| Out of Owls (coaching, consulting & community building) | https://outofowls.com |
| Product in the {A}ether - virtual lean coffee for product people | https://pita.social |
| The Product Experience (podcast) | https://www.mindtheproduct.com/the-product-experience/ |
| Product Coaches virtual lean coffee | https://tinyletter.com/product-coaches |
Coming to the How To Web conference in Bucharest in October and want to up your product game? Join me for a half-day workshop on Product Discovery that Works: Get the Right Things Done, Faster.
Limited to 25 seats!
https://htwinstitute.com/workshop/product-discovery-right-things-done-faster/
@ttorres kicking off #ProductatHeart and smashing it, talking about the practical ways to make Discovery a habit. No surprise that identifying hidden assumptions is her first tip - it's something anyone can do, with no barriers. It's also what I developed Dragon Mapping for
TL;DR: Dragon Mapping is a framework for having hard conversations with stakeholders and teams. Especially useful where there’s disagreement on what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, prioritisation, and what success looks like. You should be able to get people using this in 10 minutes or less.
Being a Product Leader is a lonely job - but it doesn't have to be. That's why I started getting groups of CPOs together to support each other. They've been brilliant.
Signups are now open for July CPO Roundtables. Sounds like something you want to take part in?
Join at www.cpo.social
Being a CPO is a lonely job - but it doesn't have to be. Yesterday, a group of us got together to share notes about how best to handle shared ownership of KPIs with other departments, what to keep in mind when you've acquired another company, & what AI/GPT tools everyone is using (along with what they're using them for!).
Sounds like something you'd want to join?
http://cpo.social
What happens when 15 Chief Product Officers from the UK, Europe, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Singapore & Australia get together to discuss their common challenges? Yesterday, we talked about how to create and nurture a culture of experimentation and discovery, how we're organising our teams, and more.
Sounds like something you'd want to be a part of? Apply to join the community now at http://cpo.social
Register below for a spot at the Product in the [A]ether 043, virtual lean coffee for Product-minded people, scheduled for Wednesday, 26 April at 17:00 UK. Join the mailing list from https://pita.social if you'd like to stay informed of future events. Email address is used solely to add you to the event invitation and manage communication for any updates to the event.
Notes from yesterday's Product in the {A}ether - virtual lean coffee for product people - are now up.
The beautiful product nerds talked about creating value fast, creating a sense of community amongst stakeholders, asking for help, & getting used to change.
https://www.pita.social/past-events/pita-042
Shout outs to Barry O'Reilly, Priya Parker, Tom Wujec & John Kotter.
ICEBREAKER : Yellow things TOPIC 1 How do you manage/design products at high speed? We have 3-months to fix a problem. Have a goal & defined success criteria Build small & iterate quickly Minimise handoffs - have the devs see the research happening - make sure they see at
Lily Smith and I gave advice for starting a new role in a recent episode of
@MtPpod - and we're getting great feedback on it.
'Hey Randy, just listened to the episode on how to start a new PM job. Some really awesome advice on there, thanks for putting it together. You and Lily both do such great work for the community with that pod, very grateful.'
What's one thing you'd tell others about starting a new role?
What's it like starting a brand new job in product with a shiny new title? How do you approach onboarding and ensure that you have a smooth transition into your new team? Lily Smith — who recently just started a new role at BBC Maestro as Chief Product Officer — and Randy Silver, Product Consultant and Coach, in this podcast episode provide their top tips on getting things off on the right foot.
