17 June 2025 16:15 - 16:45
Optimising collaboration and efficiency across your product function in the modern workplace
The way we work has been transformed in recent years, but is your business optimised effectively to thrive in the 'new normal'? What impact is this having on your product team, leadership strategy, and how you enable your entire organisation to become a high-performing unit.
In this session, we'll be looking at:
- Managing hybrid and fully remote teams
- Cultural differences and regional expansion
- Alternative planning approaches - options to rival the classic 2-week sprint
- How to find the most optimal way of working with your team
- Examples of how to successfully increase team motivation and product stability
18 June 2025 13:30 - 14:00
How to grow product leaders with OKRs: Aldi Süd case study
We all know OKRs as an effective goal-setting and strategy communication tool. It is already used by world's leading organizations and its adoption still grows. In my experience, OKRs work the best as a critical thinking technique that helps organizations to ask the right questions.
When the organization needs to set up some ambitious goals and not just continue business as usual, KPIs as health indicators are not enough. To deliver ambitious goals, teams alignment based on OKRs is needed. Adopting OKRs is a fast way of launching product and growth teams aligned to the organization strategy.
However, there is no one size fit all strategy on how to implement OKRs in the organization. Victoria will share her experience of setting up OKRs from scratch at Aldi Süd e-commerce and how it helped them to become more value-driven and to concentrate on growth.
18 June 2025 10:15 - 11:00
Panel: Zero to one - strategies for launching innovative products
Gain exclusive insights into the journey of birthing groundbreaking products and the strategies employed to move from zero to that pivotal first step. This session will feature:
Success stories:
Discover real-world success stories from panelists who have navigated the challenges of launching innovative products.
Strategic approaches:
Uncover unique strategies and methodologies that propel products from ideation to market entry, fostering innovation.
Market validation:
Delve into the critical aspect of market validation and how it shapes the trajectory of innovative products.
Pitfalls to avoid:
Learn from the experiences of seasoned professionals as they share valuable lessons and pitfalls to steer clear of during the launch phase.