When it comes to transformation, an organization's biggest asset is its people. That’s where the Design Sprints and think tanks are firing, and where the change agents and early adopters exist. But without a cultural baseline of trust, vulnerability and curiosity, there’s little chance you’ll be able to activate your talent for the work ahead.

To build a killer transformation team, you need the right roles and mindsets at the table. It’s kind of like assembling the perfect combination of Avengers for the existential threat at hand. But it isn’t necessary to have all of your Avengers present to achieve success, just the right ones. Here's what that looks like.

Summer is in full swing and the last thing anyone wants to think about is fiscal year planning. Who likes fast-forwarding ahead to January when flip flops and beach weather are top of mind? And yet, July is the typical timeframe for organizations to ramp up planning conversations about the coming year.

If your team has been spinning out on your organization's digital transformation or the implementation of a product model, it’s easy to see the temptation of a canned plan. It’s billed as turnkey and can get your team out of the weeds quickly, right? Wrong. Here’s what it takes to create a successful transformation and implementation.

This article explores the importance of Empowered Execution, why large organizations struggle with it, and how to build a team-based organizational structure and employee empowerment. Because without this core mindset, your teams and the organization are likely to fumble through transformation.

Jen joins Jim Cuene on the Business Drivers podcast to dig into what it actually takes to lead a digital product transformation — and why the hardest part has nothing to do with technology. They explore the emotional intelligence required to navigate organizational change, what's really going on inside the "frozen middle," and why the skills Jen learned studying adult learning and development turn out to be exactly what transformation work demands.

Jen joins Kurt Schmidt on the Schmidt List podcast to explore two skills that don't always get talked about together: networking and negotiation — and why both are essential to a product management career. Speaking from her role at the time as VP of Digital Product Management at Optum, Jen shares how she's built and sustained meaningful professional communities, and why taking ownership of your own growth is the only strategy that actually works.