You're invited - product decisions, influence, & the art of Product Management

How to Make Better Product Decisions

Wednesday, April 13th @ 1:00 PM EST

Product people often have to make tradeoffs when deciding which features to build next. In this discussion, we'll talk through how teams decide what to build next — and what we can do to improve that process. You'll also have a chance to ask questions of your own!

This INDUSTRY Interview will be a great lead-in to the half-day workshop Laura is putting on focusing on the same topic. More info on that workshop can be found at https://INDUSTRYconference.com/workshop

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Influencing without Authority

Wednesday, April 20th @ 1:00 PM EST

When we're Product Managers, we're given all of the responsibility — without any of the authority. Some of us have learned to lead under these circumstances — with strategies that have worked well, and others with mixed results. In this discussion, we'll be digging in on this topic with someone who has led both with and without authority throughout his career (John Vars, CEO of Mixhalo). You'll get to learn what's worked well for John as he's navigated this challenge throughout his career — both as a product person and, now, as a CEO.

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The Art of Product Management

Wednesday, May 18th @ 1:00 PM EST

In product management, there’s an art and a science. The "science" is all of the stuff you read about: managing a backlog, writing a PRD, KPIs, marketplace dynamics, growth metrics, analytical thinking, the latest agile whatever. The “art” gets dismissed as soft skills: communicating, empathy, leading without authority, having difficult conversations, storytelling, making decisions when you don’t have all the information, dealing with ambiguity, inspiring others, and connecting deeply to customers and their problems. However, when Product Managers fail -- it's usually because of the "art." In this session, we'll talk about why that's the case, and what we can do about it.

As an Executive Coach to Product Leaders — Ken Norton helps coach and mentor some of today's top product leaders. He's seen and experienced nearly every product management and product leadership challenge you can imagine in his storied 14-year career at Google and GV (formerly Google Ventures) after serving as an entrepreneur and product leader at Yahoo, CNET, and elsewhere.

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Product Management at Large Organizations

Tuesday, April 19th @ 1:00 PM EST

When you're working as a Product Manager at an organization with 500 employees, there are many challenges you'll deal with. But what happens when your organization has 500,000+ employees? That's the case for the team at The Home Depot, where their work on technology impacts 500,000+ associates and millions of customers.

Register for this fireside chat to discuss the differences in innovative challenges that a Product Manager goes through at a large organization compared to smaller startups. Plus, you'll have a chance to ask questions of your own!

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You're invited - product decisions, influence, & the art of Product Management

How to Make Better Product Decisions

Influencing without Authority

The Art of Product Management

Product Management at Large Organizations

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