Pendo x ProductCampChicago at Beatnik
Join Pendo and ProductCamp Chicago for an exciting evening at Beatnik. Beatnik on the river boasts maximalist interiors, sun-filled rooms, lush gardens, tropical cocktails and globetrotting cuisine in Chicago's Loop.
Enjoy food, drinks, and conversation with like-minded platform enthusiasts. During the evening, you'll also hear from product leaders on their strategies for success in product management.
How to Outperform as a Product Manager
Bosky Mukherjee from PMDojo says
Product people, I heard you. From what it truly takes to become a top 1% performer to deciding when to move on from a role. From the top competencies you need to stand out in this market, to the future of product management.
Get ready to have all your burning questions answered.
Our upcoming guest is a pro product executive and sought-after advisor in tech — with a track record of scaling impactful products and teams at TripAdvisor, Facebook, Tinder, and Reforge.
It’s Ravi Mehta!
If you’re unaware of the remarkable insights Ravi has provided to the product world, you’re missing out.
I’ve been a fan and *ardent* follower of his writing since 2014.
Whichever phase you are in, you will find clarity about what's next in this session.
Ignite Your Growth with Product-Led Brilliance!
Chicago Product Management Association asks, what Product Manager wouldn't like some extra growth for their company? As a PM, it could be provided by you! Hear 3 industry experts share their experiences guiding teams implementing Product Led Growth.
Panelists:
David Speigel: Head of Product Growth at Popular Pays by Lightricks. David has 20 years of Product Management experience at Silicon Valley start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. He will talk about adding a Product Led Growth motion to an existing Sales Led software organization.
Scott Brinkman: Product & Growth Operating Partner at Avenue Growth Partners. Scott has 12 years of Product Growth experience across B2B enterprise SaaS, vertical SaaS, and D2C whereas a head growth he led the company to a half billion dollar exit to Mars. He will be speaking about how obsessive growth analytics delivered $16mm to $60mm in revenue in 2 years and the exit.
Jeff Spetter: Interim Director of Product at Blue Marble. Jeff has 6 years of product management with a successful exit under his belt as the first employee at ThirdPartyTrust. He will talk about how to align a go to market strategy and product led initiative to get a 10X return in B2B SaaS.
Women in Product Chicago - Driving Innovation with AI Product Management
Women In Product Chicago is hosts a fireside chat and networking event at Discover Financial Services vibrant 606 downtown office. This event is designed to empower, educate, and connect product managers interested in the rapidly evolving field of AI.
Product Breakfast Club (Virtual)
The Chicago PDMA presents: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Deciding your best career path to get to the role or leadership position you desire.
Breakfast Club is virtual. Put on your favorite robe and grab a cup of joe. It's a good time to share your experiences and learn from other product people.
Agenda:
7:50 - 8:10am: Join, Network, Introductions, and Announcements
8:10 - 9:00am: Discussion of the monthly topic
9:00 - 9:15am: Wrap-up/network
The Breakfast Club, which meets the first Friday of every month, is an informal gathering of product people interested in talking/learning about product development and networking with other product development professionals. You do not need to be a registered member of the PDMA to participate and there is no cost. Just RSVP and join the conversation. Log on/off anytime.
Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World
UX Book Club Chicago presents a book club discussion about Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World
By Meredith Broussard
From the Publisher:
A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it right.
In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work.
Broussard, a software developer and journalist, reminds us that there are fundamental limits to what we can (and should) do with technology. With this book, she offers a guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology—and issues a warning that we should never assume that computers always get things right.
Making a case against technochauvinism—the belief that technology is always the solution—Broussard argues that it's just not true that social problems would inevitably retreat before a digitally enabled Utopia. To prove her point, she undertakes a series of adventures in computer programming. She goes for an alarming ride in a driverless car, concluding “the cyborg future is not coming any time soon”; uses artificial intelligence to investigate why students can't pass standardized tests; deploys machine learning to predict which passengers survived the Titanic disaster; and attempts to repair the U.S. campaign finance system by building AI software.
If we understand the limits of what we can do with technology, Broussard tells us, we can make better choices about what we should do with it to make the world better for everyone.