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How to succeed in product management - a conversation with Magic Feedback
Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 8/15/24 Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 8/15/24

How to succeed in product management - a conversation with Magic Feedback

My take on the key strategies and mindset shifts needed to successfully break into product management and thrive in the role

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Time to market: balancing speed and confidence
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 2/27/24 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 2/27/24

Time to market: balancing speed and confidence

Speed or confidence, what is your Northstar for product execution?

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Rethinking deadlines
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/27/24 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/27/24

Rethinking deadlines

Can deadlines be used as not just commitment tools but also as facilitators of creativity?

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Make your roadmap the prototype of your strategy - Talking Roadmaps Podcast
Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 1/8/24 Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 1/8/24

Make your roadmap the prototype of your strategy - Talking Roadmaps Podcast

I am in the Talking Roadmap podcast sharing my biggest learnings and mistakes around roadmaps

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Applied product principles: achieving decision making at scale
Latest, Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/26/23 Latest, Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/26/23

Applied product principles: achieving decision making at scale

A concrete example of how we used  product principles to streamline decisions in a growing product organization.

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Four Years as CPO: my 4 Key Lessons
Latest, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 9/25/23 Latest, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 9/25/23

Four Years as CPO: my 4 Key Lessons

4 years as a CPO taught me some lessons on trust, teamwork, communication, and setting boundaries. Dive into my insights.

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3 lessons I take with me from Product at heart
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/7/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/7/23

3 lessons I take with me from Product at heart

My takeaway from the hipest conference in Europe.

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Product lessons from the McKinsey Product Academy
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/9/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/9/23

Product lessons from the McKinsey Product Academy

In the spirit of learning from the best, I attended McKinsey product Academy. A series of seminars where A-listers in product shared their ideas and thoughts on different hot topics in product. Here is what I learned.

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Driving product change - how to choose evolution or revolution?
Latest, Product In Practice, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 11/9/22 Latest, Product In Practice, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 11/9/22

Driving product change - how to choose evolution or revolution?

How do you drive change in product organization? Do you tend to approach it as an evolution or a revolution? These are my pros and cons, I would love to hear yours.

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3 lessons I take with me from MTPCON 2022
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 10/27/22 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 10/27/22

3 lessons I take with me from MTPCON 2022

These are my takeaways from the 10th edition of Mind the Product.

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Product Tank Stockholm - Has covid Changed Product Management?
Product In Practice, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 3/15/22 Product In Practice, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 3/15/22

Product Tank Stockholm - Has covid Changed Product Management?

Listen to me talking about how the pandemic innovated the way we work at Hemnet to get the best from both physical distance and collaboration.

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Defining a customer-focused product strategy - PMF Europe 2021
Latest, Product In Practice, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 2/1/22 Latest, Product In Practice, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 2/1/22

Defining a customer-focused product strategy - PMF Europe 2021

Watch me talk about the importance of product strategy and give some concrete tips for a remote roll-out.

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Concrete tips to make remote meetings work
Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/27/21 Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/27/21

Concrete tips to make remote meetings work

478 days after we started to work fully remote, it is interesting to reflect on how physical distance has transformed our meeting habits in the Hemnet product organization.

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Podcast premiere - "The digital twenties" with Killander & Björk
Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 6/21/21 Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 6/21/21

Podcast premiere - "The digital twenties" with Killander & Björk

Podcast premiere! I spoke with Killander & Bjork about product development, philosophy, hybrid work, and the new expectations we have on our homes post-pandemic.

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Nail it before you scale it: how to think about product-market fit
Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 5/25/21 Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 5/25/21

Nail it before you scale it: how to think about product-market fit

Some tips to think about when looking for product-market fit and avoid creating shiny products that nobody will use.

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