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Petra Wille: Building a community of practice

Feb 28, 2023

50:40

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Product Management in a Small Startup

01:38

Is This a Good Use of Time?

04:41

How Did That Change You as a Leader?

01:41

Introduction

2min

Product Leadership Coaches - How Did You Get Here?

3min

Product Management in a Small Startup

2min

Is That a CPO Role?

2min

Is There a Difference Between Product Development and Product Development?

5min

What Is a Community of Practice?

3min

Is This a Good Use of Time?

5min

How to Make the Most of Your Training Budget

2min

Community of Practice Is Just Another Way to Build a More Resilient Product Organization

2min

10.

Creating a Safe Space for PMs to Try Things

2min

11.

How to Build a Self Sustainable Community of Practice

3min

12.

Is There a Risk in Learning Something That's Not Relevant?

2min

13.

A Community Practice Is So in Your Zone

2min

14.

Are There Any Cultural Differences Between Europe and the US?

2min

15.

The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

2min

16.

Is It the Cultural Iceberg That Can Be the Iceberg to Your Titanic?

2min

17.

What's the Hardest Call You Had to Make?

2min

18.

Are We Closing This Down?

3min

19.

Is This Your Option of Last Resort?

3min

20.

How Did That Change You as a Leader?

2min

21.

How Can Listeners Be Helpful to the Product Community?

3min

Petra Wille is a product leadership coach and the author of Strong Product People, my go-to book for the people development side of being a product leader. In this conversation, we dive deep into why and how a community of practice can level up your team and save training budget.

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Links & resources mentioned:

Petra Wille:

• Website

• Twitter @loomista

• LinkedIn

• Book: Strong Product People

• Conference: Product at Heart

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Related episodes:

• Amy Edmondson: Building teams where people feel safe

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People & orgs:

• Robert Kegan

• Tolingo (translation company)

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Books:

• Strong Product People

• An Everyone Culture

• The Culture Map

• Selling the Dream

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Other resources:

• Product Communities of Practice: Everything You Need to Know

• Dan Pink - Autonomy, mastery, purpose

• The (product) cultural iceberg

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