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Backstage at Monzo: From Problem to Product

Backstage at Monzo: From Problem to Product

Wed, Mar 18, 6:00 PM
From Monzo Product London

Join us as we pull back the curtain on how we build, ship, and scale product at Monzo 🚀 Hear from some of our Product Managers and Designers as they walk through three recently shipped features, sharing how we identify customer problems, make product decisions, deliver at scale and more. Expect insights, lessons learned, and a behind-the-scenes look at how Monzo operates in Product. **Agenda:** * **How we scaled to become one of the UK's biggest pension consolidation products in under 6 months** \- Rebekah Hornsby\, Product Manager in the Wealth team\. * **Making Tax Digital *(and maybe even likeable)*: Building a tax filing product for real people** \- Sam Broadey\, Product Manager in the Business Banking team\. * **Designing habit-forming products at scale: Inside Monzo’s 2026 Saving Challenge** \- Elaine Chiong\, Product Manager in the Core Banking team\. Each talk will be around 15 minutes with 5 minutes for questions ✨ Interested in what we get up to? [Check our tech blog](https://monzo.com/blog/topic/technology "https://monzo.com/blog/topic/technology") and [careers page](https://monzo.com/careers#jobs "https://monzo.com/careers#jobs") *Please be aware that this is held in our event space on the ground floor of this building. To access, head to where Appold Street and Worship Street meet.*

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200 attendees
Say It Right or Lose Them: The Power of Your First Sentence

Say It Right or Lose Them: The Power of Your First Sentence

Wed, Feb 18, 8:00 PM
From The Financial Freedom Club UK
3.8

**Your First Seven Seconds** *FREE 1\-hour interactive webinar \| Business & Leadership Growth Series* Most capable professionals aren’t overlooked because they lack skill or credibility. They’re overlooked because they can’t explain what they do **clearly and quickly**. In business conversations, networking, sales calls, and leadership moments, people decide fast: *“Is this relevant to me?”* If the answer isn’t obvious, attention disappears. This practical webinar with **Dr Edward Klinger** shows why clarity — not confidence — determines whether people lean in or tune out, and how to fix it using a simple, repeatable framework. ### What you’ll learn * Why clarity beats competence in first impressions * A 3-part one-liner framework that works across roles and industries * How to articulate your real value without sounding vague or generic * Why strong positioning opens doors — and where most people go wrong This is **not** a networking or personal branding session. It’s about clarity, positioning, and decision-making impact. ### Event details 🕒 60 minutes \| 💻 Live interactive webinar \| 💷 FREE You’ll leave with a sharper one-liner, a practical framework, and a clearer understanding of how to make every conversation work harder for you. Free to attend. Limited spaces. The Financial Freedom Club Meetup Group supports the policies and principles of Meetup. We make no guarantees and we do not offer financial services or assurances. Your results will reflect the time, effort, and consistency you put into applying what you learn. All our workshops are free to attend.

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5 attendees
🎖 Blitz Creed Board Game Night @ The Loading Bar

🎖 Blitz Creed Board Game Night @ The Loading Bar

Wed, Feb 25, 6:30 PM
From London Strategy Card Gamers - Blitz Creed Community

Join us at Loading Bar (Stoke Newington) for a dedicated Blitz Creed game night. If you enjoy strategy card games, meeting new people and playing in a relaxed, welcoming setting, this one’s for you. This event is focused entirely on Blitz Creed, a fast-paced military strategy card game built around tactics, prediction, and outsmarting your opponents. No other games will be played on the night. **🕕 Arrival & Start Time** * Arrive from: 6:30pm for drinks, mingling, and meeting other players * Games begin: 7:00pm If it’s your first time attending or you’re coming on your own, just ask for Taha or Omar when you arrive and we’ll help get you settled. **🎮 What to expect** * Full games of Blitz Creed only * Clear rules explanation before play begins * Games played in groups of 3–4 players * A friendly, social atmosphere with plenty of interaction and table talk No prior experience is needed — the game is taught on the night. **👥 Capacity** * Limited to 20 players Spaces are capped to ensure smooth gameplay and enough table space, so please RSVP only if you’re able to attend. **🍔Supporting the venue** Loading Bar has kindly given us the space free of charge, so we politely ask that attendees support the venue by purchasing food and/or drinks during the evening. **⏰ How long does it run?** We’ll be playing through the evening until 10pm (give or take). If you’re looking for a focused, social night built around one strategic card game, we’d love to have you join us. ***

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Product Unleashed London: AI Trust + Beyond GenAI Hype + Woo your stakeholders

Product Unleashed London: AI Trust + Beyond GenAI Hype + Woo your stakeholders

Thu, Feb 19, 6:30 PM
From Product Unleashed: The Digital Product Community You Need
4.7

**——————————** **Event Description:** **——————————** Welcome product enthusiasts! We're a meet-up group that hosts regular speaking events for those interested in the world of **digital products** and **doing things differently!** Each meet-up features new guests from some of the most influential product companies around the world, providing unique insights, tangible ideas, and new techniques to help drive change from the inside out. **————————** **Event Format:** **————————** 🚨 **This is an in-person event only.** 🚨 **————** **Venue:** **————** **Our Product Unleashed London Event:** We are hosted in the beautiful event space @ **[Accurx](https://www.accurx.com/)** We're looking forward to seeing you there! **———————** **What to expect:** ⚡ This event will be made up of 3 X speakers dropping knowledge bombs in the form of 20 minute talks straight into your minds 🤯 **———————** **SPEAKER 1** **———————** **Micaela Dixon** Micaela Dixon is a Senior Product Designer at Picsart, working on AI-powered creative growth experiences used by millions of people worldwide. She specialises in designing human-centred AI systems that balance trust, delight, and user agency. Alongside her industry work, Micaela is the founder of The AI UX School, where she teaches designers how to confidently design, prototype, and think critically about AI products. Her work sits at the intersection of UX, AI, growth ethics, and product strategy. **————————** **About the Talk:** **————————** **Building Trust and Encouraging Critical Thinking: Designing AI Experiences That Do Both** In this talk, Micaela explores how teams can intentionally build AI experiences that create trust without encouraging blind reliance. Through real product examples and practical UX patterns, she shows how interaction design, language, feedback loops, and system transparency can help users stay engaged, informed, and thoughtful when working with AI. ***The session reframes trust not as “users believing the system,” but as users feeling supported, capable, and in control.*** **———————** **SPEAKER 2** **———————** **Erin Casali** Erin is a VP/Director of both product and design, with over 10 years of experience in each. She has a hybrid approach with design, product, and engineering in her background, and a skillset including psychology and change management. Her unique blend of skills, including psychology and change management, enables her to foster collaboration and break down silos. Driven by a passion for improving lives through her work, she empowers teams to reach their full potential. She advocates for purpose, transparency, and diversity, fostering a culture of trust and agency. **————————** **About the Talk:** **————————** **Engaging with genAI Beyond the Hype** The world of genAI is split between doomers and boomers (the other kind), where it can be really hard to distinguish between what’s useful and what’s not. According to one side, everything is amazing and our jobs are going to disappear soon. According to the other, genAI is evil and needs to be resisted at all costs. ***This talk will provide pragmatic tools to navigate the world of hype between the two sides, and define how to gain valuable skills.*** **———————** **SPEAKER 3** **———————** **Chris Compston** Chris is a London-based product coach who has led product operations for brands like Bumble, Farfetch and Reward Gateway. He specialises in designing Product Operating Models that drive organisation toward impact. A prolific speaker and writer, Chris focuses on how intentional, repeatable practices help modern product teams thrive. **————————** **About the Talk:** **————————** **How to Woo** How do you steer the ship when you aren't the captain? In product development, your success rarely depends on your ability to give orders. Instead, it relies on your ability to influence people that you have no direct power over. We often call this stakeholder management, but in reality, it is the art of the "Woo". An approachable, human way of winning people over to your side. In this talk, we will explore why the hard sell often leads to friction and how you can shift from pushing requirements to pulling people toward a shared vision. Drawing on real-world successes and failures from Bumble, Farfetch, and Reward Gateway, we’ll look at how to navigate conflicting interests and complex personalities. ***You will learn a practical approach to understanding hidden motivations, shaping the narrative around your ideas, and ultimately empowering others to feel they are making the right choice for themselves. The goal isn't just to get a yes. It is to build a partnership where everyone feels they’ve won.*** **—————————————** **Support from:** **—————————————** We are kindly hosted by our friends at Accurx. **——————————** **About your hosts:** **——————————** Product Unleashed is brought to you by your hosts **[John Griffin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-griffin-designer/)** and **[Dominic Port](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-port/)**. The duo has worked on the design of products of all shapes and sizes and bring their energy and enthusiasm to this unique meet-up, packed with great guests and knowledge - for anyone interested in levelling up their game in the world of products.

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115 attendees
 Investing and Trading in Financial Markets - Discussion & Networking

Investing and Trading in Financial Markets - Discussion & Networking

Sat, Feb 28, 3:00 PM
From London Investors and Traders Group
4.7

**Join the London Investors and Traders Group for an afternoon of discussion and networking focused on trading and investing** Whether you are a short-term trader or a long-term investor, this event offers a platform to discuss market trends, exchange ideas and strategies, and potentially collaborate on future trade and investment projects. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your trading and investing knowledge and skills while making valuable connections in the trading and investing community. **This event is only for members who have posted RSVPs here.** (Please change your RSVPs early if you are unable to attend so that some of those on the waitlist could) **AGENDA** **15.00 Meet Greet and Network** **16:30 Discussion** Topics for Talks & Discussion: **Current Developments** in the Financial Markets **Active, Passive & Systematic** Investing Strategies **Trading Strategies for** Short, Medium & long-term **Followed by Q&A** **18:30 Close** **We look forward to meeting you at this event!** *(We are a peer group of Investors and Traders, not an advisory service)*

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50 attendees
In-person: Transition to a product-first operating model: leveraging AI

In-person: Transition to a product-first operating model: leveraging AI

Wed, Feb 25, 6:30 PM
From ProductTank London
4.5

**Please note this is an offline event with limited space. RSVP only if you will be able to attend in person. If you want to watch the live streaming, please RSVP to our [online meetup](https://www.meetup.com/producttank-london/events/313347025/?eventOrigin=group_events_list),** **\-\-\-\-\-\-\-** Join us for our next ProductTank London event on **Navigating the transition to a product-first operating model: leveraging AI to make faster and smarter decisions.** **Our speakers:** **[Alex Stergiou](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-stergiou-30465a67/)** - **Product Success Partner** Alex Stergiou is a transformation and product leader with nearly two decades of experience in complex sales and service organisations, primarily at BT and now in a high‑growth SaaS environment. He has led cross‑functional squads and business analysis teams to deliver major broadband, TV and converged product transformations, and more recently has rolled out Productboard and modern demand planning practices across BT Business. In his current Product Success role, he helps enterprises evolve their product operating models and unlock value from product tooling and AI‑enabled ways of working. **[James Reynolds](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesreyno/)** - **Director** A product leader with huge experience in Telco across roles in marketing, engineering and digital, covering consumer and business in multi national organisations. I love telco as it's the fabric that underpins all our digital lives. I'm passionate about the power of product to solve problems and excited about the possibilities AI brings. Away from work I taxi my 3 kids around, go on dog walks and follow Arsenal. **[Simon Evatt](https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonevatt/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonevatt/)- **Digital Director** Simon Evatt, Digital Director is responsible for BT, EE and Plusnet digital journeys and experiences across Service and Sales channels, along with tools and tech in our Contact Centres and Retail stores. **[Amanda Ho](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-ho-uk/) \- Product Manager**, will be our host for the evening. This event is sponsored by [Productboard](https://www.linkedin.com/company/productboard/) **Location:** EE, 1 Braham St, London, E1 8EE **Timings:** 6:30 - Doors open 7:00 - Talk starts / streaming starts 8:00 - Q&A 8:30 - Q&A Finish 9:00 - Close Please note that the event will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel, and images taken throughout the evening may be shared on our social media platforms. To keep up-to-date with our upcoming talks, follow our [LinkedIn page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/producttanklondon) and our [YouTube channel.](https://www.youtube.com/c/MindtheProductTV) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- By attending this event, you agree to give permission for any photos taken during the event to be used for promotional purposes, give permission for your name and surname to be used for registration purposes, and agree to be contacted by email by ProductTank and Productboard.

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