We'll be back in July for the next ProductTank Manchester with great product speakers and great networking!
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Talks
James Gunaca
Understanding your skills as a PM
Product Managers are experts at creating roadmaps and strategic plans for their products - but rarely apply these same powerful skills to their own careers. In this interactive talk, you'll get to assess your PM skills and see how they can inform your career roadmap.
Colin Preston
Vibe Coding: Accelerating Innovation, But at What Cost?
A candid dive into where vibe coding helps product teams move smart—and where it quietly creates chaos.
The talk will cover:-
- Vibe coding = rapid, instinct-led prototyping to spark real, honest feedback
- Build to Test, Not to ship
- Less process, more momentum—designing to learn, not just to ship
- But when speed takes the wheel, what’s the impact on CX, alignment, and product quality?
What you’ll take away
- How I’ve used vibe coding to get sharper, faster user feedback
- When it drives insight—and when it derails direction
- A simple model for using vibe coding without racking up CX debt
David Cox
Kicking the habit: Why are organisations addicted to low-hanging fruit?
Over the past year or so, I've spoken to hundreds of people at different companies of different sizes, and they all recognise the pattern of burning out in pursuit of "low-hanging fruit" - those things that are quickest and easiest to deliver. In the meantime, harder - if more valuable - work gets deprioritised and delayed. Which begs the question - why? Why are organisations addicted to low-hanging fruit, and what can we do to kick the habit?
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🚨 We're on the hunt for our next sponsors / venues. If you can provide a space for 80+ product people in central Manchester, with food & drinks, we'd love to hear from you!
Why you should come?
Networking with fellow product people 👋
- Great talks from local and national speakers 🎤
- Food 🍕and drink 🍺
- We welcome people from all backgrounds!
We're a friendly bunch, our typical crowd includes:
- senior product leaders
- startup founders
- mid-level PMs
- new PMs
- people looking to get into Product
- engineers/developers
- designers
- people who work with product teams - and just want to learn more.
Whatever your situation, come along and say hello.
Event timings
6:00pm start - Networking (drinks and food)
6:30pm - Talks start (3x 20-min talks + 5min Q&A)
8:00pm - Talks finish - more networking - drinks and food
8:30pm - Close
