Product Anonymous Meetup - Melbourne

Our teams have the best AI tools but nothing changed

Tue, Sep 22 · 6:00 PM AEST

Netwealth, 6/180 Flinders Street, Melbourne, AU

Josh Centner, Principal PM, Seek: will be taking us through this topic building on some discussions from ProductCamp.

Our teams have the best AI tools but nothing changed

Most organisations now have AI tooling across their product and engineering teams. Most of them are moving just a little faster then they were two years ago. The tools aren’t the problem. The operating model underneath them is.
Build is no longer the bottleneck. The new constraint is coordination: how teams align on what to build, how functions like legal, security, and design stay genuinely involved without becoming the gate everything stalls behind, and how leaders shift from approving decisions to setting the conditions that let good decisions happen without them.
This session draws on a live transformation across a large technology organisation, redesigning not just how teams build, but the entire system from idea to customer impact. We’ll cover the three things that actually have to change for AI tooling to translate into speed:
– how work gets defined before it’s built
– how specialist functions engage without creating queues
– and how the PM role changes when coordination overhead drops and intent has to survive further and faster than ever before.
This isn’t a talk about tools. It’s about what your organisation needs to look like for the tools to matter.

Our fabulous sponsors: Netwealth

Netwealth is one of Australia's leading wealth management platforms, providing technology and investment solutions for financial advisers and their clients. Since 1999, we’ve focused on innovation and challenging the status quo, building digital products that help Australians see wealth differently and achieve better financial outcomes. At the heart of Netwealth is a culture of curious, collaborative, courageous, optimistic, agile and genuine people who are passionate about solving meaningful problems and creating better experiences for customers. For more about careers at Netwealth.

Lead With Impact Through Powerful Facilitation

Thu, Oct 22 · 6:00 PM AEDT

Natural Velocity Innovation Centre,  432-446 Docklands Drive,  Level 1, Star Crescent, The District Docklands, Docklands, VIC 30, Melbourne, AU

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to design and run workshops that actually move teams forward.

Going beyond the standard retro and sticky notes, & drawing on real examples from hundreds of workshops plus grounded in coaching and facilitation practice, we'll cover everything from setting the right goals, to a practical toolkit to design your next workshop with intent, to tips for the messy real-world stuff like handling conflict, getting people to engage, and keeping energy up when things go sideways.

You'll leave with practical techniques you can use straight away, tools to help teams go from discussion to real decisions, and more confidence being the person running the room.

Our speaker
Aseel Hamarneh is a Product lead with over 15 years’ experience in tech, working multiple organisations and countries. Over that time, she has seen a consistent pattern: teams collaborate constantly and run regular workshops and retros, yet often leave potential on the table because facilitation is treated as a format rather than a leadership skill.

She has designed and led organisation-wide workshops, large-scale training programs, and numerous strategy and ideation sessions. Her focus is not on running meetings, but on using facilitation to drive alignment, generate stronger ideas, and support meaningful decisions during change and complexity.

Drawing on formal facilitation training and executive coaching accreditation, Aseel approaches facilitation as a capability that shapes how teams think and collaborate. Across diverse organisational contexts, she has seen the same principle hold: strong facilitation unlocks the full potential of collective thinking.

Our hosts: NV AI Learning Centre

Directions Natural Velocity Head Office is located on Level One, 9 Star Cres Docklands (inside The District Docklands) next to Melbourne College of Hair and Beauty.

By tram: We're at the last stop on tram routes 70 & 86 (free tram zone). Exit the FRONT of the tram, cross the road and enter the left-hand side District Docklands entrance, up the escalator near Penny Specialty Coffee, take a left over the bridge and we're next to Melbourne College of Hair & Beauty

By Rideshare: Enter ‘Natural Velocity’ into your App and a driver will drop you off outside The District Docklands entrance. enter the left-hand side District Docklands entrance, up the escalator near Penny Specialty Coffee, take a left over the bridge and we're next to Melbourne College of Hair & Beauty

By Car: Park in “the District Docklands East Carpark” above Woolies. From your car exit level one, walk past H&M towards Star Cres, turn left take a right over the bridge and we're next to Melbourne College of Hair & Beauty. NV can discount parking down to $7.

By Motorbike/bicycle: Plenty of two wheel parking is available along Docklands Drive

Our sponsor: Pendo

Pendo, the most comprehensive product experience platform, allows companies to put product at the center of everything they do. We help teams integrate product intelligence into their organizations to confidently innovate at the speed of changing user needs—taking the guesswork out of delivering the best product experiences.
Pendo combines powerful software usage analytics with in-app guidance and user feedback capabilities, enabling even non-technical teams to deliver better product experiences to their customers or employees. And through our Mind the Product and customer communities, we provide education, events, and training to support product and digital leaders everywhere. You can learn more about what Pendo does here.