About us
ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers in Newcastle to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to companies big and small. We also welcome early-stage technology businesses looking to learn how to get their ideas off the ground. We also have a blog and encourage the community to get engaged by commenting on or writing new posts for http://www.mindtheproduct.com
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Designing for Adoption: Turning AI Strategy into Live Value
5 St Thomas Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, GBHey Product People,
Join us for another fantastic evening of networking and learning together at our April meetup.The event details are as follows:
Date: Wednesday, April 29th, 2026.
Time: 6PM-8:00PM
Venue: Haylofts, 5 St Thomas Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne,
NE1 4LETitle: Designing for Adoption: Turning AI Strategy Into Live Value
In a recent engagement with a UK critical infrastructure organisation, we were asked to shape an AI strategy. The obvious move was to start with data platforms and tooling. We didn’t.
Instead, we treated AI as a business-wide capability, horizontal, decentralised, and designed for real teams to adopt, not a vertical programme owned by “tech”. That shift forced us to look through multiple lenses: value and prioritised use cases, people and culture, risk and ethics, operating model changes, enabling tech foundations, and the measures that would prove it was working, or equally wasnt.This talk is a story: the frameworks we used, what surprised us, and the choices that moved AI from “interesting” to meaningfully in production and adopted, rather than a bolt-on gimmick. You’ll leave with a practical framework you can reuse, plus a few workshop patterns to get started quickly.
And we’ll end with a provocation: at a moment when product people feel threatened by AI, they may be the best placed to lead intelligence transformation.Kevin's bio
I work with product and leadership teams to turn ambiguous problems into clear strategies and build high-performing product functions. Lately, I’ve been focused on what AI changes in product and organisations. Going beyond the tech and focusing on the operating model, decision-making, and adoption. Over my career I’ve partnered with some of the biggest brands in their industries, including Volvo, Roche, Virgin and Lloyds, helping teams move from ideas to outcomes.Agenda:
18:00 – Arrival (Pizza and Drinks)
18:30 – Talk
19:00 – Q & A
19: 30– Announcements & Networking
20:00 – ClosingWe look forward to seeing you all there. If you have any questions, or want to suggest speakers for future events, please reach out to: tolukolawole.io@gmail.com
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