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What we Learned at #mtpcon London 2018

Mind the Product

Following a day of focused workshops and leadership discussions, we came together at London’s Barbican Centre to talk product. Here’s what we heard: Martin Eriksson at #mtpcon London 2018. Kim Goodwin at #mtpcon London 2018. Roan Lavery at #mtpcon London 2018. Ryan Freitas at #mtpcon London 2018. Be awkward.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? Solving the puzzle.

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The Incredible Speakers for #mtpcon London 2018

Mind the Product

Mind the Product London 2018 on October 18-19 will be better than ever, with more workshops, more networking, and more fun than ever. Ivy has also been a contributing author to numerous books, including The Change Champion’s Field Guide and Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organizational Change. Leadership Forum.

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Leaders & Lessons That Changed My 2018

Product Club

For me, 2018 was filled with inspiring and varied individuals and leadership styles. Martin (Head of Product, OLX) : Show leadership value by empowering your team, not by pulling rank. Mentors are all around us when we look through our life and workplace.

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Reddit’s Nick Caldwell on engineering leadership

Intercom, Inc.

He had to quickly determine which team members displayed a potential for leadership and teach them the fundamentals of management so they could make new hires and scale – without ruining the culture. I hosted Nick on the podcast, where we discussed the differences between management and leadership, fostering diversity in tech, and more.

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NebraskaProduct 2018 | Building a Local Product Community

The Product Coalition

They deal with leadership pressures and expectations. For 2018, we spent the year creating a meetup-driven product community in our very own Good Life state. The rest of this post will about two things: What I learned helping create and grow this community in 2018. What we learned in 2018 Treat the community as a product.

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How to Develop, Articulate, and Sell Product Strategy

The Product Guy

First, I did not know how to frame, develop and present product strategy in a systematic way, and second, as a startup, my company has not historically had a good track record of strategy being developed outside of senior management (read: founder). Two major obstacles stood in my way.