Session type:

Talk

Presented by:

Daniel Merriman

Daniel Merriman Coaching

Session time:

27 Sep 12:15 — 13:00

Session duration:

45 minutes

About the session

How do you take a team that has never had dedicated product leadership, and lead them through the most ambitious, wide-reaching initiative they’ve ever faced… in just 8 months?

This is the story of how a renegade product manager, armed with only a Welsh accent and endless collection of puns, took a small team on a journey from burnout and missed deadlines to transforming student experiences from San Juan to Mumbai.

Including:
• How I turned our fiercest critics into our strongest advocates
• Why engineers should take camping holidays
• And why buying Amazon vouchers in Spanish is a sound investment

This is a highly practical session, heavy on "this is explicitly how I did the thing, what worked and what didn't", which should provide a tonne of actionable insight and plenty of laughs!

Participant takeaways:

  • Real-world examples of product management practices at the sharp end
  • The messy reality of starting user research from scratch
  • How to build a culture of sustainability in your product team
  • Managing expectations when everyone looks to you for answers

Themes:

Asynchronous Working, Product Process, User Research, Shape Up, Stakeholder Management, Team Building, Trust.

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