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Chris
Lukassen
Fractional CPO
Product Dojo
Chris Lukassen is a world-renowned authority on Agile Product Management and the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Product Samurai. With over 20 years of experience in the trenches of product development, Chris has transitioned from coding real-time operating systems to leading multi-million dollar product organizations at global giants like TomTom, Saab, and Thales. As the co-creator of Scrum.org’s Professional Scrum Product Owner – Advanced (PSPO-A) course and the steward of its global curriculum, Chris has mentored hundreds of C-level executives and product managers on how to move from being "feature factories" to becoming entrepreneurial value-maximizers. He is currently the Chief Product Officer at Expandior, where he helps organizations bridge the gap between technical complexity and commercial success.
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27 May 2026 14:45 - 15:30
Leading Product Teams: A Diagnostic for Product Leadership Excellence
Stop the “feature war" where teams confuse motion with progress. Leadership of product people requires moving from the chaos of a “feature factory" to the discipline of true product stewardship. This workshop acts as a thermometer to assess the health of your product management practice and replace guesswork with a diagnostic scan of your leadership effectiveness. Effective leadership of product managers centers on three core competencies: vision, value, and validation. As a leader, you must ensure your product managers strike at the heart of user needs with a clear vision rather than just managing backlogs and requirements. Leadership also means equipping your PMs to drive decisions through defined value targets, aligning your organization’s strengths with market opportunities. Finally, you lead by building a culture where product managers learn faster than competitors through deliberate experimentation, strong discovery practices, and empirical data. You will leave with a personalised playbook for developing and guiding product managers. This includes an evidence-based diagnostic scan of your current leadership proficiencies to identify blind spots in how you coach, prioritize, and empower your PM team. You will shift your focus from overseeing delivery to elevating product judgment and customer outcomes. Stop managing the brawl; start leading the craft of product management. Measuring is knowing, but diagnosing is growing.