Austin VOP #105 Joanna Dunn of Betterworks | Product Lessons Learned
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Joanna has great advice on inspiring and empowering your team and why having an ego as a product leader can blow up critical relationships with the other teams you work with. I also loved hearing how talking to her customers was an inspiration during the pandemic. I think the product she works with is super cool - Betterworks. Nothing like having purpose in the product you work on - this one to help keep employees engaged and aligned especially through the challenge of the pandemic. Keep doing the good work Joanna! 💪
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What I’m Listening To
Two of my favorite product thought leaders - John Cutler interviewing Shreyas Doshi on Product Lessons Learned. This is such a good listen with so many insights on product leadership, creative intelligence, high performing teams and more! 🧐
John has a fantastic newsletter that I have featured before - The Beautiful Mess (I love the name - such a good description of what our work can often be). And Shreyas writes concise threads on Twitter - concentrated doses of product wisdom.
Austin Product Events
Dan Corbin is presenting next Monday at The Product League on Top 10 Product Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. If you have not heard Dan speak - you are in for a treat of great insights sprinkled with self-deprecating humor. Don’t miss it! 😎
More events on the Austin Product Events page.
In The Community
Big news these past few weeks! Three Austin VOP-ers have started new roles. 🚀
Neha Shah is joining ALTR as a Senior Product Manager and going back to her startup roots.
Ariel Katen is taking the next step up into product leadership by joining TeamSnap as a Director of Product.
Melissa von Holstein is following her passion for Operations by shifting out of product management into a Practice Operations Manager role at Rapid7.
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.
Visa is looking for a Senior Product Manager for their Digital Marketing Experiences team
Cleardata is hiring a Senior Product Manager for their Services team
Procore is seeking a Senior Product Manager for their Construction Project Management team.
Yours in product,
Reza