Peer Networking in Product Management

Hear the panel discuss the answers to our Monday question - What is the value you get from your product management peer network? Where we discuss the differences between networking, having a peer (or peers) to go to one-on-one, and having a networking group of peers (or 3 or 4 dudes in a Slack channel).

Hear us discuss the poll on "Where do you go to network with product professionals?" where we acknowledge the great product management community in Atlanta, GA, and Jon discusses the level of depth difference between the local networking and going deep with a few. We also discuss the difference between a network and networking.

Get our two-cents on the following questions:

• How did you build your trusted peer network? Including Steve talking about the importance of going to places to speak and finding his peers, as well as reaching out to people for a conversation.
  
  
• What role does your product management peer network play in your professional development? Including Jon talking about the importance of the diversity of ideas a peer network brings to your development, and Jason admits he never wants to do anything other than product management and how he thinks about the topic of the week all week long. Finally, Steve brings it home by talking about the importance of the dialog, the two-way conversation, and furthering ideas and learning.

And get our Lightning Round answers from every panelist on "What is one word or phrase to describe the importance of professional peer networks to you?" where we had one of our best yes-and through all of us.

Steve Johnson and Grant Hunter had a great conversation on Peer Networking in Product Management with regular panelists Jon Harmer and Jason Vincelette, and first-time panelist (and one of Steve and Grant's long time peer networking partners) Jon Gatrell.