2025 was another year of intense learning. It challenged how I view collaboration, my European and German identity, and the fragile foundation upon which our digital society is built. The Culture Map Moment It happened during our Commerce offsite. We sat together as a team, filling out the Culture Map framework, plotting our communication styles, … More Finding Ground: Identity and Values in 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the product community here in Frankfurt and the Rhein Main area alongside Steffen and Marisa. This year brought remarkable speakers, meaningful conversations, and a growing community of product professionals dedicated to solving real problems and creating genuine impact. July 2, 2025: … More ProductTank Frankfurt Rhein-Main: 2025 Year in Review
TL;DR Loved the ProductTank Frankfurt reboot celebrating a decade of Product Field and ProductTank Frankfurt? Don’t miss our next event with Matt LeMay on October 20, 2025 – register now! The Night and Why It Was Special Gude, Product People! We had an unforgettable restart of ProductTank Frankfurt & Rhein-Main on July 2, 2025, diving … More Celebrating 10 Years of Product Field & ProductTank Frankfurt
By a stroke of luck and a series of wonderful encounters, I’m excited to announce a new chapter: joining Steffen and Marisa as a co-organizer of ProductTank Frankfurt! “Gude Frankfurt!” – as we say around here – and what better way to greet this amazing community than by helping shape a space dedicated to all … More Gude Frankfurt! Excited to Co-Organize ProductTank Frankfurt/RheinMain
TL;DR My takeaways from the Duolingo reading journey covered articles from starting with A/B testing to their growth model and beyond aggregate metrics: A start into tracking and metrics During the last weeks I stumbled upon some great reads about Duolingo and product growth. I must admit, I’m feeling like a beginner in this area … More Meaningful Metrics & Product Growth inspired by Duolingo
TL; DR The challenges This quote is leading me since starting the house renovation back in 2019: If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. Russian proverb As I had three weeks off for vacation without doing that much for the house renovation and read some books during the time, my monkey … More Weekend Thoughts about Growth
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
I’m a huge fan of product discovery and dual track development, Jeff Patton originally brought me there the first time in 2013 in his CSPO training. Thankful since this day, I’m trying to establish dual track development on team level, as I’m convinced, that this is the way to build great products. As I worked … More Product Discovery Trio? Or better: Product Discovery Dimensions!
My personal experiences and highlights of #MTPEngage I’d like to write down and share my thoughts about the 3rd edition of #MTPEngage in Hamburg. The conference itself was split into three days of learning and inspiration: May 22nd Leadership day (by invitation only) + movie documentary May 23rd Workshop day + product blind dinners May … More My Personal Impressions and Views of the 3rd Edition #MTPEngage in Hamburg 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
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