David Locke,
Independent Consultant

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About the Webinar: RYMA's September 16th Webinar was presented by David W. Locke. David reviewed strategy alignment as a goal, management tools for achieving strategy alignment, and suggested that leadership achieves superior strategy alignment. The typical strategy alignment tools: MBO, metrics, balanced scorecards, dashboards can be considered protocols, heavy weight protocols. Even the lightest of these are not used in startups. The heaviest get used in well funded, post-IPO companies. Leadership aligns. Leadership spans organizations of all sizes. When we lead, we get to know what specifically motivates our team members, so we can lead them, we can achieve alignment without the weight of strategy alignment tools. David reminds us lead.

Background Information: On the Product Management View, "Aligning Corporate Strategy and Product Strategy: In the beginning
Product Strategist: Time to Think
Product Strategist: Product Management as a Product 01
Product Strategist: Becoming Proactive 01
Product Strategist: Becoming Proactive 02
Product Strategist: Go, Effectively, and the Daily Win

About the Speaker: David Locke has been involved in the software industry for 24 years. Has worked in a various companies battling for market leadership, companies that IPOed at different points in the technology adoption lifecycle, mom and pops, a consulting firm seeking a stable income stream from product sales, blue-chips, his own VC funding effort, and a nascent startup pushing a radical technology. He has been involved in companies selling code generators, frameworks, data visualization, merchandising, systems management and security, operating systems, live-deception honeypots, radiological image networks, police forensic software, counter-forensic software, GPS, and peer-to-peer model exchange with a focus on improving decision making in loosely coupled networks, and a patent contribution in de-centralized medical workflows. He has developed technology and product roadmaps based on qualitative research and provides product strategist services.


  piplzchoice: RT @ValWorkman: At noon ET, today's #PMV open community webinar by @DaivdLocke on Strategic Alignment http://bit.ly/uw0NM  #prodmgmt #so
  L3N: RT @ValWorkman: At noon ET, today's #PMV open webinar by @DaivdLocke on Strategic Alignment http://bit.ly/uw0NM  #prodmgmt #socialmedia

ValWorkman: @chrisboothe What do you think? How important is Time Management? #PMV #prodmgmt
RT @EllenNaylor: Tippers on Setting up a Competitive Intelligence Process http://tinyurl.com/pak978  #PMV ValWorkman: Just voted on time for Anthropology of #PMV http://twtpoll.com/24vz08 When is it best for you?
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/uw0NM  Link to Lead to Align Webinar #pmv, let's see what we learn.
L3N: Attending the #pmv webinar with speaker @DavidWLocke Lead to Align
Brittanyherrera: Align to Lead, not Lead to Align. http://bit.ly/gBabu  is hosting #pmv
evans_anna: Go stone? Or a piece of the puzzle? Insight from David Locke can pull it all together #pmv http://bit.ly/2cWxY
StewartRogers: RT @Jim_Holland: Joining the #pmv webinar with speaker @DavidWLocke - topic Align to Lead #prodmgmt -SR- Me too!
Brittanyherrera: More of David Locke's posts can be found here http://bit.ly/5vapA  #pmv on Product Management
ValWorkman: #PMV Interesting: Only two slides for his presentation
ValWorkman: #PMV Our activities have little impact on our strategies, this is the gap.
evans_anna: Right questions to align #pmv leadership http://bit.ly/1R4nAd
evans_anna: James Lucas's view of leadership alignment #pmv http://bit.ly/FGFIP 
ValWorkman: There are light weight strategy alignment tools that we use when we lead. #PMV
L3N: Align to Lead #PMV with @davidwlocke --choose the right alignment tools for the size of your organization
Brittanyherrera: Do you use your company mission or vision statement? >#pmv
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/202Smw , here's the post Aligning Corporate Strategy and Product Strategy: In the beginning #pmv evans_anna: Connecting people to Strategy #pmv http://bit.ly/XzVjR 
ValWorkman: @Brittanyherrera #pmv I believe its our responsibility to find and internalize the mission and vision statement.
Brittanyherrera: Does your company have a message? Do you use that message? Do you know that message? #pmv
L3N: Here's the article @davidwlocke was referring to about self-fulfilling IT stereotypes https://cc.readytalk.com/partlogin/fzwn4712by5i #pmv
evans_anna: Non weight strategy methods #pmv http://bit.ly/2bSpHz
evans_anna: Time to smell the roses? Product strategist David Locke has great insight #pmv http://bit.ly/MESNK
evans_anna: Great suggestion to proactively meet business challenges #pmv http://bit.ly/i0LQZ 
Brittanyherrera: TCO Total Cost of Ownership http://bit.ly/3UgPQc  Article from Gartner on TCO. #pmv, #pmv
ValWorkman: #PMV The fmc rate monitored their activities, also focused activities, and connected behavior to strategy.
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/lTtng  "corporate culture." Explanation on Wikipedia #pmv
evans_anna: Leadership to enable change #pmv http://bit.ly/bvpRA 
ValWorkman: #PMV Dashboards & Scorecards are not used enough to help align activities.
L3N: Can't do strategic alignment once in a while, it has to be a part of everything we do. #pmv
Brittanyherrera: How do we lead to align? are you trained or tested on your mission and vision statement? #pmv
ValWorkman: #PMV Leave management behind, and start leading. We lead to align. We can't manage to gain alignment.
evans_anna: Great info on Leadership Alignment by Chris Grant #pmv http://bit.ly/YfXTC 
ValWorkman: RT @L3N: Can't do strategic alignment once in a while, it has to be a part of everything we do. #pmv
Brittanyherrera: Each person needs to align so they can lead #pmv
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/ix8A3  Wikipedia explanation on Mass Customization, #pmv http://bit.ly/NSanr  Or here is more info on Mass Customization,
ValWorkman: #PMV We are telling how, sometimes the what: Wheres the why?
evans_anna: #prodmgnt Good alignment examples #pmvhttp://bit.ly/4xkUqQ 
ValWorkman: #PMV Design is the balancing of forces
L3N: Alignment is the balancing of forces, each person constitutes a force #pmv
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/MESNK  here's the article, "Time to Think" #pmv
evans_anna: 'The Compass Point' the right questions to ask #pmvhttp://bit.ly/5Or7T 
Brittanyherrera: Aligning is personal and for each person it is different. Need to make it personal in order to best lead #pmv
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/19PBnH  Here's the post for Product Strategist: Product Management as a Product 01 #pmv
evans_anna: Recipe for Leadership alignment #pmv http://bit.ly/18SZfO 
L3N: RT @Brittanyherrera: Aligning is personal and for each person it is different. Need to make it personal in order to best lead #pmv
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/MpVYj  How to be a good product Manager article, #pmv
Brittanyherrera: Lead from the bottom, middle and top #pmv. Lead up and down
Brittanyherrera: John Kotter's book Leading Change: http://bit.ly/RJhR2  #pmv
L3N: #pmv Hashtag for strategic alignment for product managers #safpm
Brittanyherrera: http://bit.ly/34m1Zb  here's the post for Product Strategist: Becoming Proactive 02" #pmv
evans_anna: #pmv David Locke's insight into personal influence can be found at http://bit.ly/34m1Zb 
Brittanyherrera: Product Strategist: "Go, Effectively, and the Daily Win" here's the link http://bit.ly/19PBnH , #pmv
L3N: Did I get that hashtag #Safpm right? I get no results from a twitter search #pmv
Brittanyherrera: More post by David Locke http://bit.ly/5vapA  #pmv
Brittanyherrera: Are you aligned to lead in your job? #pmv
Brittanyherrera: Product Management requires multiply interfaces, get to know your associates personally and help enable and lead them! #pmv
evans_anna: #pmv Strategic Alignment and people #prodmgnt http://bit.ly/XzVjR
Brittanyherrera: How do you utilize relationships to meet goals in product management? If you don't have a relationship how does that help? #pmv
evans_anna: #prodmgnt BlessingWhite's daily priorities =strategic alignment #pmvhttp://bit.ly/th4LC 
Brittanyherrera: Get 2 know people personally 2 a point & then professionally get to know their goals & aspirations then work towards goals together. #pmv
  leminade: #pmv I have a hard enough time explaining product manager as a job title, let alone product leader.
Brittanyherrera: If you don't know your team mates how do you know what goal 2 aim at, in soccer you'll score for the comp if you don't know who's goaly #pmv
L3N: @leminade #pmv Agreed & you don't become a leader by changing your title. Follow the philosophy, and you will be seen as a leader.
evans_anna: #pmv Teamwork #prodmgnt http://bit.ly/1U1Fb7 
ValWorkman: RT @leminade: #pmv I have a hard enough time explaining product manager as a job title, let alone product leader. #prodmgmt
CathyLiggett: What Do Product Managers Do? Product Management & Product Marketing - A Definition http://bit.ly/mpXcY #PMV
CathyLiggett: How To Be A Good Product Manager http://bit.ly/3I5fPI  #pmv
CathyLiggett: #pmv Management of Organizational Behavior - Leadership book, what is the performance readiness of your team members? http://bit.ly/kRKf1 
Brittanyherrera: Align 2 lead webinar, Goal 1): Get to know your co-workers, go to lunch! #pmv