Workshops & Speaking
Inspire your audience with practical AI and product leadership insights they can use immediately.
Speaking Topics
AI for Product Managers and Leaders
In this interactive session, I'll share battle-tested frameworks for integrating AI into your product practice based on my 20+ years of product leadership experience and my work teaching AI skills to product teams.
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You'll learn:
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How to use AI as four distinct personas (Assistant, Thought Partner, Creator, and Editor) to multiply your productivity
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A practical framework for evaluating where AI can have the highest impact across your product lifecycle
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Specific techniques for using AI to accelerate market analysis, requirements development, and stakeholder communications
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How to build and upskill AI-ready product teams using my AI Competencies Assessment Framework
Program Options
Building AI-Empowered Product Teams
Most product teams approach AI adoption chaotically - everyone experimenting with different tools, no coordination, inconsistent results. Drawing from my 20+ years of product leadership experience and my work coaching product teams through AI transformation, I'll guide you from chaos to confidence with proven frameworks and hands-on practice. ​
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You'll learn:
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The Six Personas of Product Leadership framework and how AI is transforming each role from Strategic Orchestra Conductor to Innovation Architect
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How to systematically identify high-value AI opportunities using the ABCD Method (Analyze, Brainstorm, Conduct, Diagnose & Iterate)
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Practical demonstrations of AI applications across the complete product lifecycle - from customer insights to release automation
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How to assess your team's AI readiness and create targeted development plans using the AI Competencies Framework
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Actionable strategies for moving your organization from scattered AI experiments to strategic, confident implementation
How to Be an Effective Product Leader
The leap from individual contributor to product leader requires a fundamental mindset shift that few are prepared for. Drawing from my two decades of product leadership experience and my work as a professor of strategy, I'll share the frameworks I wish I'd had when I first became a product leader.
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You'll discover:
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Why treating your team as your product is the key to successful product leadership
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How to build a team roadmap that develops capabilities aligned with business strategy
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Practical techniques for scaling your impact through delegation and coaching
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A framework for measuring your success through team outcomes rather than individual contributions
Speaking Experience
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Adjunct Professor of Strategy at University of Washington and Seattle University Business Schools
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20+ years of product leadership at Sony, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and HERE Technologies
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Trained public speaker with extensive podcast and television interview experience
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Interactive presentation style with immediately applicable frameworks
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