From Fire-Fighter to City Planner: the Mindset Change to Step Up Your Career

"In one of my first experiences as Product Manager, I went to my manager asking for advice on how to manage my time, since I was working 10 to 12 hours per day on most days. His (kind) words were: "If I had your job, I would finish work pretty much at 2pm each day”. Despite his lack of empathy, he had a point. Have you ever felt unappreciated as a Product Manager? As a PM, you won’t be evaluated based on your effort, but based on your impact.

In this brief talk I’ll try to discuss how you should try to walk a mile in your boss's shoes to understand what’s valuable to her. This is the only way I’m aware of to turn into a valued asset."

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Alfonso is the Chief Product Officer at HappyFresh, Southeast Asia's leading online grocery app from Singapore. Before that, he was Head of Products at AirAsia, Lead PM at Grab and PM in Agoda.

He holds an MSc in Computer Science and an MBA from London Business School. He values integrity, respect and agency.

In his first career, Alfonso worked around the world for one of the largest telecom vendors with projects across 3 continents.

While in London, Alfonso guest-lectured and taught entrepreneurship at INSEEC London (a French grand-école), spoke about entrepreneurship at London Business School and ran a 1,000+ subscribers tech meet-up.

As a passion project, Alfonso started 3MoJo as a way to connect all student entrepreneurs in London and create a community to help them meet each other.

Alfonso seeks opportunities that make him smile and learn new things each day.

You can reach out to Alfonso on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfonsofiore/.