04: Optimise your cross-functional product teams – with Kingfisher plc & FutureLearn

Explore how to prime your cross-functional product teams for success – with the help of  design leaders from multinational retailing company, Kingfisher plc,  and digital education platform, FutureLearn.

We chat to Russel Murton-Cole, former experience director at FutureLearn, and Chris Golding, principal product designer at Kingfisher, about some key themes on our minds, including:

• A true product team vs. a features team: which one are you?
• How to carve out space for true discovery work and problem solving 
• The  role of strategic clarity and product vision
• Why storytelling is the people skill your team needs to nurture
• The value of slowing down in an environment that's all about speed

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