Ash Ivory - Motorcycle Metaphors for Navigating Work/Life

Ash Ivory shares what they’ve learned from burning out as a product leader, why gender and orientation can’t be left at home, and why inclusive design matters.

Highlights include:

• Why is it important not to seperate personal from professional values?
• What work experiences made you feel you had to keep your identity at home?
• Why is it important to get comfortable with saying ‘no’ in a product role?
• How can not celebrating wins negatively impact a product team?
• Do people need to take self-responsibility for avoiding burnout?

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Who is Ash Ivory?

Ash is the newly minted Chief Product Officer at Ivory Common, after recently wrapping up their role as Head of Product at Askable, a global participant recruitment and research platform that empowers organisations to make better product decisions.

In their role as Head of Product, Ash led the product vision as well as the people responsible for delivering on that vision, including product managers, designers, engineers, and researchers.

Before joining Askable, Ash was the Head of Product at Outfit, an automation platform for large-scale brand management and production, and which was recently acquired by Smartsheet for an undisclosed sum.

When Ash is not enabling great product to be built, they can be found coaching others in the office in the art of brewing great coffee, or riding their motorcycle in an act of active meditation. 

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Find Ash here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashivory/

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