I host product strategy talks & workshops for worldwide product leaders.
Welcome!
I’m a former VP of Product at Netflix and was also the CPO of Chegg, a textbook rental and homework help company. Today, I teach both inside and outside the classroom. I primarily focus on product strategy, but I also talk about consumer science and company culture.
You can enquire about talks/workshops via gbiddle616@gmail.com. Below is a quick video of my favorite activity: Product Strategy Workshops, both virtual and in-person. You can also read the Net Promoter Score survey results for my workshops: NPS = 69, n=49.
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My Self-Paced Product Strategy Workshop on Teachable
My 8-hour Product Strategy Workshop is on Teachable. It provides a step-by-step approach to product strategy, along with videos, writing, and pre-formatted Google Slides to help you build a product strategy for your product. The first two modules are free, so you can “try before you buy.” Click here to check it out.
What’s new?
Sign up for the waitlist for my next Maven Product Strategy Workshop here. It’s a virtual experience where you’ll work with peers in small cohorts.
Here’s a new podcast with me and “Product Rebels”:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PFuQud7o8EgicOHKfsKV4?si=a38aee8414be4e36
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/offering-delight-in-margin-enhancing-ways/id1663094377?i=1000592531791Here’s a new podcast, recorded in Oslo, with Melissa Perri, Marty Cagan, and me: Click here.
I presented an updated “Netflix’s 2022 Product Strategy” talk. Watch it here.
My free “Ask Gib” product newsletter has more than 30,000 members. I answer questions from the product community and write about product, management, strategy, leadership, culture, and careers.
I have a new podcast with Lenny’s Podcast. We did five mini-cases and talked about product strategy.
My approach
I do both virtual and in-person talks and workshops. My talks combine Google Slides with Slido real-time polling to create highly engaging experiences. I do many cases, asking participants, “what would you do?” to keep them on the edge of their seats and my talks have Net Promoter Survey scores in the 70s. (50 is considered good/great; 70 is world-class.)
Upcoming Events & Calendar
Below is my general schedule, outlining both work and fun trips, to give you a sense of when I am available, but the best bet is to email me at gbiddle616@gmail.com.
2024
1/1 - 1/11 Mt. Bachelor/Bend, OR w/Ruchit
1/18 “How to Build Your Product Sense” at Lean Product and Lean UX Silicon Valley
1/19-1/21 Brit and Helen in Bend
1/19 - 1/28 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah
2/3 - 2/8 Skiing in Revelstoke, Canada
2/9 - 2/12 Bruce Biddle Memorial Service in CT
2/21-2/25 Skiing at Schweitzer in Canada
2/28 -3/1 Bowdoin Ski Team at Alta
3/1-3/6 Skiing at Yellowstone Club in Montana
3/11 Book Club in Bend, 6 pm
3/12 “What the Tech, Bend” meetup 5:30 pm
3/14 Kristen In Philadelphia
3/18-3/28 Julie and David in Bend
3/21 - 3/24 Kelsey & Friends in Bend
3/24 - 4/1 Brit & Friends in Bend (Kris in Boston 3-26/27/28)
3/26 “Netflix’s Customer Obsession” talk in Bend
4/6 - 4/13 in Bend with Ruchit/Kelsey, “Gib Ski Week.”
4/10 (4 pm ET) Product Strategy Sprint live lecture
4/14 - 4/19 Alaska Backcountry trip
4/15 - 4/17 Kristen in Philadelphia
4/21 - 4/24 David/Ivy in Bend
4/24 - 4/28 gib/kris bday w Bend Friends
4/30 - 5/18 Costa Brava backpack in Spain w/Kristen
5/18 - 6/14 Camino backpack in Spain w/ Kristen & Brit
6/15 - 6/16 Kelsey/Ruchit engagement party in NJ
6/19-6/20 Kristen in London
6/27 - 8/4 High Sierra backpack trip w/Kristen, Lucy & Luc
8/8-8/9 Kristen Women’s Conference in Chicago
8/24-8/31 Cedar Island, Vermont with family
8/31 - 9/6 Stonington, CT
9/7 Jeffrey Schmunk's wedding in Brooklyn, NY
9/19-9/20 “Product Leader Summit” in SF
9/25 Section Product Strategy Sprint live lecture (4 pm ET)
9/27-9/29 Sisters Folk Festival
10/10 - 10/13 Bend Film Festival
My family
My wife, Kristen Hege, is a physician/scientist working to cure cancer; my daughter Kelsey lives in Boston (and follows her Mom's career path), while my daughter Brit has career aspirations more like mine.