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521: Leadership Crossroads–What Every Product Manager Must Know Before Their Next Move – with Kimberly Bloomston, CPO

Product Innovation Educators

The product manager’s journey from Individual Contributor to Chief Product Officer Watch on YouTube TLDR Kimberly Bloomston’s journey from individual contributor to Chief Product Officer at LiveRamp demonstrates the key transitions and skills needed at each level of product management leadership.

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From Bias to Better Leadership: Harpal Singh on Self-Awareness and Team Growth

The Product Guy

In this episode, Harpal Singh reflects on the tough leadership lessons he’s learned, from navigating hiring bias to managing across cultures and growth stages. Product managers are often praised for high standards, but what happens when those standards cause more harm than good?

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PM Branding: Building Your Personal Brand as a Product Manager

The Product Guy

Why Your PM Brand Matters Your personal brand as a product manager is essentially how others perceive your skills, expertise, and leadership. Open doors to new opportunities, such as speaking engagements, leadership roles, or consulting work. How are you perceived by your leadership team and colleagues?

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How Maya Brooks Builds Value Through Product Philosophy and Feminist Leadership

The Product Guy

What You’ll Learn: Designing for Goodwill : Why community-centered product strategy pays off Real-Time Feedback Loops : Using tight-knit Slack communities for continuous insight Holistic PM Thinking : Building long-term value across every founder stage Product with Purpose : Balancing mission and business priorities at scale Leadership Through (..)

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Schema Evolution Patterns

Speaker: Alex Rasmussen, CEO, Bits on Disk

This is an important topic for technology leaders to understand in order to understand and help their teams navigate one of the tougher issues they face. Alex will go through both general principles like schema compatibility and specific techniques to help you learn: Recognizing what makes schema changes easy or hard.

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

Product Innovation Educators

Modern approaches include: Advanced Research Technologies Eye tracking for user experience studies AI-powered customer insight analysis Predictive analytics for market trends Sensory analysis techniques 6. PDMA has been supporting product professionals since 1976, making it the oldest organization dedicated to product management.

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

Product Innovation Educators

Drawing from his 20+ years of technology experience and extensive research, Nishant shared insights about how these activities vary across different organizational contexts – from startups to enterprises, B2B to B2C, and Agile to Waterfall environments.

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Roadmap Personas: The Best Way to Set Expectations for Teams, Clients, and Leadership

Speaker: Johanna Rothman - Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

Learning objectives: How to create a roadmap that helps the team focus on what they need now, while offering a look-ahead to the future How to leverage your product's position on the technology adoption curve to choose the right customer-focused roadmap How to present options in a rolling wave roadmap, especially if your product is novel and not yet (..)

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Beyond the Findings: The Case for UX Research in Digital Transformation

Speaker: Marina Foglietta-Tereo, Head of UX Research, AXA Insurance

Business leaders, product teams, and technology organizations (or those in the process of becoming technology organizations) can help their strategies and teams succeed by maximizing their UX Research. As a product manager, designer, or UX researcher - convince your leadership of the need to invest in this competency.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Innovation and Leadership go hand in hand. Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?".

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The Future of Product Management

Speaker: Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, Founder and CEO of The Product School

From expectations to technology, tools, and leadership, the CEO of the Product School, Carlos Gonzalez de Villaumbrosia, will detail the trends that are shaping the future of Product Management. In this webinar you will learn: The Top 5 Product Management Trends.

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The Six Principles of Persuasion

Speaker: Michael Carducci, CTO, Mago:Tech

We might be trying to get our CEO on-board with investment in a new technology or a rearchitecture effort, or we might want culture or process changes by our team. This knowledge and the related skills are essential to success as a technology leader. Our “good idea” is simply the beginning.