Name: Feature Graveyard Stories: Lessons from Features that Didn't Make It
Start: 2025-10-28T21:30:00.000Z
Location: Switchbox

Join us for an evening of product talk and craft beer! Our organizers recently attended INDUSTRY 2025 - The Product Conference in Cleveland - and we’re sharing key takeaways from the event.

Connect with fellow product professionals over Latin-inspired cuisine and local brews in a relaxed setting.

Event Details:
📅 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2025
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: La Cabra Brewing - Berwyn Brewpub
Address: 642 Lancaster Ave, Berwyn, PA 19312

➡️ Please RSVP: Each attendee covers their own food, drinks, tax, and gratuity.

See you there!

ProductTank Philadelphia

Joyce Kralik

ariamar

Krysten

Drew Garraway

George Puthean

Candice Holt

Lori Jefferis

Cath

Sasha Walsh

Joana

Jinlin Tong

MelissaS

Walter Svekla

Paolo

Jeffrey Koshy

Mike Fishbein

Joshua Aversa

Networking Dinner: INDUSTRY 2025 Insights & Connections at La Cabra Brewery

La Cabra

**"Your Org Isn’t Conflict-Averse — It’s Conflict-Entangled!"**
Join us for an inspiring evening with France-based author and global keynote speaker **Kate Leto** as she discusses *How Avoiding Tension Creates More of It in Your Product Org*.

**🗓️ Date:** October 15th
**⏰ Time:** 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
**📍 Location:** New Adyen Office, 333 N Green St

## What to Expect

* **Keynote:** Conflict in our product orgs isn’t just the shouting match in the boardroom. It’s quieter and way more awkward. It’s the sprint review where everyone pretends to agree, the roadmap that gets polite nods before getting torn apart in Slack, and the “meeting after the meeting” where, surprise, the real decisions happen.
A “conflict-averse” culture doesn’t have less conflict — it has more: back channels, stalled decisions, eroded trust, and product visions that never materialize. And as AI makes our tools feel seamless, our tolerance for human messiness shrinks, making those hidden knots even harder to face.
In this talk, Kate will share ways to spot the tangles, name what’s really going on, and create the conditions for clearer decisions, stronger teams, and products that actually ship.
* **Fireside Chat moderated by a Chicago Product Leader**.
* **Q&A and Networking:** Connect with fellow product professionals, ask Kate your burning questions, and share your own experiences.

**Don’t miss this chance to learn from one of the product world’s most insightful and globally respected voices. Reserve your spot now and get ready to rethink how your personal narrative can shape the future of your products!**

ProductTank Chicago

Pritam Das

Anna Hessler

Katherine Fryday

Rajat

Jignesh 

Charles Husemann

Xenia Shtokolova

Oleg Yazvin

Andy Han

Sheila

Bill C

kimberlysiddle

John Milton

Osama Abdallah

stacy.fenn

Vishal Shah

Loan Bui

Sharda Bharatula

Emily

Keynote with Author and Global Keynote speaker Kate Leto:It’s Conflict-Entangled

Adyen Chicago Office

Hey there ProductTank Pittsburgh... we hope you can join us for this special combined ProductTank +PDMA event featuring Brad Eiben, Executive Director of the MS in Product Management program at CMU.

**Session Overview:**

Many PMs come from technical backgrounds and have developed self-limiting beliefs that creativity is outside their comfort zone. We’ll aim to fix that, and provide some tools to foster a process of creativity.

Nearly all PMs understand that design thinking and usability are important in their products’ performance. Many, however, are either self-trained or have never had exposure to formal training. We’ll review simple, effective, and (hopefully) fun techniques taught in CMU’s HCI (Human Computer Interation) for Product Managers course. Think of this as a greatest hits compilation.

This workshop will be designed to introduce processes and techniques for those without strong design backgrounds. It will also be a solid refresher of basics for those who are experienced.

In an effort to ensure we’re solving the right problem, we will cover some effective and interactive techniques you can immediately implement with your team:
\- Discovery techniques
\- Stakeholder mapping
\- Ideation techniques
\- Design heuristics
\- Rapid design techniques

BONUS: the CMU MSPM program is not only providing the venue for this event, but they are also generously sponsoring food and drink for attendees!

Schedule:
6:00-6:30 - arrival and networking
6:30 - interactive session begins

Don't miss out on this great evening of human-computer interaction AND human-human interaction. :)

ProductTank Pittsburgh

Nick Yingling

Betsy Irizarry

Nate

William Warnock

James Courtney

Chirag Satpathy

sandeep

Stan Tarosky

Suraj Andrews

Jose

Prakit Mohal

Corey Grone

Dustin.Weber

David Fisher

Anne Jackson

Mathew McConnell

Marius Akue Gedu

Ethan Moody

Andrew Homka

Amber Becker

Crash Course: Human-Computer Interaction for Product Managers

Tepper School of Business

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Arbeitest du im Produktbereich, suchst du nach Anregungen für deine persönliche Weiterentwicklung und möchtest du dich mit Gleichgesinnten aus der Produkt-Community austauschen?
Dann mach dich bereit für den ersten ProductTank Nürnberg.
Nimm an unserer Veranstaltung diesmal online teil und lass den Abend mit inspirierenden Gesprächen ausklingen.
Lass uns Kontakte knüpfen, Erkenntnisse austauschen und auf die faszinierende Welt der Produkte anstoßen.

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Agenda
19:00 Uhr – Einlass
19:20 Uhr – Begrüßung & Einführung ProductTank
19:30 Uhr – Vortrag von Gerhard Kühne, Creative Lead Apps- & User Experience bei OTTO
20:30 Uhr – Networking
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**Wie man Probleme mit Design löst.**

Um in der aktuellen KI-Wende Schritt zu halten, braucht es laut dem World Economic Forum vier entscheidende Kompetenzen: Neugier, Kreativität, analytisches Denken und die Fähigkeit zum lebenslangen Lernen. In dieser Session zeigt euch Hardy, wie sich diese Fähigkeiten spielerisch trainieren lassen und welchen entscheidenden Beitrag Design dabei leisten kann. Auch wenn für PO, UX und PM Menschen diese Skills nichts Neues sind, verfallen sie doch oft im Daily Doing ins Schema F und werden lazy was das Training angeht. Zeige, dass Du die extra Meile gehst und komm zu unserem ProductTank mit Hardy.

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Do you work in the product sector, are you looking for inspiration for your personal development, and would you like to exchange ideas with like-minded people from the product community?
Then get ready for the first ProductTank Nuremberg. Take part in our online-event and round off the evening with networking and inspiring insights.
Let's make contacts, exchange thoughts and toast to the fascinating world of products.

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Agenda
7:00 p.m. – Welcome & introduction to ProductTank
7:10 p.m. – Presentation by Gerhard Kühne, Creative Lead Apps & User Experience at OTTO
8:30 p.m. – Networking
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**How to solve problems with design.**

According to the World Economic Forum, four key skills are needed to keep pace with the current AI revolution: curiosity, creativity, analytical thinking and the ability to engage in lifelong learning. In this session, Hardy will show you how these skills can be trained in a playful way and what a crucial contribution design can make in this regard. Even though these skills are nothing new for PO, UX and PM people, they often fall into a rut in their daily work and become lazy when it comes to training. Show that you go the extra mile and come to our ProductTank with Hardy.

ProductTank Nürnberg

Alide von Bornhaupt

Jonathan Stütz

Daniel Knauss

Carola Haake

Alex Key

Ronja Dörr

Elena Kovelskikh

Renate Welkenbach

Caroline Groneberg

Michel Jahn

Andreas Wünsche

Josef M. Winkler

Sina Benedetti

Florian Dahl

Anna Schwanewede

Kathrin S.

Manuel Marsch

Benedikt Ulrich

Wie man Probleme mit Design löst.

Online event

**Because every product team has a few ghosts in the backlog 👻**
**Feature Graveyard Stories: Lessons from Features That Didn’t Make It**

Join us for an evening of *Feature Graveyard Stories* — tales of ideas that never launched, features that flopped, and the ones we chose to sunset. We’ll kick off at 5:30PM with a quick lightning talk on “Feature Graveyards,” then break into groups to share experiences and reflect on the lessons learned. The event will wrap up by 7:00PM.

Food and drinks will be provided by Switchbox,our generous host.
Free parking will be available at the front and back sides of the Switchbox Office.

ProductTank Columbus

Kim Woods

Lisa Parsons

Ana C

Danny Allred

Jeff Spencer

Michael Geiger

TJ Smith

Chuck Palmer

Maria

roberto.a.riveracolindres

Brandon Schumacher

Navreet Kaur

Anthony

Audra Kohler

Christy Fenzl

Chip Smadoi

Shane Vermillion

Feature Graveyard Stories: Lessons from Features that Didn't Make It

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