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Working Products 2023

2 days of sunshine, laughter and learning in Hamburg

In summary

With over 120 participants and speakers, 19 presentations and 8 workshops, it was actually just like always :-)
We are still completely thrilled about the great atmosphere, the many laughing and talking people and the many compliments we got.
The change to June was definitely worth it. Two sunny days at 26°, just perfect. Everything took place outside, only for the lectures and workshops we went inside.
We were again in the Goldbekhaus in Hamburg and again with the catering of the Produktionsschule Altona and the decoration of herbs and bee plants.
The special character of Working Products again came through impeccably in 2023: Familiar, intensive exchange of experiences between all participants. We are sure: In 2023, too, everyone talked to every other participant at some point.

The format

We did not change anything in the format. There were two additional workshops and an Afro-Cuban drum circle on the first evening. At the OpenSpace we held two shorter session blocks instead of one long block. This gave everyone the opportunity to participate in two topics. We'll probably keep that up.
But otherwise, it was always about giving as much space as possible for conversation and exchange. The Speakers Corner was really well attended after each presentation and there was always intense discussion right up to the last minute.

The lectures

Once again this year, the 19 presentations were roughly divided into the two areas of "Product and Team Culture" and "Product Management: Experiences, Tools and Methods". One focus this year was on the topic of "product organization" in larger companies. It was exciting to learn how "product" is organized at Otto (presentation by David Behlich), Tchibo (presentation by Kathleen Theelke and Ulla Klaffs) and at CTS Eventim (presentation by Steffanie Kambach). Anyway, the exchange and detailed questions in the Speakers Corner after each of the presentations was super detailed.
Silke Kanes' plea to value the competencies of colleagues "not yet" working in an agile way was also enriching.
As always at Working Products, there was a Speakers Corner after each presentation. Here the participants could talk shop with the speaker for 30 minutes, ask questions and share experiences. The Speakers Corner was again very well received. Each presentation was packed and we always had to end the discussion because the next presentation was about to start.

The Workshops

Parallel to the lectures and the Openspace we had 8 workshops in the program.
All workshops were very practice-oriented. The range was wide: from Sustainable UX to contract design for agile projects.

OpenSpace

On Thursday afternoon, we collected 12 topics for the OpenSpace sessions, ranging from the "classic: product owner vs. product manager" to A/B testing in international services. We were able to cover 8 topics in two session blocks of 45 minutes. This was a change from previous years. The shorter blocks allowed participants to collaborate on two topics.

Meditation/Mindfulness

We started both days in the morning with meditation and mindfulness exercises. In addition, movement exercises during the lunch break. Meditations and movement exercises were led by Beate Schulte Strathaus (Working Products). Beate co-founded Working Products in 2006 and is a co-organizer of the conference.

Sustainability

Climate protection and sustainability are close to our hearts and we tried to make the conference as sustainable as possible. This year, for example, the barbecue on Thursday evening was again purely vegetarian.
On Friday morning we also had a keynote by Ole Langbehn and Martin Grotzke (inoio / Entrepreneurs for Future) about "sustainable business".

Highlighs of the Working Products conference 2022

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Angelina Dellara

Delivery Hero SE

Head of Culinary Product

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Anna Hummert

ODAS IT GmbH

Head of Productmanagement DELOS

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Antonia Landi

Productops

Product Operations Consultant & Coach

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Antonia Mancheva

CHECK24 Vergleichsportal GmbH

Head of Department Product Management

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Armin Torbecke

KonfliktTransformation

Trainer for mediation and non-violent communication, mediator

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Beate Schulte Strathaus

Working Products - Schulte Strathaus GbR

Coach and mindfulness trainer

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Carina Schmalenberg

Vaillant GmbH (Vaillant Group)

Agile Coach

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Christoph Hüning

NMA Venture Capital GmbH

Managing Partner

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Davi Leitao Martins

idealo internet GmbH

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David Behlich

OTTO Group Holding

Head of Product

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Dominique Winter

OBI Smart Technologies GmbH

Product Development Coach

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Eckhart Böhme

unipro solutions GmbH & Co. KG

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Hanane Bouzidi

Telekom MobilitySolutions

Head of Productmanagement Germany

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Janosch Oltmanns

ODAS IT GmbH

Head of Software Development

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Kathleen Theelke

Tchibo GmbH

Head of Productmanager

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Lukas Moessner

D-LABS GmbH

Consultant Process & Innovation

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Maike Vocke

D-LABS GmbH

Senior Consultant Process & Innovation

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Manuela Risch

manuelarisch.de

Product Researcher and Strategist

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Marie Ohnesorge

ojemba.com

Managing Director

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Martin Grotzke

INOIO GmbH

Architect, Coach, Still Managing Director

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Melanie Wohnert

think-y.de

Mindfulness trainer

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Ole Langbehn

INOIO GmbH

Team player, advisor, still managing director

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Oliver Winter

Produktwerker

Agile Coach / Product Owner

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Patrick Zurheide

Taylor Wessing

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Rainer Gibbert

Star Finanz-Software Entwicklung und Vertriebs GmbH

Head of Private Customer Business

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Rolf Schulte Strathaus

eparo Gmbh

Managing Director

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Roman Pichler

Pichler Consulting

Product Management Expert Lean, Agile, Scrum

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Silke Kanes

Scopevisio AG

Chief Products Officer at Scopevisio

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Stefan Schüßler

freelancer

Product Coach and Consultant, Head of Product

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Stefanie Grashoff

Goodmood-Change

Head of Creation

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Steffanie Kambach

CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA

Head of Product eCommerce

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Tamara Jeutner

kununu

Senior Produktmanager

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Thorsten Jonas

Strategic UX Consultant and Coach

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Thorsten Steinbach

Verivox GmbH

Interim Manager I Experienced Product Manager

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Ulla Klaffs

Tchibo GmbH

Senior Product Owner

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Working Products 2022

This year live again at the Goldbekhaus in Hamburg

In summary

With over 130 participants and speakers, 18 presentations and 6 workshops, we broke all Working Products records this year:-)
We are still quite euphoric about the good mood, the engagement and interactions of all participants and the great feedback we got.
Even though the weather luck let us down a bit for the first time this year, a lot still took place outside.
We were again in the Goldbekhaus in Hamburg and again with the catering of the production school Altona and the decoration of herbs and bee plants.
The special character of Working Products has worked live 2022 again extremely well: Familiar, intensive exchange of experiences between all participants. We are sure that in 2022, too, everyone talked to every other participant at some point.

The format

We went back to the old familiar format of 2 days. This year we held the OpenSpace only on Thursday afternoon and used the second day completely for presentations and workshops.

The lectures

This year, the 18 presentations were roughly divided into the two areas "Product and Team Culture" and "Product Management: Experiences, Tools and Methods". However, the focus was more on the culture topics. There, the interest of the participants was also very high. The presentations on conflict management, coaching attitude for product managers and empathy were definitely very well attended.
As always at Working Products, there was a Speakers Corner after each presentation. Here the participants could talk shop with the speaker for another 30 minutes, ask questions and share experiences. The Speakers Corner was again very well received. Every talk was full and we always had to end the discussion because the next talk was starting.

The workshops

Parallel to the lectures and the Openspace we had 6 workshops in the program. Participants could register in advance. There were so many registrations that we had to draw lots for the places. Especially for the workshop on Stakeholder Management the interest was huge.
The workshops covered the entire range of topics, from technical issues (product strategy, stakeholder management, customer value, event storming) to organizational/team issues (dragon dreaming, change through improv theater). In any case, the feedback from the workshop participants was very positive. Let's do it again next year :-)

OpenSpace

On Thursday afternoon we collected 7 topics for the OpenSpace sessions ranging from "Ethical products" to "Solutions for hybrid working environments". The participants worked in each session for 90 minutes and presented their results later in the afternoon. We got some good insights for each of the session topics. We publish those results in a (hopefully short) while. Stay tuned...

Meditation/Mindfulness

We started both days in the morning with meditation and mindfulness exercises. Plus movement exercises during the lunch break. Meditations and movement exercises were led by Beate Schulte Strathaus (Working Products). Beate co-founded Working Products in 2006 and is a co-organizer of the conference.

Sustainability

Climate protection and sustainability are close to our hearts and we tried to make the conference as sustainable as possible. This year, for example, the barbecue on Thursday evening was purely vegetarian.
On Friday morning, we also had a keynote by Ella Lagé from TheDive about the responsibility of product managers to promote the path to a renewable economy.

Highlighs of the Working Products conference 2022

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