I give product leadership talks & workshops worldwide. I live in San Francisco.
Participants at the Reach/Emerson “Product Strategy Workshop” in Palo Alto:
Click here to give feedback on the talk (it only takes one minute)
Click here for a PDF of the presentation.
Click below to watch “Netflix: Wicked Hard Decisions” at CNN/Turner in Atlanta (NPS = 83).
what’s new?
I just launched a 12-part essay entitled, “How to Define Your Product Strategy” on Medium.
If you are time-starved, here is the executive summary of my Product Strategy series, along with a link to pre-formatted Google Slides to define your product strategy.
Speakers, aspiring speakers, and meetup/conference organizers: I just published a video, “How to Give a Rockstar Product Talk.”
I have a new talk, “How Netflix Built an Innovative Culture.” Click here to watch.
Upcoming events
8/20: Product Leader Summit Dinner in SF
8/21: Reach Capital in SF: “Netflix’s Wicked Hard Decisions”
8/22: Reach and Emerson Collective in Palo Alto, “Product Strategy Workshop”
8/23: Capital One in Richmond, VA, “Hacking Your Product Leader Career”
8/23: Capital One in Richmond, VA, “Netflix: Wicked Hard Decisions”
8/28-9/2 Burning Man!
9/4-9/6: INSEAD in Paris, “Product Management Executive Program”
9/10: Pendo’s “Pendomonium” in Raleigh, NC, “Hacking Your Product Leader Career”
9/11: Products That Count in San Jose, CA, “How Netflix Built an Innovative Culture”
9/12: Optimizely’s “Opticon 19” in SF, “Netflix’s Customer Obsession”
9/13: Connected’s “Product Leader Breakfast” in Boston, “Netflix: Wicked Hard Decisions”
9/19: Product Leader Summit dinner in Redwood City, CA
9/19: Product Leader Summit in Redwood City, CA, “Leadership Workshop”
9/26: OfficeVibe in Montreal, “Product Strategy Workshop”
9/26: ProductTank in Montreal, “How Netflix Built an Innovative Culture.”
10/3 & 4: Beyond in London, “Product Strategy Workshop”
10/7-10/18: SF Bay Area Events Only (no airline travel allowed!)
10/10: “Netflix’s Wicked Hard Decisions” no-slides dinner with Verkada
10/15: ProductTank SF
10/16: Reach Capital “Founder’s Day” in SF
10/17: SkipCard in SF, “How Netflix Built an Innovative Culture”
10/22-11/3: Japan (Backpacking!)
11/4: Pendo in NYC, “Product Strategy Workshop”
11/7: ProductBC “Hacking Your Product Career” Workshop
11/12-15: PM Festival in Zurich
11/20-22: Productized in Lisbon
ABout Me
As the former VP of Product at Netflix, Chief Product Officer at Chegg, SVP Product at The Learning Company, and a Producer at Electronic Arts, I have lots of experience building world-class products, teams, and companies.
Every year I co-host an invite-only 130-person Product Leader Summit. The next one is in Redwood City, CA on 9/19/2019.
My wife, Kristen Hege, is a physician/scientist working to cure cancer, my daughter Kelsey, lives in Boston (and follows Mom's career path) while daughter Brit has career aspirations more like mine. (Read more about Brit here.)
What do others think?
“Don’t miss a chance to learn from one of the best.”
“Gib is simply fantastic and I highly recommend working with him.”
“Hard lessons... backed by real experience & rigorous experimentation”
“Left the whole team feeling engaged and wanting more.”