Michelle Parsons Chief Product Officer, Lex https://www.linkedin.com/in/michcparsons/
Leverage learning from quick hits to de-risk big bets and get buy in.
The instincts that help you ship a v1 product can sabotage you when you’re managing a 100-person org. Product leaders need to evolve their decision-making as they move from early bets to scaled systems — but intuition still matters. The challenge is learning how to scale that intuition so it informs teams, processes, and strategy, instead of staying trapped in one person’s head.
In this talk, Michelle Parsons draws on her experience leading product from startup scrappiness to global scale at Spotify, Netflix, and Hinge. She’ll share how product leadership changes at each growth stage, how to build frameworks that amplify the right signals, and how to recognize when your instincts are outdated.
You’ll leave with actionable tools to adapt your leadership style, empower teams to move decisively, and keep the soul of your product alive as you scale.
Great strategy is nothing without great execution. Here’s how to de-risk the products and features you build so you can deliver more impact faster, more often.
Product strategy is defining what you want to achieve and how you plan to get there.
It’s based off of your company’s mission, vision, and business goals and your overarching product vision.
Good product strategies are informed by data, an understanding of user needs, and define clear outcomes that you hope to achieve.
Steps to create a product strategy: