
Josh Centner
Product Practice Lead
Elabor8
location_on Australia
Member since 3 years
Josh Centner
Specialises In (based on submitted proposals)
Josh is the Product Practice Lead for Elabor8 with background in strategy, consulting, product design and product development. He has strong experience managing and launching products in both the startup and corporate world and is passionate about growing the adoption of Lean Thinking and Startup Culture.
He combines standardised tools and approaches with his unique innovative approach. Leaving each organisation/product development team with an expanded capability for successful product development in an environment that fosters continuous innovation for the enhancement of existing and development of new products, platforms and services.
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Simplifying the dark art of influencing
45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
You know what you want to build, you are doing your customer research and they are clearly telling you what to validate next but there's a problem...a common problem. Your team disagrees with you, the executive don't understand you and the CFO won't give you any funding. You aren't a super hero and you need all these people on board to help make your vision a reality. It's time to start influencing!
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Lean Startup and Tappable Prototypes
45 Mins
Hands on Session
Beginner
We all have ideas every day whether it is for personal endeavours, work or just for fun. In this session you will learn how to get your ideas out of your head and into a basic clickable/tappable prototype that you can test with real customers or present at your next company meeting. I will briefly run through creating a customer journey supported by personas then delve into a workshop exercise for collaborative user interface design. This will be followed by an overview for sketching common interface controls & navigation methods for mobile devices and finish up with a tool to turn your sketches into clickable prototypes.
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Unravelling Design Thinking
45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
Get clarity on Design Thinking, what does it mean, how does it work, how the design thinking process can work for you to:- improves customer experience
- speed up product development
- enhance company culture and overall happiness in your teams and organisation
This talk looks at the prevailing frameworks and methodologies today and the rise of Design Thinking to tie them all together, we will be using real stories and relatable examples to both increase understanding and give you the ammunition to help improve the adoption of Design Thinking in your organisations from a mindset, process and cultural perspective. -
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Iterative Business Modelling: How to turn your app into an enterprise
Josh CentnerProduct Practice LeadElabor8Darren DuarteAgile ConsultantElabor8schedule 2 years ago
Sold Out!45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
Customers might tell us what to build and we may do just that to satisfy their every need, but when it comes to effectively achieving our goals there is more than just what the customer wants. We need to get what we want. That raises some important questions.
How do I turn my product into something valuable to me? How can I communicate my product outline to potential investors? My product is perfect but people aren't using it? How do I get in front of the right customers?
Valuable questions often left unanswered until its too late - code has been written, supplies ordered and money spent.
Some people may point to their Business Model to answer these questions and say look, it's glorious, every section shines brightly...I think
Enter the Lean Canvas and Actionable Hypothesis
Using the Lean Canvas learn how to create effective business models in an hour and then how to turn that model into actionable hypothesis that you can test and iterate on to turn your bright shining Business Model into a well oiled machine!
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Influencing: The secret to successful Product Owners & Managers
45 Mins
Talk
Beginner
You know what you want to build, you are doing your customer research and they are clearly telling you what to validate next but there's a problem...a common problem. Your team disagrees with you, the executive don't understand you and the CFO won't give you any funding. You aren't a super hero and you need all these people on board to help make your vision a reality. It's time to start influencing!
In this engaging and practical talk you will learn from experienced product managers the various tools and approaches you can employ to influence different stakeholders across the corporate & startup landscape
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