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Birte Loeckel

mobile.de, kleinanzeigen Delivery Hero, eBay

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Birte is a product leader turned freelancer with 10+ years navigating the unspoken rules of corporate life — from startups to giants like eBay and Delivery Hero. Strategy matters, but power dynamics, politics, and status games often decide who gets heard. She's built international teams, launched products from scratch, and led through chaos — but her real edge? Reading the room, building trust fast, and knowing when to raise or lower her status to shift the game. Improv theater taught her one thing: status isn't given by title — it's played. And body language often closes the deal before the first slide.

Discovery & Validation in the AI Era

16.09

The Social Hub

< About >

Most product teams know they should do discovery and validation—but textbook methods don't survive tight deadlines, conflicting opinions, and limited resources. This full-day workshop shows you what actually works. Learn practical discovery techniques that fit real constraints, when to skip user research, how to leverage AI for faster insights, and how to choose the right validation methods. You'll master handling HIPPOs, making findings credible, and turning both discovery and validation into confident decisions—even when time is short and opinions are loud.

Best for

  • Mid to Senior Product Managers looking to improve their discovery practices

  • Tech Leads involved in product discovery and validation

  • Product Leads who need to align stakeholders around discovery work

  • Anyone responsible for making discovery and validation happen in their team

Morning session

Product discovery often looks great on slides—and falls apart on Monday morning.

In this workshop, we'll work through how discovery actually happens in real product teams: with limited time, noisy stakeholders, incomplete data, and pressure to deliver. I'll show you practical ways to run discovery that works in the real world, when to bend the rules, and how AI can speed things up without replacing your judgment.

< Key learnings >

  • How to run pragmatic product discovery

  • Avoid common traps

  • Use AI as a real accelerator—not a gimmick

Morning session

Product discovery often looks great on slides—and falls apart on Monday morning.

In this workshop, we'll work through how discovery actually happens in real product teams: with limited time, noisy stakeholders, incomplete data, and pressure to deliver. I'll show you practical ways to run discovery that works in the real world, when to bend the rules, and how AI can speed things up without replacing your judgment.

< Key learnings >

  • How to run pragmatic product discovery

  • Avoid common traps

  • Use AI as a real accelerator—not a gimmick

Afternoon session

Great discovery doesn't fail because of bad ideas—it fails because of people, priorities, and politics.

This workshop focuses on what comes after the first insights: validation, stakeholder alignment, and influencing without authority. We'll look at how to test assumptions in messy environments, handle strong opinions, and get buy-in so discovery can actually move forward.

This is about making progress when not everyone agrees—and still shipping the right thing.

< Key learnings >

  • How to validate ideas under real constraints

  • Influence stakeholders so insights turn into decisions

Afternoon session

Great discovery doesn't fail because of bad ideas—it fails because of people, priorities, and politics.

This workshop focuses on what comes after the first insights: validation, stakeholder alignment, and influencing without authority. We'll look at how to test assumptions in messy environments, handle strong opinions, and get buy-in so discovery can actually move forward.

This is about making progress when not everyone agrees—and still shipping the right thing.

< Key learnings >

  • How to validate ideas under real constraints

  • Influence stakeholders so insights turn into decisions

Company Politics

17.09

CIC Berlin

< About >

Company politics exist in every organization—whether we talk about them or not.

In this roundtable, we’ll openly discuss the unwritten rules, power dynamics, and trade-offs that shape product decisions behind the scenes. Shared experiences, and practical ways to navigate politics without losing credibility, energy, or impact.

< Key learnings >

  • How to recognize political dynamics early and respond in a way that protects both the product and your role

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Craft & AI + Conf

Sept 16+17

A full day of workshops to elevate your Craft, AI building & Product Marketing + Conference

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20 people max / group

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Leaders + Conf

Sept 15+17

Executive leadership day for Super ICs, HoP to CPOs with Ravi Mehta + Conference

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Best for Leadership Topics & Networking

Max 60 Leaders

€999

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Bundles

-20%

Craft & AI + Conf

Sept 16+17

A full day of workshops to elevate your Craft, AI building & Product Marketing + Conference

Save €99

Best for in-person, hands-on learning

20 people max / group

€899

+VAT

Show perks

Leaders + Conf

Sept 15+17

Executive leadership day for Super ICs, HoP to CPOs with Ravi Mehta + Conference

Save €99

Best for Leadership Topics & Networking

Max 60 Leaders

€999

+VAT

Show perks

Group Tickets

All days

Group discounts available on single tickets and multi-day passes — 5% for groups of 5, 10% for groups of 10. For Leaders Tickets or custom packages, email us at team at productlab.app

Save

up to 20%

Best for Teams

Starting from 5

+VAT

Show perks

Single pass

Bundles

-20%

Craft & AI + Conf

Sept 16+17

A full day of workshops to elevate your Craft, AI building & Product Marketing + Conference

Save €99

Best for in-person, hands-on learning

20 people max / group

€899

+VAT

Show perks

Leaders + Conf

Sept 15+17

Executive leadership day for Super ICs, HoP to CPOs with Ravi Mehta + Conference

Save €99

Best for Leadership Topics & Networking

Max 60 Leaders

€999

+VAT

Show perks

Group Tickets

All days

Group discounts available on single tickets and multi-day passes — 5% for groups of 5, 10% for groups of 10. For Leaders Tickets or custom packages, email us at team at productlab.app

Save

up to 20%

Best for Teams

Starting from 5

+VAT

Show perks

Single pass

Bundles

-20%

Craft & AI + Conf

Sept 16+17

A full day of workshops to elevate your Craft, AI building & Product Marketing + Conference

Save €99

Best for in-person, hands-on learning

20 people max / group

€899

+VAT

Show perks

Leaders + Conf

Sept 15+17

Executive leadership day for Super ICs, HoP to CPOs with Ravi Mehta + Conference

Save €99

Best for Leadership Topics & Networking

Max 60 Leaders

€999

+VAT

Show perks

Group Tickets

All days

Group discounts available on single tickets and multi-day passes — 5% for groups of 5, 10% for groups of 10. For Leaders Tickets or custom packages, email us at team at productlab.app

Save

up to 20%

Best for Teams

Starting from 5

+VAT

Show perks

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