Leading Through Influence as a Product Manager, featuring Tunde Oke - Product Manager @ Dell

You always hear that Product Management requires leadership through influence, but have you ever considered being asked to influence the processes of other departments or the tools each department might use to get their jobs done? Well, on today's episode we get to hear from Tunde Oke, Product Manager of Developer Enablement & DevOps Experience @ Dell. Before working on Developer Enablement, Tunde was brought into Dell to lead and product manage a company-wide digital transformation And he came on the pod to share that experience with us.

Here's what we discussed:

Tunde's role with Dell and what brought him from IBM to Dell

How and why he founded Product Academy Africa to help mature the product discipline on the continent of Africa

Tunde defined what Product Management means to him

The mission behind Product Academy Africa and what drives Tunde as a person and a professional

How Tunde transitioned from IBM to Dell to take on the task of digitally transforming the Product org

Why digital transformation isn't just a technical challenge but an organizational one

Strategy isn't one-size-fits-all and requires a clear understanding of your situation and challenge

The middle status conformity effect and how change threatens existing competencies

There needs to be a one-team mindset with a single company objective to align around

How you prioritize objectives when going through major change or transformation

The role of the evangelist in transformation

Why you should think outside of money when thinking about incentivizing change

Connect with Tunde:

LinkedIn

Connect with Product Academy Africa:

Product Academy Africa

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