Austin VOP #100: Lauren Dycus of DISCO | Rethinking Product Discovery with Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Mind
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Austin Voice of Product
I connected with Lauren in the Product In Austin Slack and we hit it off right away - I was struck by her energy and generosity. She has had an amazing career path, challenging herself to stretch and grow. I really appreciated her insight on how you can develop by investing time in developing others. She also shares how to build an infrastructure of trust and why you should have 1:1s with other PMs on your team.
Read more: Product Managers Invest In Others To Develop Themselves
What I’m Reading
Teresa Torres’ most recent talk/post: Rethinking Product Discovery with Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Mind is a powerful statement for us product managers to consider to create a more just and equitable world. We increasingly have sway over decisions and behaviors that customers have using our products. If we do not consider our biases, we risk building products that inherit them. Take a few minutes to read this article and reflect on how you can become more self-aware and change the way you build products to avoid this.
Austin Product Events
Austin’s largest product event - ProductCamp - is tomorrow. And don’t miss a great talk by Heather Rider on Imposter Syndrome next Monday.
And since I shared the article by Teresa Torres above, here is a non-Austin event next Friday that will be of interest: Inclusive Product Management Summit.
May 1 — ProductCamp Austin
ProductCamp Austin 26May 3 — The Product League & Women in Product
Understanding and Addressing Imposter SyndromeJune 7 — The Product League
Stepping Stones To Product Management
Find more on the Austin Product Events page.
In The Community
Mandana Varahrami of RapidDeploy was recently promoted to Chief Product Officer 🙌 and the company just raised $29 million 🚀. Read her interview: Product Managers Need Humily.
Austin Product Positions
I share product positions posted by product leaders I know. Feel free to reach out to me for an intro or share with others.
BigCommerce is hiring a Product Manager for Web Onboarding.
Molecula is hiring a Senior Product Manager to build their Cloud product.
Cox Automotive is hiring a Lead Product Manager for their ISS team.
My friends Andrew and Jenny at BravePath (product consulting and talent recruiting) are working with some leading companies to hire the following positions. Happy to make an intro if you or someone you know is a good fit.
And as I close, I feel so fortunate to have shared stories from 100 amazing product leaders in Austin. Here’s to inspiring the next generation of product leaders so that I can share stories from 100 more!
Yours in product,
Reza