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Omar Sallam dives into a discussion with Mohamed Essam about the AI technology boom, and how could product managers leverage the massive volume of AI tools of all types and functions to supercharge their productivity
Key Takeaways:
AI Technology, what is it, and how it could change the way of doing Product Management
AI tools that would help you in your product management job to support
How to convince your leadership to invest in AI productivity tools and integrate it into the company product practices
Mohamed Essam is a product leader with 19 years in the digital space. At CEQUENS, he advanced communication channels for notable revenue gains. At Xische, he unified government services on TAMM app, elevating its UAE ranking. In emaratech he introduced the first self-service app for Dubai visas and residencies. Co-founded Vytru, which saw a 30% YOY growth. Holding a Master's in S.W. Engineering. Connect with Mohamed on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamedessam/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live. Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://youtu.be/w5JsZuk19Zo
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallam
Website: http://theproduct.live
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/
قم بتعزيز إنتاجيتك بواسطة أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي لمديري المنتجات (باللغة العربية)
عمر سلام يستعرض مع محمد عصام حول انفجار تكنولوجيا الذكاء الاصطناعي، وكيف يمكن لمديري المنتجات الاستفادة من الحجم الهائل من أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي من جميع الأنواع والوظائف لتعزيز إنتاجيتهم.
نقاط مهمة:
تكنولوجيا الذكاء الاصطناعي، ما هي، وكيف يمكن أن تغير طريقة إدارة المنتجات
أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي التي ستساعدك في عملك في إدارة المنتجات للدعم
كيفية إقناع القيادة بالاستثمار في أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي لتعزيز الإنتاجية ودمجها في ممارسات منتجات الشركة
#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustomerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
How Product-Led Growth could Supercharge your Organization with Mirela Mus, Founder & Chief Product Office of Product People
Omar Sallam hosts Mirela Mus to talk about the essence of being Product-Led where she explains the business background of how this perspective evolved over the last several years and how to apply this framework on different types and sizes of business in different industries
Key Takeaways:
1. Why Is Product-Led Growth (PLG) Relevant Now?
2. If It’s So Great, Why Isn’t Everyone Doing It?
3. How Can I Supercharge My Organization?
Mirela Mus is the Founder and Chief Product Officer of Product People, the premier destination for Product Management services in Europe. We're at 50 employees, mostly Product Management Consultants of various senioritis. Mirela has personally served clients from Zalando to Omio, and The World Health Organization. With a background in Computer Science and an MBA, Mirela has been doing Product Management for over 12 years, half of them in a leadership role. Connect with Mirela on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirelamus/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live. Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://youtu.be/YtMekCMgxfU?si=GLCk7mFZI0ETPrBBSpotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallamWebsite: http://theproduct.liveApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustomerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
“Design Thinking: Method & Jargon vs. Essence & Practice” with Rana Hegazi, Group Product Manager at Talabat Delivery Hero ME (Arabic)
Omar Sallam hosts Rana Hegazi where she gives an overview about what Design Thinking truly means and how this framework helps to identify problems accurately and build solutions that are most impactful for the customer and also the business
Key Takeaways:
3Ps, what is and what isn’t Design Thinking
Design Thinking from the perspective of product ICs & product leaders
Methods & Jargon vs. Essence & Practice
00:00 - Introduction
An intrapreneur, an economist and foremost an innovation executive, I thrive rolling my sleeves building innovative products that impacts lives and disrupts industries. I am strongly passionate about product strategy, service design, innovation & sustainability. I am constantly working on developing depth and expertise in the area of user-centric innovation through design thinking. I am in an agile learning process building expertise in cross-functional product leadership and service innovation. Over and above, an avid learner, a conscientious executor, a curious researcher, I opt to learn and do all what it takes to foster entrepreneurial mindsets and help fellow entrepreneurs to leverage their skills, talents and passions to create value and build enterprises that represents their vision for a better world.
Connect with Rana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranahegazi/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live.
Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://youtu.be/SxvJcjuI_I0
Website: http://theproduct.live
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/
#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustomerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
Omar Sallam hosts Christian Idiodi, Marty Cagan’s “Most interesting product person”, to discuss what is the true essence of Product Management, what are the differences in product management practices between developing and developed countries and closing by an interesting sneak peek to the highly anticipated book he is co-authoring “TRANSFORMED”
Key Takeaways:
What is the trues essence of Product Management
What are the biggest Product Management misconceptions out there
Unique challenges facing Product work in developing countries in contrast to more developed markets
00:00 - Introduction
01:00 - Career Progression
04:58 - Embrace Failure as a Learning Opportunity
11:00 - The True Essence of Product Management
16:12 - The Biggest Product Misconceptions
32-33 - Developing vs Developed Markets
50:10 - Sneak Peek into TRANSFORMED
Christian Idiodi has been a product leader for over 15 years, building teams and developing enterprise and consumer products that have shaped companies such as CareerBuilder and Merrill Corporation as well as clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Squarespace. Christian teaches product management and innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. He also gives back to his local product community each year by supporting and advising two student-led startups from conceptualization to product delivery.
Connect with Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nael-shaker-8b6040a1/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live.
Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://youtu.be/SxvJcjuI_I0
Website: http://theproduct.live
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/
#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustomerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
Kicking off the BookClubبالعربي series where I host various guests to present a thorough discussion analyzing some of the most popular product management and business books in the market with a localized flavor more relevant to the Middle Eastern market and try to the best of our abilities to transfer the book knowledge
Join Nael Shaker & Omar Sallam as they discuss how product management helps disrupting underserved markets and industries through reflecting on their journeys in two of Egypt’s best and most popular technology startups MaxAB (MaxAB is innovating the wholesale market, providing retailers with one place for on-demand delivery, finance solutions, and other value-added services securing $40M in Pre-Series B) & Kenz (E-commerce platform bringing shopping to the mass market in Egypt and MENA, raising $3.5M in seed fund)
Key Takeaways:
What is the definition of a “disreputable” market
Building trust & being truly customer-centric is the most efficient and effective way of a successful disruption
Competitive Analysis & Benchmarking
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - What does “0-1 Product” mean?
02:00 - What does “Disrupting Markets” mean?
04:30 - Challenges for Product Managers/Founders
06:20 - First Steps to Disruption
10:17 - Being Close to Customer in MaxAB’s Culture
14:25 - Disrupting Behaviours by Educating Customers
20:20 - Building Trust to Maximize Adoption
31:35 - Creating a Playbook & Discovering Benchmarks
36:45 - There is Always Space for Customer Delight
41:00 - Don’t Look Down, Take a Look at Other Markets
Nael Shaker is a product leader with significant experience in product management and operations at early-stage e-commerce startups, he truly enjoys the hustle of the startup world. Having been one of the first product managers and early employees at multiple companies, he has been deeply involved in taking ideas from 0 to 1.
Connect with Nael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nael-shaker-8b6040a1/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live.
Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theproductlive
Website: http://theproduct.live
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/
#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustomerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
Join Reham Elhusseiny & Omar Sallam as they discuss what's beyond the theoretical textbook knowledge of how to kickoff and develop your product management career. This session is conducted in Arabic
Join Alba Simon & Omar Sallam as they discuss how a pre-mortem exercise helps teams brainstorm potential reasons an initiative can fail and put mitigation actions in place while there's still time. No matter if you plan by agile sprints or any other methodology, pre-mortems help you plan for delivering the best products for your consumers while boosting team empowerment. Join this session to hear how to incorporate this practice into your product management practices.
Alba is a Senior Product Manager at adidas, where she help consumers find the right product for their fitness journey. She started her career as a project manager and as she transitioned into Product, she quickly realized there were many techniques from her project management toolkit that were helping her succeed as a Product Manager. The Pre-Mortem is one of her favourites as it’s not very well-known in the Product World but it’s a game changer.
Connect with Alba on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albamsimon/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live.
Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theproductlive
Website: http://theproduct.live
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/
#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIandML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustoerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
Join Yi-Wei Ang & Omar Sallam as they have an open discussion about Yi-Wei's career development story, hwo did he get into product and how did he develop himself and shis skillset as well as mindset reaching to be the CPO of one of the best truly product-led technology companies in the Middle East
Join Petra Wille & Omar Sallam as they discuss concepts and frameworks of building strong product cultures in different sizes and scales of organizations and unpack some of Petra’s best insights from her books “Strong Product People” & “Strong Product Communities” as well as her personal blog articles that focuses on how leadership can work on fixing root cause problems in the ways of how Product teams are working together and with other internal functions rather than just focusing on unblocking challenges on micro level only.
Key Takeaways:
How to prepare yourself for your first leadership role
Things to consider when building and scaling a product organization
Establishing cross-functional working frameworks between product and all other functional partners
00:00 - Introduction
05:23 - Writing “Strong Product People”
08:25 - Preparing for First Leadership Role
14:30 - Engaging & Motivating Your Product Team
20:30 - Product Org Positioning Within Other Functions
25:30 - Sizing Scopes of Product Teams
28:52 - Conflict Resolution at Scale
37:05 - Fixing The Shipyard, Not Just The Ships
42:38 - The Myth of Developed vs. Developing Markets
49:00 - Focusing on VC Backed Environments
58:20 - A Sneak Peek on “Strong Product Communities”
Petra Wille is an product discovery and product leadership coach and author who specializes in coaching product leaders, particularly Heads of Product and VPs of Product. Petra is the author of “Strong Product People” & “Strong Product Communities” who’s been helping product teams boost their skill sets and up their game since 2013. Alongside her freelance work, Petra co-organizes and curates Mind the Product Engage Hamburg and Product at Heart
Connect with Petra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-wille-b8b1329/
Omar Sallam is a Product Evangelist with over 14 years of notable experience building great tech products around the world for the likes of Booking.com and Delivery Hero among others. Omar has also lent his talents to others as a Product Mentor, Speaker and Evangelist at different conferences, platforms and educational institutions and he is the host of The Product.Live.
Connect with Omar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsallam
Stay tuned, to The Product.Live
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theproductlive
Website: http://theproduct.live
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-product-live/id1709591037
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/omar-h-sallam
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theproduct.live/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-product-live/
#ProductManagement #Product #TheProductLive #Leadership #TechLeadership #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #TechTrends #ProductDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #Agile #Entrepreneurship #StartupLife #ProductDesign #UXDesign #DataAnalytics #AIML #TechStartups #LeadershipDevelopment #ProductStrategy #BusinessInsights #Productivity #TechCommunity #LeadershipTips #CustomerFeedback #ScaleUp #ProductInnovation #StrategicPlanning #EmergingTech
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