September 15, 2024

Academics and Practitioners: An Important, but Underleveraged Partnership
Dr. Gina O’Connor

Innovation managers and service providers want to stay on top of the latest learning in the field, but as they look to academic researchers, they can’t get past abstracts of researchers’ scholarly... [Read more]

September 15, 2024

Harnessing the Power of AI in Healthcare
Jason Case

Global healthcare is at an inflection point. There are sicker patients in more places and fewer clinicians than ever to support them. Through the design, development, and seamless integration of connected... [Read more]

September 15, 2024

Individual Panelist Presentations
Susan Downey, Dr. Aric Rindfleisch, Dr. Frank Pillar

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September 15, 2024

Bridge Session Panel Discussion
Moderated by: Chad McAllister | Panelists: Drs. Aric Rindfleisch, Frank Piller, Jason Case, Susan Downey

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September 16, 2024

Aligning for Innovation Success: An Innovation Process for Predictable Outcomes
Tony Ulwick

Despite significant investments in innovation, many organizations find their initiatives over budget, overdue, and under-delivering. The root cause? A lack of alignment and confidence in a common direction... [Read more]

September 16, 2024

Defining a Winning Strategy
Jay Nakagawa

How does a product manager consistently develop a winning product strategy that leaves the competition in the rear view mirror? What frameworks can you utilize to understand where to dig for the treasure and deliver... [Read more]

September 16, 2024

The Non-Obvious Way to Engage Organization Support for Innovation
Doug Hall

Innovation, particularly disruptive innovation, is often met with resistance. This workshop will detail key principles and processes to not just overcome the resistance, but ignite engagement from the wider... [Read more]

September 16, 2024

Alignment of Corporate Strategy and Portfolio Management by Application of New Product Management in Semiconductor and AI Indus
Jack Hsieh

In most companies, there is a missing link between Strategy and Portfolio management. Which direction should we pursue to gain corporate benefit? What are the guidelines and principles for portfolio... [Read more]

September 16, 2024

OCI Awards and Presentations

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September 16, 2024

99 Problems but Discovery Ain’t One: Finding the Right Problems to Solve
Alex Coutney & Travis Duncan

Everyone you talk with has an observation, opinion, pain point, or idea they feel would be a "game changer" for your product team. With so many opportunities and limited capacity, it's hard for these teams... [Read more]

September 16, 2024

Beyond Brainstorming: Leveraging the Power of Creativity in Product Development
Karin Anne Davis

Ready to transform your product development process? Join us for this dynamic workshop where we reveal how to unleash the power of CREATIVITY in the backend phases of product...[Read more]

September 16, 2024

A Novel Systematic Product Managers Framework
Nishant Parikh

This presentation is based on a systematic literature review that dispels the misconception that product managers are responsible for the entire product management framework...[Read more]

September 16, 2024

How to Generate Awesome Ideas
Maggie Nichols & Gregg Lemmon

For the past 40 years, Eureka! Ranch has been doing research and experimentation with over 2,000 companies to identify the most effective way to generate ideas that are meaningful and unique...[Read more]

September 16, 2024

Driving Radical Innovation: Strategies for Long-Term Growth and Resilience
Chris Elmore

In today’s dynamic market, driving radical innovation and sustaining long-term growth are more crucial than ever. This session explores stories and strategies used by top firms to cultivate an...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

AI Decision Sprint
Atif Rafiq

Join Atif Rafiq, a seasoned Silicon Valley and Fortune 500 executive who has managed over 10,000 knowledge workers and spent the last three years exploring AI’s real-world applications, as he...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Ask a Professional Stalker: Unveiling the Secrets of UX Research
Martha Valenta

In this engaging presentation, Martha Valenta, a self-proclaimed "professional stalker," will take you on a thrilling journey through the world of UX research. By drawing parallels between the skills...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Practical Innovation for Everyday Products
Terry Carrol & Jerry Fix

In a new book that's in the works, Terry Carroll and Jerry Fix explore product management from a practitioner's point of view and share many lessons learned during extensive careers in this...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Building Innovation Governance and Culture at James Hardie
Shion Hung

Throughout its over 100-year history, James Hardie has attempted to implement new product development (NPD) governance several times, though until very recently adoption was poor and ultimately...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

SAE’S Idea Engine: SAE’s “Bad Idea” for Driving a Culture of Innovation
Steve Ezar

Adobe's Kickbox innovation program operates with the premise that the key to uncovering good ideas is to quickly evolve "bad ideas". SAE International has incorporated Adobe's Kickbox process into...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Deliver Customer Value with Product Thinking
Valerio Zanini

Product people know to focus on outcomes and not on outputs. They know the need to measure value metrics and not vanity metrics. Yet, changing behavior is often hard, and many fall back to feature...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Leveraging AI for New Product Development
Brian Collard

This session will discuss how AI tools and prompting techniques improved over the past year and are delivering amazing results for companies like WalMart. Then we will then capture audience...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Gut-Level Design: How to trust (but verify) your innovation intuition
John Eaton

Running an effective internal innovation initiative means implementing a solid mechanism for the intake, evaluation, curation, and communication of early product concepts. To manage this, Re:Build...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Overcoming Common Failure Points in Product Launches
James Whitman

Why do product launches, a high-stakes activity at the heart of corporate growth strategy, have such a significant failure rate? In this session, product leaders will learn how the most successful...[Read more]

September 17, 2024

Connect, Co-Create, Innovate- Power of Community-Driven Product Innovation
Diana Stepner

Fostering creativity and staying ahead of the curve can be challenging, especially in business unit silos. Enter the power of product communities. This case study dives deep into the creation, management, and...[Read more]

MAY 23, 2024

How to 10x Your Product Management with Generative AI
Mike Hyzy & Sasha Snyder, Product Management and Strategy Consultants

In this cutting-edge webinar, "How to 10x Your Product Management with Generative AI," we delve into the untapped potential of Generative AI to revolutionize your approach... [Read more]

June 24, 2024

The Human-AI Collaboration Revolution
Atif Rafiq

Knowledge work is undergoing its biggest transformation in decades, with AI taking a leading role. Discover why this revolution requires human-AI collaboration, and how it can drive unprecedented growth... [Read more]

July 1, 2024

PDMA's Exclusive Radical Product Thinking
Radhika Dutt

The hands-on learning from this year’s PDMA conference starts with this free webinar! Together with Radhika Dutt, author of Radical Product Thinking, we’re offering this interactive event as a prequel to her workshop... [Read more]