ProductTank Bristol #50

Join us to celebrate our 50th ProductTank. We've got a special event planned!

6:00 - Descend 🛬, Sip 🍻 Snacks 🍕, and Strategy 💡
6:25 - Introduction and a warm welcome from our host
6:30 - 🎤 Benji Portwin - Context Is Everything: How My Neurodivergence Plays Out – for Better or Worse – Depending on the Situation
7:00 -⭐️ Special Guest ⭐️
7:20 - 🎤 Invested Interests: Technology, Teamwork and Transformation
7:50 - Wrap Up
8:00 - End and Depart 🛫, with the opportunity for extended discussions

📢 - Context Is Everything: How My Neurodivergence Plays Out – for Better or Worse – Depending on the Situation
I was diagnosed as dyslexic at 16. Until then, I just thought I wasn’t very good at reading. At 25, I was (ironically) given a book that completely changed how I saw it – and helped me recognise the strengths it had given me. At 35, a stranger on the internet suggested I might have ADHD – and they were right. In this talk, I’ll share how I developed coping strategies without even realising it, and how the right (or wrong) environment can completely change how I show up. It’s not about superpowers – it’s about context, self-awareness, and learning to design work around how your brain actually works.

👤 Benji Portwin - Founder, People Building Products
Benji Portwin is a product leader and founder of People Building Products, a digital product and strategy studio. He’s spent over 10 years building and scaling products at high-growth startups like Monzo, Accurx, and Zinc, and now helps organisations move fast without breaking things – or losing sight of their users. From e-commerce turnarounds to government platforms, Benji specialises in designing great products and building the teams and culture to deliver them.

📢 - Invested Interests: Technology, Teamwork and Transformation
Hear how HL and AND Digital are partnering to reinvent HL's mobile app. In this session, they’ll discuss the drivers behind the transformation, highlight the opportunities it offers, and share early wins and key lessons from the journey so far.

👤 Tom Collett - Senior Product Manager, HL
Tom is a Senior Product Manager at HL. He's spent 4 of his 6 years with the company helping to develop it's award winning Mobile Apps

👤 Claudia Green - Senior Product Developer, AND Digital

Sponsored By:

Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown’s purpose is simple: to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future.
As the UK’s largest investment platform for private investors, we achieve this by always putting the client first; by understanding their individual needs and providing the best products and services to meet them.
We are proud to be based in the heart of Bristol, and over 1.9 million people across the UK entrust us with over £155 billion of their savings, investments and pensions. Our digital platform and mobile applications are our market-leading, core client touchpoints.

AND Digital
AND Digital’s mission is to close the world’s digital skills gap. We exist to help you achieve digital greatness by bridging the gap between your ambition and capability.

We create and deliver transformative digital experiences powered by technology, data, AI, and platforms, driving competitive advantage and long-term growth. We don’t just build solutions for you; we build them with you.

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