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Product Communities of Practice: Everything You Need to Know

When you work in product, there’s never a dull moment. You’re always learning and growing, whether you’re developing your core product skills, enhancing your understanding of your customers, or helping your team evolve and grow. So it’s no wonder that product people are often asking questions like: What should I learn to get better at my job? How do we scale people development? How do we evolve our product culture?

Communities of PracticePetra Wille15 February 2023CoP, Communities of Product Practice

Learning from Other Product People: Sarah Reeves on the Product Community of Practice at StepStone

2022 is almost over, but I have one final Community of Practice (CoP) interview to share with you! This one is a little different since I’ve been working with Sarah Reeves and StepStone to help build out and mature the product CoP. Be sure to check this interview out if you’re especially interested in the early stages of getting a CoP up and running.

All blog posts, Communities of PracticePetra Wille16 December 2022Interview, Product Ops, CoP

Learning from Other Product People: Priya Biswas on the Product Community of Practice at ATB Financial

Throughout 2022, I’ve been conducting interviews with people who lead and participate in product Communities of Practice (CoP). I’m excited to share the next installment in my series, featuring Priya Biswas, Director of Product Management, Business Analysis and Organizational Change Management Practice at ATB Financial.

Learning from Other Product People: Teresa Torres on the Continuous Discovery Habits Community of Practice

For the next post in the series of interviews about product Communities of Practice, we’ve got a real treat for you! Teresa Torres is a product discovery coach, teacher, and author of the wildly popular book Continuous Discovery Habits. In addition to these roles, she’s also the facilitator of the Continuous Discovery Habits community where product folks from all over the world come to cheer each other on as they build their skills around continuous discovery.

Learning from Other Product People: Patrick Sauerwein on the Product Community of Practice at Deutsche Telekom

As part of my ongoing research into product Communities of Practice (CoP), I am continuing to interview people who organize and participate in these communities, both within their companies and in the larger external product community. In today’s post, you’ll hear from Patrick Sauerwein, a Technical Product Manager at Deutsche Telekom AG.

Learning from Other Product People: Jennifer Michelmann on the Product Community of Practice at XING

One of the goals I outlined in my initial post on “Communities of Practice” was to conduct interviews with product people who are currently involved with Communities of Practice to gather their firsthand accounts.

Today, I’m thrilled to share the first interview with Jennifer Michelmann, Senior Product Manager at XING.

Communities of Practice, All blog postsPetra Wille14 March 2022Interview, Best Practice, CoP

Communities of Practice: What They Are, What They Do, And What I’m Hoping to Learn

One of the most common questions I got asked in conversations with product people in 2021 was: How do I make sure to learn the right things to do the PM job well? And Product leaders in particular often asked me: How do we scale people development and make sure our overall product culture evolves? And how do we achieve this if our people development budgets are tight?