Author: vivekbedi

“Business lessons you can learn from a youth soccer coach”

Today’s business leaders are working tirelessly to win in the “experience age.” Our customers and clients have ascended, rightfully, to the throne. And when you’re leading design of new digital products and platforms, you serve at the pleasure of the king and queen customer. Almost every business article I see underlines the importance of putting…

“Northwestern Mutual Chicagoland”

Technology will never replace the human experience, but it DOES enhance it. Very grateful for being the keynote speaker at the NM Conference and having the chance to share our digital future with our top Chicago area advisors. Thanks to Ryan Kramer and crew in #Chicagoland.      

“Balancing tradeoffs to win with legacy products”

“While balance is important, product teams have to be sure that they’re continuously iterating and making forward progress.” This and many other topics discussed as I was a part of a panel alongside some great leaders on how to balance innovation while dealing with legacy products. Read more.

“World Product Day”

Today, I had the opportunity to present as the keynote speaker at World Product Day at CapOne Labs in New York. The event is organized by ProductTank and brings together leaders in the industry from across 43 countries for one day to discuss product advancements.

“The User Obsessed PM”

Very excited to lead a live webcast to over 13,000 digital professionals across the country and discussed the importance of bridging the gap between user needs and building amazing experiences. The session highlights the need for user research, shadowing your users’ behaviors, involving users in every phase of the product lifecycle, and building specialized teams focused…

“The Awesome PM” Product Management Today Article

I am honored and excited  to be featured as the top trending article in Product Management Today. The article is around being an “awesome product manager”. Read the article here.

“The Feeling’s Mutual” Exec Series Article

It was so much fun for the team to be featured in a great piece discussing the coming together of cultures across LearnVest and Northwestern Mutual to build a truly unique blended culture. Here is a link to the article. The Feeling Is Mutual

“Bringing Product Cultures Together”

I wanted to send a big thanks to Product School for hosting me on a webcast to over 25,ooo digital professionals across the country and letting us share our stories of bringing cultures together.

“Top 40 Product Influencers of 2017” Award

I am humbled to be recognized alongside this amazing group of Top 40 Product Leaders of 2017. Here is a link to the article. Top 40 Product Leaders