Communities of Practice

Key Topics:

• What a “community of practice” really means in modern product work

• The difference between learning from people vs. learning with people

• How to find like-minded peers for collaborative learning

• Building your Personal Learning Network (PLN)

• Personal knowledge management as a product skill

• Why curiosity-driven learning builds stronger product intuition

• How committing to talks, books, or courses drives deeper learning

Favorite Quotes:

“Nobody on that list knows they’re in my personal community of practice.” — Teresa Torres
“Sometimes you don’t know your new definition of good until you start learning.” — Petra Wille

Resources & Links:

• Follow Teresa Torres: ProductTalk.org

• Follow Petra Wille: Petra-Wille.com

Mentioned in this episode:

• Product Tank Hamburg (meetup.com/producttank-hamburg)

• Product at Heart (productatheart.com) conference

• Mind the Product (mindtheproduct.com) community

• Curation (youtube.com/watch?v=THcR2eNse0c) - All Things Product with Teresa & Petra episode

• Hamel’s Blog (hamel.dev)

• AI Evals for Engineers and PMs (maven.com/parlance-labs/evals?promoCode=torres…) course by Hamel Husain (get 35% off through Teresa’s link) on Maven (maven.com)

• Harold Jarche (jarche.com)’s Personal Knowledge Management (jarche.com/pkm/pkm-workshop) workshop

• Petra’s book, Strong Product Communities - The Essential Guide to Product Communities of Practice (strongproductpeople.com/strong-product-communi…)