How you can drive business impact as a product manager by Matt LeMay at #mtpcon London 2025 www.mindtheproduct.com/how-you-can-...
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really enjoyed spending the whole day staring at my laptop for #mtpcon
will have to make sure I’m there irl next time
I found that fireside chat really difficult to take seriously. It felt like TechBros being TechBros.
The rest of #mtpcon was excellent though.
• Are our team goals no more than one step away from company-level goals? • Do our team goals involve specific enough timelines and targets to drive subtractive decision-making? • Do our team goals contribute to company-level goals enough to justify the company's investment in the team itself?
To end, some pointed, thought-provoking questions from @mattlemay.com #mtpcon
A woman standing on the large stage of the Barbican Hall in London
Emily Tate #mtpcon asks “how many of your products have control panels that are used only by staff?” <lots of hands> “and how many are proud of those internal control panels?” <lots of laughs, not many hands>
On the range of mariners as customers ⚓️ some of them will use electronic/digital methods, “some of them prefer paper charts, some of them still navigate by the stars” 🌌 #mtpcon Nadine Matthews of the UK Hydrographic Office.
A woman on a small stage is presenting from a TV screen which says “fast forward 18 months”
Nadine Matthews of the UK Hydrographic Office #mtpcon on how expectations become albatrosses, and how going back to basics - start with why, relentless focus empower the team, embrace the uncertainty - made a difference.
Dude from @elevenlabs.io at #mtpcon “we don’t have any marketing people”. Same dude 5 min later “We hired a team just dedicated to focused messaging to Enterprise segment and it helped lead gen” … bro you just discovered enterprise B2B marketing.
Two men on a stage
Luke Harries endorsing the “hire great people, give them space, trust the process” philosophy at #mtpcon
fantastic set of keynotes at #mtpcon this morning. wish i was there in person instead of watching them through my laptop screen
Service design is not just a deliverable of the programme. It is The Programme. 🙌
Jonathan Waldheim-Ross
Head of Service - Product and Delivery at NHS Education for Scotland
#mtpcon
(The Gary Problem in sales) leads to an overfocus on acquisition methods and deteriorating value of your product
I’ve seen several products that look like this and for this exact reason. #mtpcon Leah Tharin
Slide: Gary from Sales Represents one customer until they sign Gary is predictable Gary is really good with words and knows how to talk $$$ Cares about his compensation
Leah Tharin explains “the Gary problem” for product managers #mtpcon
A woman stands on the Barbican Hall stage. Behind her is a picture of a man pouring Tabasco sauce into his own eye, with the words “Deploying that simple frame work from a podcast your manager listened to”
Leah Tharin predictably entertaining from the off #mtpcon
First insight from #mtpcon, product people belong to one of two shoe tribes, the Adidas tribe and the Allbirds tribe.
I’m at #mtpcon in London today seeing what’s new and cool in product management.
#mtpcon Interesting that Amex used its UK market as guinea pigs to test a new user flow without disrupting the customer app experience for its core (and much more lucrative) US market.
Ebi talked about improving the “main app upload” experience that one of her teams had built in the Youtube app, so I thought I’d give it a go. #mtpcon (it was pretty good)
I’m at the product conference Mind The Product #mtpcon today.
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“Strategy is not saying no to a bunch of horrible ideas. If you have a bunch of horrible ideas, you have a different problem.
Strategy is you have a bunch of great ideas. And those great ideas, [you have to say] it hurts that we said no.”
Ebi Atawodi, YouTube #mtpcon
Ebi Atawodi sharing the vision statement from YouTube Studio here at #mtpcon 🤩
Uses the same classic format that our @prodpad.com CoPilot is tuned to use as it guides you on crafting your own vision statement 🌟
"Conversation > comprehension > conviction". Opening speaker going hard at shared purpose. #mtpcon
Belsito doing a great job of opening up #MTPCon, sharing a little history & talking up some new additions. Great to see my baby in good hands, love this direction and reinvigorated energy. Crew are clearly as devoted as ever, this has all the great vibes it always has!
House band opening #mtpcon
Always wanted a house band for #mtpcon - fabulous to be welcomed in with this clarion call today!
Where the product people at? Are hashtags worth much on BlueSky yet? It's #mtpcon day so perfect day to try!
Who is around for #mtpcon tomorrow?
#mtpcon London 2025 is happening on Monday and I’ll be speaking at the Leadership Forum.
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