ProductTank Bristol #56

Join us for our next product meetup, hosted and sponsored by Hargreaves Lansdown!

18:00 - Descend, Sip, Snacks, and Strategy
18:25 - Introduction and a warm welcome from our host
18:30 - Workshop
20:15 - Wrap Up
20:20 - End and Depart, with the opportunity for extended discussions at the pub
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📢 Leader, Weaver, Butterfly
If you run discovery sessions, workshops, or any kind of collaborative product work, the roles people play in those spaces matter more than most of us realise in unlocking creativity, insight, and innovation. This session gives you a practical framework for seeing those roles clearly, using them intentionally, and getting better results from the rooms you're in.
In this practical, hands-on session we'll explore:

• Role Patterns — what types of roles we might take on or call in at inclusive, psychologically safe events, and how they foster creativity and stronger group outcomes.
• Event Types — where and how different roles apply, what they do to improve a space, and how to use them to improve group ownership of facilitation outcomes and troubleshoot common problems in workshops and facilitated events.
• Design — working with different role and collaboration patterns to optimise inclusion and learning.
• Practice and Reflect — trying out a few of the named patterns as a way of embedding and enhancing the learning.

👤 Carl Rogers
Carl is Head of Technology Enablement at Hiscox London Market, leading a team of agile coaches and change agents. His work — across a career spanning the world's fourth-largest market research firm, a major S&P 500 US bank, and now a FTSE 100 insurer — has revolves around the same simple question: how do we reduce the unnecessary toil in people's daily work and lives?

That means creating environments where knowledge workers can show up authentically, with whatever energy they have to give that day — places of high trust and psychological safety, where people have agency to act and the transparency to understand why.

Carl lives in the Surrey Hills, where you’ll find him biking, hiking, and occasionally running.

👤 Gemma Honour
Gemma brings energy and colour to everything she does. She is highly skilled in creating and holding memorable workshops and coaching sessions that get people sharing understanding, thinking creatively and working together effectively. She has a wealth of experience across multiple sectors including banking, local government, startups, digital & telecoms.
Gemma’s approach is informed by a deep understanding of agile, visual thinking, systems thinking and coaching to create inclusive spaces where teams and individuals can map, create, innovate and problem-solve together. She specialises in using the power of visual thinking to help people sense-make with accessible, fun and creative workshops.

Host & Sponsor: Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown’s purpose is simple: to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future.
As the UK’s largest investment platform for private investors, we achieve this by always putting the client first; by understanding their individual needs and providing the best products and services to meet them.
For over 40 years, we have helped clients save time, tax and money on their investments. Today we are trusted with more than £172bn by over 2 million clients. We are a financially secure company, headquartered in Bristol, and employing over 2,000 people.

Season sponsor: Pilot Works
Pilot Works is a product and service design consultancy based in Bristol.
We use research and prototyping techniques to help our clients visualise and align on what they need to deliver, in order meet the needs of their users and achieve their organisation’s goals.
As well as hands-on consultancy we also provide training and coaching for individuals and teams.
Find out more at https://pilot.works

Additional Information
Photography and/or recording equipment will be used throughout the event, with images shared on social channels during and after the event.

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