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What we learned at #mtpEngage Hamburg 2022

BY Louron Pratt on June 23, 2022

After a two-year hiatus, this year’s MTP Engage Hamburg brought together product people from Germany and further afield—this year it was packed into an exciting three days of product management expertise. Here’s what we learned from the amazing talks given by our line-up of renowned product experts. Read more »

A designer, a product manager, and an engineer walk into a bar...by Karishma Irani

BY Louron Pratt on October 29, 2021

In this #mtpcon Digital Americas session, Karishma Irani, group product manager at LaunchDarkly explains a Triad process that can increase effectiveness when planning and scoping out new product ideas. Read more »

Self-care and stress management for product leaders by Dominique Jost

BY Eira Hayward on October 20, 2021

In this interactive and highly personal talk from #mtpengage Hamburg, product leader Dominique Jost looks at ways in which product leaders can take care of their mental health. His key points include: Product people need to be able to protect who they are in a way that lets them create value for the business. Stress Read more »

Beating the drum of your product strategy tune by Megan Murphy

BY Eira Hayward on October 18, 2021

In this keynote from #mtpengage Hamburg 2021, Megan Murphy, VP Product at Hotjar, shares how she communicates and enforces Hotjar’s product strategy in her day-to-day work. Her key points include: People need to be inspired so that they believe in their ability to make things happen Feedback is important at every stage Keep people informed, Read more »

Org charts eat culture for breakfast: Why an agile mindset alone won’t help you by Björn Waide

BY Louron Pratt on October 11, 2021

In this MTP Engage Hamburg talk, Björn Waide, Managing Director at Haufe-Lexware shares his experiences on building a free-thinking innovative culture. Read more »

5 lessons in product leadership

BY Tobias Freudenreich on October 4, 2021

On Monday 27 September, product leaders gathered at the MTP Engage Leadership Forum in Hamburg for the first face-to-face event after a tiringly long break forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. The day’s hosts, Petra Wille and Arne Kittler, put together a curriculum that was more than just inspiring. It addressed some of the most important Read more »

Patrick Roelof 's 10 Essential tips for new Product Managers

BY Chris Massey on July 24, 2020

Thanks to his 2019 MTP Engage Hamburg talk, we now know 10 things Patrick Roelof wishes he’d known at the start of his career. Here he helps you to get one step ahead of the game by sharing them, giving you suggestions on how to adjust the way you work and excel in your product management Read more »

Petra Wille: A Social Creature

BY Eira Hayward on February 27, 2020

When Petra Wille was in her first job, working as a software engineer for Burda Media, she visited Hamburg for a work project and promised herself she would live in the city one day. “I fell in love with it then,” she says. Now an established product coach and the co-organiser of MTP Engage Hamburg, Read more »

How do you Build a Winning Product Development Team?

BY Imogen Schels on February 25, 2020

It’s not rocket science that awesome products come from awesome teams, so what’s the key to creating and managing a team that’s designed for maximum impact? Here, taking advice from a number of product pros, we look at a selection of ways to build product teams and empower them to achieve success. Choose a Diverse Read more »

Personal Growth - the Essence of Your Product Career by Kristina Walcker-Mayer

BY Kristina Walcker-Mayer on September 6, 2019

In this talk from MTP Engage Hamburg, I look at how you can embrace and accept your strengths and weaknesses and at what kind of people should you partner up with to create true value and drive success for your customers, your company, and yourself. Product careers are very complex because they require a very Read more »