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Align Teams, Save Time and Reduce Stress with Communication Systems

1-Hour Master Class with Matt LeMay, Author of "Product Management in Practice" and "Agile for Everybody"
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In this Master Class, you will:

  • Get excited to simplify communication across teams and finally solve the frustrating misalignments that slow down your work. You’ll discover what’s really behind communication breakdowns. Spoiler: it’s not trust issues, it’s solvable systems problems. With just a few simple tools, you’ll make your team feel more aligned, more efficient, and a lot less stressed.
  • Make yourself invaluable by building communication systems that scale. You’ll learn how to co-create shared tools like comms manuals and feedback style guides that supercharge team collaboration, without adding more meetings or complexity. These systems will help you build trust and clarity across cross-functional and stakeholder-heavy environments.
  • Gain confidence and credibility as the person who makes communication work. Whether you’re working with engineers, executives, or anyone in between, you’ll walk away with repeatable, flexible systems you can apply immediately, tailored to your team’s cadence, goals, and reality.

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You'll learn from the best:

  • Matt LeMay: Product Leader, Consultant, and Author of Impact-First Product Teams and Product Management in Practice.

Your Speaker and Industry Expert

Matt LeMay

Matt LeMay is a product leader, consultant, and author of the newly released book Impact-first Product Teams. He empowers product managers, teams, and organizations to maximize their impact on business-critical revenue and growth goals by streamlining processes, simplifying strategies, and focusing on the work that matters most.

Matt’s decade-plus career in product has included acquisitions by Google and Intuit, strategic advising to Spotify, and building out product teams for early-stage startups now valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. His prior books Agile for Everybody (O’Reilly Media, 2018) and Product Management in Practice (Second Edition O'Reilly Media, 2022) have been translated into over 6 languages, and provide actionable guidance to individuals and teams across countries, functions, and industries.

Matt is the creator of the One Page / One Hour Pledge, a commitment to minimize busywork and maximize collaboration that has been adopted by over 100 individuals and teams at Amazon, Walmart, Adobe, Disney, and more. His work with tech ethnographer Tricia Wang has been included in Google’s official Design Sprint toolkit.

Previously, Matt worked as Senior Product Manager at music startup Songza (acquired by Google), and Head of Consumer Product at Bitly. Matt is also a musician, recording engineer, and the author of a book about singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. He lives in London, England.

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