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How to Leverage Conflict in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Resolving Conflict with Non-Violent Communication So, how can you deal with disputes constructively? Table 2 summarises the differences between destructive, toxic and, constructive, healthy conflict. How can you have good, healthy conflicts? If you are in doubt, always talk to your line manager and human resources. [2]

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515: Case studies of organizational growth through successful product launches – with James Whitman

Product Innovation Educators

Instead, organizations need to: Focus on finding the best solution rather than winning arguments Challenge assumptions constructively Build collective ownership of decisions Create space for different perspectives Building Cross-Functional Success A key insight from our conversation is how product launches require coordination across departments.

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Product Managers Misunderstood: We Don’t ‘Rule’ Silicon Valley—We Navigate Its Complexities

The Product Guy

A PM who creates unnecessary friction or fails to collaborate constructively isn’t fulfilling their responsibilities and shouldn’t remain in the role—just as with any other position. While such conflicts can arise, they are not inherent to the role—they reflect poor performance by ineffective PMs.

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From Stacking Features to Shaping Value: A New Product Building Model

UX Planet

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash For decades, software development has mirrored the construction industry — a manpower-heavy model where effort, hierarchy, and sequencing define how value is created. Building software like a Construction Project The traditional process of building software is eerily similar to a construction site.

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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant

Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way!

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Building Better Product Roadmaps: First Principles You Can’t Ignore

The Product Coalition

Build from the Ground Up —  Using these principles, construct your roadmap. Identify Base Principles —  What are the fundamental truths of product development? Trust, outcomes, value? These are your building blocks. Imagine you want to make a faster bicycle. The conventional approach is lighter materials and a more aerodynamic design.

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Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor)

Lenny Rachitsky

.” Where to find Wes Kao: • LinkedIn: [link] • Website: [link] • Maven course: [link] In this episode, we cover: ( 00:00 ) Introduction to Wes Kao ( 05:34 ) Working with Wes ( 06:58 ) The importance of communication ( 10:44 ) Sales before logistics ( 18:20 ) Being concise ( 24:31 ) Books to help you become a better writer ( (..)

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Design and Run Experiments That Actually Progress Your Business

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

You'll also learn a few tips and tricks for making experimentation a constructive habit for you and your team. Join Nick Noreña, educator, entrepreneur, and currently an Innovation Coach at Kromatic, as he walks us through how we can figure out the right experiments to run for any product or service, and in organizations of all sizes.

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Dealing with Difficult Stakeholders: Tips for Product People

Speaker: Roman Pichler, Product Management Expert and Acclaimed Author

Join Roman Pichler, product management expert and acclaimed author, as he shares tips to help you more effectively deal with difficult stakeholders and techniques for constructively resolving conflict. In this talk, Roman will explain: Why product managers often experience conflict and why conflict resolution skills are important.

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The Art and Science of Explaining Your Product Strategy

Speaker: Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks

Join Jason Tanner, CEO of Applied Frameworks, as he reviews a range of frameworks and practices to construct a clear, compelling product strategy connected to the business model for the product. Product leaders can project confidence and competence through practical, convincing articulation of product strategy.

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The Product Symphony: Orchestrating Success with Storymapping

Speaker: Jamie Bernard - Senior Product Director at Launch by NTT Data

This session will cover: Leveraging the concept of storymapping to demystify business case efforts and focus on valuable problems to solve Looking at storymapping as the true construction of the story of the experience – the who, what, when, where, and why you might be thinking of building something, plus how you know whether or not it will be valuable (..)