How [Public Service Product] People Work

I was recently a ‘guest’ on Dan Hon’s new online event type thing – How People Work…LIVE!. The session is on Youtube – I will never, ever look/listen at that but maybe you will. It was a pretty nerve wracking occasion given some of the folks who attended (at least three of whom I was directly referencing) and the format which was very free-flowing and podcast-y. Which I do like but it does spike the adrenaline somewhat. Dan has upcoming conversations with Pavel Samsonov and Russell Davies (and yesterday did one with Erika Hall). All big upgrades on me but not bad company to be in at all! What I was there to talk about was primarily how I often find myself – in my regular role as product ‘unc’ – spending more time coaching product and agile delivery people about the [dark] art of advocating for your work and influencing decision makers / colleagues than any more specific ‘product management’ practice. The product people I work with are regularly far smarter than I am and often have a…