to the 1700s.

This is the first chapter of a handwritten book by my great-grandaunt, Jo Baginski. It covers the Pagé family back to Ferdinand Pagé, who was a carriage builder for King Louis the XIV or XV.

Mosyle App Management Recently, I had to reinstall everything on my Mac after IT installed Mosyle to manage our Macs at work. As a result, I had to start from scratch and install all of my preferred apps and customize my settings again. To make the process smoother in the future, I documented the steps I took, including the apps I installed and the customizations I made. In sharing my process, I hope it can help others who may also need to reinstall everything on their Mac. Last Updated: Feb 18, 2023 Review Setup If you can review your setup before wiping it clean, there are a few things to check: Check your downloads folder and any other local folders and move any needed files to the cloud Make a list of the Applications you have installed (Finder > Applications)  Take a screenshot of your doc bar so you can set it up the same way after  Back up ~/Library/Spelling/LocalDictionary for any words you’ve added to your custom dictionary.  Apps to Install Here are the ...

Join the  Columbus Product Club  on Wed, May 12, 2021 as I moderate a panel discussion with  Derek DeHart ,  Alex Annarino  and  Matthew Abbitt  on their experience with customer interviews. We'll discuss frequency, recruiting, location, preparation, who participates, and some of the questions our panel use, and what they have learned. Register on Meetup.com

I created this post to share resources and my experience of taking product teams through Inspired .

I'm hiring  a Senior Product Designer! I'm looking for an individual contributor who will have an opportunity to grow into a leadership role as we expand our Product Design / UX  team. This is  RevLocal 's first Product Designer  role and will need someone with a strong research and design background.

I’m excited to be joining RevLocal  as VP of Product to help local business owners gain and retain customers!  Here's the press release that went out today.