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112 / Beyond the Handoff Culture: How To Collaborate in a Post-Pandemic World, with Gavin Deadman

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Gavin Deadman
Flutter Entertainment

Product teams emerging from 3 years of remote-work hibernation are now living through what Gavin Deadman calls the “handoff culture.” Acquisition marketer turned product management coach, Gavin supports a product team of 150 product managers and product leaders within the division of Flutter International and Flutter Entertainment. A prolific blogger, Gavin’s writing is must-read content …

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Gavin Deadman
Flutter Entertainment

111 / Using Data to Inform Design, with Krissi Xenakis & Jocelyne Dittmer

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Krissi Xenakis & Jocelyne Dittmer
SVA / IBM

The world may be shrinking, but it doesn’t always feel that way. As product design leaders Krissi Xenakis & Jocelyne Dittmer explain, it’s more important than ever to get aligned around culture and craft, balancing the needs of the business with the needs of the team. Especially with remote and distributed teams, collaboration around complementary …

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Krissi Xenakis & Jocelyne Dittmer
SVA / IBM

110 / Futures Thinking and UX Design, with Phil Balagtas

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Phil Balagtas
HABITAT

For more than a decade, Futures Design thinker Phil Balagtas has been developing tools for fusing the concepts of strategic foresight and speculative design with traditional design strategy. On June 22-23 at the ITX Product + Design Conference, he’ll share many of these insights. In a Day 1 workshop and Day 2 keynote, Phil will …

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Phil Balagtas
HABITAT

109 / Co-creation in the Age of Digital Transformation, with Yuting Chu

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Yuting Chu
Product Manager & Consultant

Though product management remains a relatively young profession, the pandemic-induced digital transformation has accelerated its maturation at a rate far faster than it would have otherwise. Yuting Chu believes this phenomenon has positioned product managers to take a more entrepreneurial approach to product development – one that incorporates the experiences of all stakeholders, called co-creation. …

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Yuting Chu
Product Manager & Consultant

108 / The Human Reality of User Experience, with Aaron Usiskin

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Aaron Usiskin
Zelis

The recent acceleration of artificial intelligence into the product + design space may spark more answers than questions. But the questions that persist are big ones. In this episode of Product Momentum, Aaron Usiskin, Director of UX/UI Enterprise Incubation and Enablement at Zelis, explores this philosophical head-scratcher: with AI/ML, are we at risk of losing …

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Aaron Usiskin
Zelis

107 / A Lesson in Product Management: Outcomes > Outputs, with Kax Uson

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Kax Uson
Adevinta

The journey of Kax Uson from employee #1 at an e-commerce start-up in the Philippines to Head of Product at Adevinta looks familiar to the path so many product managers have taken. At every turn, she’s learned the processes and tools that come with the role – and then unlearned the ones that became a …

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Kax Uson
Adevinta

106 / Using Atomic Networks to Find Product-Market Fit, with Neha Bansal

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Neha Bansal
Google

Product and UX professionals want their product to be ‘the next big thing.’ Right? But Google’s Neha Bansal reminds us that designing a product with everyone in mind ignores the adage, “aim small, miss small.” Instead, Neha recommends narrowing your target market to what Andrew Chen calls atomic networks. “The broader your market, the harder …

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Neha Bansal
Google

105 / Innovation Through Open APIs: Shifting the Locus of Value Creation, with Marshall Van Alstyne

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Marshall Van Alstyne
Boston University School of Management

Open APIs are sets of rules that enable systems to freely communicate with each other. They allow companies to “tap into the wisdom of the crowd,” Marshall Van Alstyne explains, shifting the burden of value creation to external sources. “You want people you don’t know to bring you ideas you don’t have,” he adds. In …

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Marshall Van Alstyne
Boston University School of Management

104 / Building the Business Case for UX Design, with Jon Daiello

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Jon Daiello
Paychex

UX Design isn’t about building beautiful products for the sake of beauty itself, says Jon Daiello. We’re building something that solves people’s problems. “Design isn’t here to just manufacture,” Jon adds. “It’s here to help us understand what we should manufacture. That’s one of the big distinctions.” In this episode of the Product Momentum Podcast, …

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Jon Daiello
Paychex

103 / A Product Manager’s Journey through Discovery, with Nesrine Changuel

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Nesrine Changuel
Google

Dr. Nesrine Changuel credits innate curiosity and a personal motivation for unlocking new knowledge as the catalyst that has brought her to Nokia, Microsoft, Spotify, and now Google. Her career journey has been thoughtful and deliberate, first as a researcher and later a transition to product management. Nesrine explains how a growth mindset encourages learning …

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Nesrine Changuel
Google

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