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Product at Heart 2025

Product at Heart 2025: My Key Takeaways from Hamburg Conference

July 4, 2025

As someone who’s become a regular attendee of Product at Heart in Hamburg, I find myself returning year after year for the same compelling reasons: deepening my product management knowledge, staying current with industry trends, and connecting with like-minded people who share the same passion for building great products. This year’s conference once again delivered … More Product at Heart 2025: My Key Takeaways from Hamburg Conference

Unlocking Product Success: Introducing Test and Learning Cards

May 4, 2024

I recently had the pleasure of supporting and speaking at the first Crafting Product conference in Darmstadt, hosted by Cosee. The conference focused on the topic of “Clarity through Product Discovery,” and was conducted entirely in German, with talks running in a single track. This experience has inspired me to start writing again, sharing actionable … More Unlocking Product Success: Introducing Test and Learning Cards

Product at heart Leadership Forum

Leadership Forum – Product at Heart 2023 #productatheart ❤️

July 9, 2023

TL;DR The Leadership forum was worth participating, several important lessons emerged: Continue reading for more details The day started with a lunch at the Rialto restaurant, which I would recommend anyhow if you’re going to a trip to Hamburg. Petra curated the seats for the attendees and it was the first opportunity to have a … More Leadership Forum – Product at Heart 2023 #productatheart ❤️

My summary and learning of Mind The Product 2022 Hamburg #mtpEngage @MTPEngageHH

August 1, 2022

Finally, after three years, MTP Hamburg open the gates for the first physical event after the pandemic. And I couldn’t agree more that meeting in person still is a thing! 🤩 So I’d like to start with the last talk and prompt by Christina Wodtke where she said: Share everything you learn. Be vulnerable. Christina … More My summary and learning of Mind The Product 2022 Hamburg #mtpEngage @MTPEngageHH

A Potpourri of Product, Organization, Team and Individual Thoughts

November 11, 2019

TL; DR A tweet by John Cutler made me think over two weekends, so I wanted to write about it. It ended in a much broader spectrum, overview of concepts, methods and statements than expected. I sure could have split it smarter into multiple posts, but wanted to dot the line between them how organisation … More A Potpourri of Product, Organization, Team and Individual Thoughts

Focus on Learning, Context and Empowerment

Focus on Learning, Context and Empowerment

May 13, 2019

Why learning is so important? The biggest waste in software development: building the wrong thing! Marty Cagan was right: half of the time or 50% the product manager is wrong with his ideas. It’s not about keeping everybody busy, it’s learning what’s the right thing. Focus your attention on that. The Proven Learning Process Learning … More Focus on Learning, Context and Empowerment

Roadmaps, Expectations and Empowerment

October 4, 2018

TL;TR Use roadmaps to discuss scope as objectives and outcomes you’d like to achieve. Don’t use roadmaps to write down features or track output. Work with themes: problems, needs and objectives. Don’t use dates in roadmaps. Use features and experiements as possible customer solutions and only track them in a plan, if really needed. Empower … More Roadmaps, Expectations and Empowerment

#AIFFM – One Year Anniversary of #AI in Frankfurt – cool demos and talks

April 15, 2018

Last Wednesday I had the chance to join the local AI chapter in Frankfurt #AIFFM for the first time. It was a special event as they celebrated their 1 year anniversary – congratulations! In preparation of the event I tried to learn more about AI as this is one of the most hot topics and … More #AIFFM – One Year Anniversary of #AI in Frankfurt – cool demos and talks