ProductTank October

*Please note the change of venue*

We are super excited to have Matt LeMay with us for ProductTank October! He gave a fantastic keynote at the Mind the Product conference in June and we're really lucky to have him join us in Manchester. Code Computerlove are kindly hosting us in their Manchester office and there will of course be the normal food and drinks provisions and plenty of opportunity to chat with your product tribe.

Matt is sharing his talk "Clarity over comfort: better communication for Product Managers" with a talk and Q&A session.

Product managers live or die by their communications skills. But how do we actually improve those skills, not just for ourselves but for our teams and our organizations as well? In this talk, product leader and Product Management in Practice author Matt LeMay identifies immediate, accessible steps that product people across industries and titles can use to bring clarity and purpose to their teams. We'll discuss why "good communication" means so much more than "using fancy words and making fancy presentations", and why the most important questions for product managers to ask can be equal parts obvious and dangerous. Get ready for an open, opinionated, and vulnerable conversation about open, opinionated, and vulnerable conversations!

Bio
Matt LeMay is an internationally recognized expert on product management and Agile ways of working. He is the author of Agile for Everybody (O’Reilly Media, 2018) and Product Management in Practice (Second Edition O'Reilly Media, 2022), and has helped build and scale product management practices at companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Matt is the creator of the One Page / One Hour Pledge, a commitment to minimize busywork and maximize collaboration that has been adopted by over 100 individuals and teams at Amazon, Walmart, CNN, BBVA, and more.

Matt is co-founder and partner at Sudden Compass, a consultancy that has helped organizations like Spotify, Clorox, Google, and Procter & Gamble put customer centricity into practice. In his work as a technology communicator, Matt has developed and led digital transformation and data strategy workshops for companies like GE, American Express, Pfizer, McCann, and Johnson & Johnson.

Previously, Matt worked as Senior Product Manager at music startup Songza (acquired by Google), and Head of Consumer Product at Bitly. Matt is also a musician, recording engineer, and the author of a book about singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. He lives in London, England with his wife Joan.

Look forward to seeing you there!