Andrew Tokeley (Tokes) shares the importance of a clear strategy, a collaborative culture and outstanding leadership in enabling product success, including: How do you build great relationships with others, without doing everything they ask for? Although strategy is hard to define, what does a good one look like in practice? Why is Product Management the art of managing disappointment? ====== Who is Tokes? Tokes is one of New Zealand’s most respected independent product leadership coaches, advisors, and community builders. Back in 2009, he joined Xero, the cloud-based accounting platform, as their first product manager. Over the following six years, he went on to scale the product team from 20 people, in a single office, to over 400 people, across six offices, in 4 countries. Tokes is the founder of the country’s first Product Tank meetup, which he still coordinates, and that now has over 2,000 members. He also recently he become the operating partner responsible for Product at Movac, one of New Zealand’s most successful venture capital firms. ====== Find Tokes here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewtokeley/ Website: https://www.andrewtokeley.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewtokeley ====== Thank you for tuning in! If you liked what you saw and want more ... ... please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listened). You can also follow us on our other social channels for more great UX and product design tips, interviews and insights! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/ ====== Host: Brendan Jarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/