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511: Product insights from employee #1 after a $2.3 billion exit – with Chris Elmore

Product Innovation Educators

Often, people in the middle or bottom third of an organization try to communicate their ideas to leadership who don’t understand the idea or are scared of innovation, so many great ideas fail. A Simple but Powerful Definition of Innovation Chris offers a simple definition of innovation: “It’s better than what it was.”

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516: Strategic decision making in product management- with Atif Rafiq

Product Innovation Educators

In this episode, he shares some insights from that workshop and his experience in product leadership. Atif has spent 25 years working in both Silicon Valley and Fortune 500 companies, including leadership roles at Amazon, McDonald’s (as their first Chief Digital Officer), Volvo, and MGM Resorts.

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513: What product leaders need to know about making new product development work – with Jack Hsieh

Product Innovation Educators

Jack shares team structures that work: Cross-functional collaboration Clear role definitions Balanced technical and business input 7. PDMA has been supporting product professionals since 1976, making it the oldest organization dedicated to product management. Process Management

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How Smart PMs Scale Their Careers in Any Org [TPG Live Recap]

The Product Guy

Navigate the ambiguity of growth definitions. Some situations require assertive leadership. Organizational Strategy and Product Leadership Product leadership is about more than managing a backlog. Panelists described context switching not just as a tactical skill, but a leadership necessity.

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Product in Practice: Stepping Into Your First Product Leadership Role—What to Expect

Product Talk

Stepping into your first product leadership role is a major change. We often hear about this transition from members of the Continuous Discovery Habits community who are new to leadership roles and either write in with questions or step in to share their experiences. The list got pretty long quickly—like 20 issues,” says Trevor.

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519: Product verification, most important of the 19 activities of product management – with Nishant Parikh

Product Innovation Educators

The discussion reveals how product management has evolved since 1931 and highlights the importance of clear role definition to prevent job frustration. Nishants visionary leadership, industry knowledge, and commitment to innovation make him a driving force in shaping the future of software product management.

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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. I was the only manager, and I definitely didn’t know what I was doing. It was a very intimidating moment. How do we fix it?”