A week later, I’m still reflecting on Product at Heart 2025.
Arne said: “Curation is one of our most powerful tools of resistance.”
That hit home. I’ve been operating in dark mode - focused on flaws. This reminded me why I love product: We amplify what matters.
Full post 👉 https://virtualpatrick.com/2025/07/04/product-at-heart-2025-my-key-takeaways-from-hamburg-conference/
“Product discovery! This is where innovation happens.” Marty Cagan, live in Hamburg
About making AI trustworthy you need to ask is it ethical, lawful, and robust.
💫 Clarity on what’s important
💫 Clarity on the value you deliver
💫 Clarity on execution and decision-making
~ Francesca Cortesi
@thedailyem about clarity ✨
👉 Alignment is a spectrum (or a 2x2)
👉 Clarity is not a vision
👉 Clarity can be easier in hard times
👉 Clarity is not a destination
What are the things that don’t change when everything could? Needs.
Thinking about the future needs empathy and and urgent optimism.
To live in a better future you need the optimism to dream it.
~ Alicia Shao
📚 STORYTELLING
We’re telling each other stories about the future to explore it.
Every experience we have with the future starts out in our minds.
🎨 SPECULATIVE DESIGN
Thinking about the future is not about creating a specific product, but to explore, finding problems, asking questions.
The future is not ours alone.
🧠 SYSTEM THINKING
Future is change rippling through a system. We need to think bigger and broader than ourselves.
Look back to look forward.
Keynote 3 - Why Every Leader is a Futurist by Alicia Shao
Everything we do, is forever.
Thinking about the future is like shining a flashlight. We cannot predict the future, but it can be our playground to think about what might be possible.
Habit - Celebrate 🎉
Ditch the performative celebrations, make it more human!
Patrick Sauerwein
Rosanna Sibora
Lisa (she/her)