Changing Your Mind: Growing thru Clangers, Confusion Clusters, & more

Changing Your Mind: Growing through Clangers, Confusion Clusters, and other Course Corrections

In the fast-paced world of product management, we frequently discuss the strategies behind making decisions and the art of influencing stakeholders. However, a crucial aspect of the role that often goes underexplored is the ability to change one's mind and remain open to being influenced.In this talk, we'll delve into the nuanced art of changing your mind—an essential skill for growth and effective leadership. We'll explore how to think about decisions, how that will likely evolve throughout your career, and how to handle some commonly occurring situations.

About the speaker: As an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Lucy Spence has made more mistakes than most and loves sharing her experiences in the hopes others can learn what she's learned in less painful ways. In that time, she's gone from individual contributor to product leader a few times at a range of companies from start-ups to Amazon. As a Senior Product Manager at Octopus Deploy, you can expect to see many Octopus-based metaphors and analogies.

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