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: https://ProductTalk.org
• Follow Petra Wille: https://Petra-Wille.com

Mentioned in this episode:

• Product Tank Hamburg
• Product at Heart conference
• Mind the Product community
• Curation - All Things Product with Teresa & Petra episode
• Hamel’s Blog
• AI Evals for Engineers and PMs course by Hamel Husain (get 35% off through Teresa’s link) on Maven
• Harold Jarche’s Personal Knowledge Management workshop
• Petra’s book, Strong Product Communities - The Essential Guide to Product Communities of Practice