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Six outstanding speakers to look forward to at #mtpcon San Francisco
Whether you’re coming to the conference to understand more about product leadership, AI, the latest thinking on experience metrics, psychological safety or anything else, this year’s exceptional lineup of keynote talks will have something for you. Read more »
Deep dive: Why is outcome-led so tricky? by Dave Martin
Why is it so difficult for organisations to become outcome led and what is the role of product leaders in making an outcome-led approach work? Read more »
February's top product management content
From case studies to pricing strategies and career advice, February was another month of wide-ranging articles from Mind the Product, with something for everyone, no matter where they are in their product career. Read on to catch up on popular content that you may have missed. Read more »
Product management books to read in 2023
What’s on your bookshelf? Reading is an essential occupation for any product manager who wants to keep learning and developing their skills and stay current. As Fran Lebowitz famously said, “think before you speak, read before you think”. Although it’s a relatively young profession, product management has already spawned some pretty classic reference works. So Read more »
The dos and don'ts of mentoring in product
“Mentoring others is one of the main but unfortunately still an underutilised responsibility of a product manager once they reach a certain seniority,” says Floriane Gramlich, Director of Product/CPO for Zalando Payments, the fintech arm of fashion retailer Zalando. Plenty would agree with her, both inside and outside product management. A 2019 survey of 3,000 full-time Read more »
Matt Walton: Back to school
They say the best teachers inspire and show you where to look. It’s this sentiment that led Matt Walton to forge a career as a product leader in edtech, first at digital education platform FutureLearn, and now at a new university in the UK that wants to equip its graduates with the interdisciplinary perspectives and Read more »
Master the art of leading through influence by Shyvee Shi
In this #mtpcon SF+Americas 2022 breakout session, Shyvee Shi, Product Manager at Linkedin Learning discussed influencing without authority in product management. Watch this video or read on for key highlights from the talk! Read more »
Product vision and strategy - Marty Cagan on The Product Experience - Part 1 of 2
On this week’s podcast episode, we welcomed someone who needs no introduction. Marty Cagan, Founder and Partner of Silicon Valley Product Group , and Author of ”Inspired” and “Empowered” delved into a plethora of topics including strategy, vision, ethics, and ways of working. We struggled to fit so many product insights into one episode, so we decided to split it into two parts! Sit back, grab a drink, and listen to some of the wisest words of wisdom in product. Read more »
How to build a product team from scratch
The great thing about building out a product team from scratch is that you set the tone for how Product functions in a business. However it’s an exercise that comes with lots of big questions you need to answer and more than a few pitfalls, even if you think you’ve thought everything through thoroughly before Read more »
Finding your frosting as a product leader by Jeff Birkeland
In this keynote session at #mtpcon SF+Americas 2022, Jeff Birkeland, VP of Product at Headspace Health, explores how your path to becoming a great product leader through a journey of self-discovery and understanding. Read more »