Hey folks!
We’d like to invite you to the #14 Product Peak meetup @ Ocado Technology!
Key event details:
- Date: Tue, Apr 14th, starting at 18:00 (6:00 P.M.). Please arrive a bit earlier to grab your seat.
- Location: Ocado office, Szewska 8, Wrocław Old Town. The entrance is next to Green Caffè Nero.
- Venue: Dedicated event space, 4th floor.
*** AGENDA ***
18:00 - grab a drink and take a seat
18:10 - 18:40
Speaker: Michał Kuriata
Topic: Shipping Features Is Easy. Owning Product Decisions Is the Hard Part
Abstract:
Most product teams are great at shipping.
Roadmaps are full, sprints are busy, features are delivered on time.
And yet, the product often doesn’t really move forward.
Why?
Because shipping features is an execution problem.
But making good product decisions is a leadership and ownership problem.
In this talk, I’ll show why many teams struggle not with what to build, but with how decisions are made:
- why data, research, and discovery don’t automatically lead to good decisions,
- how unclear ownership slows down products more than technical constraints,
- and why “alignment” often replaces real decision-making.
Based on real examples from technology-driven organizations, we’ll look at the hidden patterns that turn product teams into feature factories, even when everyone has the best intentions.
This session is not about tools or frameworks.
It’s about how decisions actually happen inside product teams, and why that matters more than velocity.
18:50 - 19:20
Speakers: Adam Myszak, Kamil Cupiał
Topic: Product Maturity: When Do Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid Deliver the Most Value?
Abstract: In mature organizations, the choice of work methodology is a strategic, not an ideological, decision. This presentation focuses on a pragmatic approach, treating Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid models as tools whose conscious selection maximizes product value. We will discuss how to match the approach to the type of risk, the stage of the product's life cycle – from exploring user needs to complex technical integrations – and the requirements for predictability. We will also present a practical example of implementing a hybrid approach using a Vasco product case study, showing how to effectively manage the tensions arising from the coexistence of multiple models within a single product organization.
*** BIOs ***
Michał Kuriata: a business transformation advisor and founder of Elowenta, where he helps technology-driven organizations reduce operational chaos and improve decision-making at scale.
He works with product, engineering, and leadership teams to clarify ownership, align goals, and turn strategy into execution, especially in environments where teams are busy, but real impact is missing.
With a background in IT and years of experience supporting growing companies, Michał focuses on the human and organizational side of product development: leadership, accountability, and how decisions actually get made inside teams.
Adam Myszak: Agile Coach at Vasco and Trainer/Consultant at Bottega IT Minds.
He helps teams and organizations break through constraints that slow down flow, waste potential, and block true agility. By combining Kanban practices with the Theory of Constraints, he demonstrates that without conscious management of bottlenecks, real adaptability and effectiveness are impossible. Adam supports companies in building ways of working that are genuinely agile — grounded in continuous learning, transparency, and focus on what truly matters.
Kamil Cupiał: He focuses on shaping the upstream side of product development — discovering real user problems, defining the right opportunities, and translating them into coherent product strategies that connect technology with human needs. By bringing together engineering, design, and business perspectives, Kamil helps teams turn complex technological capabilities into products that feel simple, useful, and meaningful in everyday life.
Kamil believes that great products are not the result of feature accumulation, but of clarity of purpose and disciplined choices. He supports teams in navigating uncertainty, aligning around outcomes, and building solutions where software intelligence, hardware experience, and linguistic expertise work together to create real impact.
