PDMA Connections - April 2023

Increase Your Exposure while Inspiring Innovation at the 2023 PDMA Inspire Innovation Conference

PDMA’s Inspire Innovation Conference unites product leaders, teams, innovation executives, academics, and solution providers from nearly every industry sector for the “event of the year” for product professionals. Bring your company’s brand to life by engaging with our attendees in person, and maximize brand visibility by sponsoring conference events and materials. Build lifelong brand relationships at PDMA’s Inspire Innovation Conference, and choose one of our high-impact options.

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Front End of Innovation Conference May 16–18, 2023

Omni Hotel at the Seaport, Boston

COMMEMORATING 20 YEARS
For more than two decades, FEI: Front End of Innovation has been the annual gathering place for corporate innovators and R&D executives to stay ahead of trends, identify opportunities, and develop the innovative products and services that propel businesses and communities forward.

This hallmark year of FEI boasts 100+ all-new interactive presentations across three tracks, with all-new opportunities to collaborate, scout start-ups and network with your peers. Join us for the journey of 20 years, as we identify trends across established and emerging industries, create distinctive experiences, and share lessons learned along the way.

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Michael O'Connor is the Director Strategy and Project Management with Medtronic Corporate Science and Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota (17 years of Medtronic experience). He has over 34 years of professional work experience and 29 years of professional experience (mainly in project, program, and portfolio management) in the Medical Device Industry. O'Connor received his B.A. and minor in Project Management from Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. He holds Graduate degrees in Project Management, Technology Management, and Business Administration. O'Connor earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, majoring in Project Management, from the University of Maryland, College Park, A. James School of Engineering. He was selected as an American Society for Quality Fellow (ASQ), selected as a Medtronic Technical Fellow, selected as an American Academy of Project Management Fellow (AAPM), selected as an Association for Project Management Fellow (APM) and selected as a Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow (BMES). He is a (PDMA) NPDP, (PMI) PMP®️, PgMP®️, (IPMA) IPMA-B certified, (IPM) CPD, (AAPM) MPM, CIPM and CPRM. He is currently on the Board of Directors as a Director at large for the Minnesota PMI chapter and he is the Medtronic liaison for the Minnesota PMI chapter. He is also the representative for Medtronic on the PMI Global Executive Council. He is a Director at large with the Product Development and Management Association in 2020-2023 and is a former Director at Large for the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). He is a Community Faculty Member at Metropolitan State University and an Adjunct Faculty instructor at the College of St. Scholastica and the University of Wisconsin, Platteville who is teaching Graduate level Project Management, Portfolio Management, Project Capstone, Procurement, and Culture / Organizational course(s).

The 2023 JPIM Annual Research Forum seeks various types of conference submissions from scholars from all disciplines who share a common interest in new product development and innovation management research. The JPIM Research Forum is part of the PDMA conference and will offer networking opportunities with scholars, practitioners, the JPIM’s Editorial Team and the PDMA community. There will be joint sessions for researchers and practitioners for stimulating high-impact research driven by collaborations between industry and academia.

Full Competitive Papers, Developmental Papers, and Special Session Proposals are all welcome. Submissions from all academic areas, methodological approaches, and regions of the world are welcome.

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April 22, 2023
9:00am - 11:15am

This is a FREE event. RSVP today by clicking here
PDH Credits: 2

Innovate Carolina 2023 is going virtual on Saturday April 22! (9–11:15 am EDT).

Under the broad topic of Product Resilience and Sustainable Innovation, the PDMA’s Carolinas Chapter is presenting a virtual conference highlighting innovators of the future.

Featuring:
Keynote speaker Michael Arena on how managers can blend virtual and face-to-face work to avoid the loss of connections and social capital that hybrid work brings. He will introduce you to an alternative organizational design that leaders can adopt to overcome the losses and limitations of a hybrid environment.
Student Showcase: See the ideas and product concept development from local Carolina Universities that entered the PDMA Carolinas Chapter Student Innovation Competition. Ask questions and interact with the finalist student teams. We’ll celebrate the teams and present the winning teams with their awards.
YogaVibes: Prepare your body and mind for the rest of the week with a lesson on how to “put your mask on first” as you absorb the learnings of the day with some breathing and chair yoga exercises.

See additional information on our Innovate Carolina website.

PDH Credits: 4

The STL PDMA Conference is coming to St. Louis this May. We are bringing together the fastest-growing community of product minded leaders in the area for an opportunity to share. So, whether you are new to product or an established product leader, our conference has something for you.

This half-day conference will include a keynote speaker, panel discussion from product leaders in the St. Louis area, and an interactive workshop, with lunch.

Top 3 Reasons you should attend this conference:

BEST companies focus on PDMA areas and achieve superior results.
EDUCATION inspiration
Build a PRODUCT SUCCESS NETWORK powered by PDMA

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PDMA is growing! Meet and connect with our new members by signing into the PDMA community on our website.

PDMA welcomed these new members in February 2023. We look forward to working with you!

Individual Members

Jessica Modin
Roba Jabeen
Anu Agnel
Rehan Ali
Minyang Xu
Ben Demuth
Jiandong Zhou
Tim Moxley
Steven MaGill
Raymond Hambright
Jade Meskill
Ryan Oliver
Milind Tilak
Cheryl Sambuco
Mark Zander
Alexander Gorospe
Vishnu Joshi
Jordan Barzensky
Besher Tabbara
John Zver
Vikramaditya Srivastava
Jennifer Corrigan
Ken Peterson
Zeynep Emden
Douglas Wallace
Karen Carney

Academic Members
Dawei Jiang
Wenliang Pan
Marcelo Guerra Hahn
Shuai Chen
Sheng Zhao

Student Members
Guilherme Manzur
Anjali Nair
Floriane Paul

kHUB Access
Just a reminder that access to kHUB is free and open to the public. Simply sign into your PDMA account and start searching for relevant topics, blog posts, articles, webcasts, and more—to explore and gain knowledge on various Product and Innovation topics.

Do you have content to contribute?
Email it to khub@pdma.org. To join our online discussions, visit the PDMA Community and the PDMA kHUB.

New kHUB Content

Podcaster Chad McAllister of Product Mastery Now shared some recent conversations with PDMA leaders and Inspire Innovation 2022 speakers that we have posted on kHUB.

Listen to Sally Kay talk about Lessons for product managers from PDMA’s Outstanding Corporate Innovators Award. She and Chad discuss one OCI award winner that “moved from NIH (Not Invented Here) philosophy to a PFE (Proudly Found Elsewhere) philosophy for innovation.” And they share lessons from other companies that show advances in innovation year after year. Learn more about PDMA’s OCI Awards here
Seth Greenwald shares Improv to Improve Your Team’s Creativity. His Creative Warrior Secrets help professionals be excellent communicators and increase their success.
David Matheson’s Get Into the Discovery Zone changes the trap of pursuing speed and a sense of progress using Lean and Agile methods, that often fail to provide value on the most important aspects that customers need.
Kristyn Corrigan discusses The Key to Successful Voice of the Customer (VOC) in Agile Teams. Spoiler alert: It’s Listening!
Brad Schuck shares key points from his Reimagining Engagement in Product Development and Management Masterclass. Why is employee engagement so low? Brad illustrates how engagement is so connected to creativity and innovation.

PDMA’s local chapters continue to hold online events. We post the recordings and presentations from the local events on kHUB’s Local Chapter Content - on Demand for you to access and view at your convenience. Recently posted is the latest from the Carolinas Chapter in the US: Developing the Right Skills in Product. This is another discussion with Chad McAllister, to highlight Insights into the skills to develop as you move towards product mastery. With 30+ years of product experience, Chad loves helping product managers and leaders move towards product mastery, creating greater value for customers and their organizations. He frequently works with product teams, facilitating their move to higher performance.
Links to a YouTube channel/podcast have been added to kHUB’s additional resources! Follow these insights from Managing Innovation. John Bessant shows how “Innovation is a journey, not an event. It’s not like the cartoons—you know, the moment when the light bulb flashes on above someone’s head and everything just happens? In real life, it’s a bit more complicated. We still need that idea—but for it to create value we need more.” And check out the other podcasts and blogs the kHUB curators recommend.

kHUB Most Popular Content
See what your competitors and peers have been accessing in kHUB recently. Some of the most accessed kHUB content last month include these classics:

and the ever-popular articles