Stakeholder Management for Product Professionals

Product managers don't really do anything — they get the job done by getting other people to do it. Nnamdi Azodo (Senior Product Manager, FairMoney) and Chilezie Unachukwu (Manager, Emerging Technologies, Strategy & Innovation, MTN Nigeria) on stakeholder management: being the one who keeps everyone clear on the goal, managing up, down and sideways, and when to let your manager carry the cross.

The practical heart of it: build the relationships before you need them. Talk to your developers outside work, watch the match together, check in — because if the first time you call Tunde is the night of the fire, he won't pick up.

Hosted by Goodnews George (@eliontheegreat), with co-host Emmanuel Ogunsola (@iyanu_emmanuel).

Also on the mic from the room: @whichayo, @AmeenHassana, @Akinrodoluseun, @DonPrudent07, @Chidera_blessin.

Recorded live as an X Space on Tuesday 4 October 2022.