CPO
CONNECT
Connect, share and be inspired by a community of product leaders who understand exactly what you're dealing with.
CPO
CONNECT
Connect, share and be inspired by a community of product leaders who understand exactly what you're dealing with.
Being a Chief Product Officer () can sometimes feel like a lonely gig. In fact, in New Zealand you're one of only 206 people!
CPO Connect is a curated membership programme for New Zealand and Australian product leaders.
We'd love to get to know you.
Being a Chief Product Officer () can sometimes feel like a lonely gig. You may not have many peers to learn from and share stories with (in NZ, there are currently only 206 active product leaders) and there is widespread confusion about what you do!
Which is why I created CPO Connect!
WHO IT'S FOR
WHO
IT'S FOR
CPO Connect is for senior product leaders who...
- work in New Zealand or Australia - even if the company is global
- may be called Chief Product Officer (CPO) or Head of Product, VP Product...
- manage a team of other dedicated product people (often PO/PM)
- are considered part of the exec or senior leadership team
WHAT WE DO
WHAT
WE DO
- Connect online — we have our own dedicated, safe, Slack community to connect with others, share ideas and discover job opportunities
- Meet in person — regular informal coffees in Wellington and Auckland
Premium members also get,
- Online Group Chats — fortnightly online Drop-In sessions with other members to discuss hot topics and hear from invited guests
- Access to recordings — all Drop-Ins are recorded for premium members to access at any time (see below)
- Member discounts — discounts on selected events and 10% off Executive Product Leadership Coaching with Andrew (Tokes) Tokeley
DROP-IN
RECORDINGS
Here's a sample of some of the Drop-In recordings Premium Members have access to.
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Some of our most recent Drop-Ins:
20 Aug 2026: #58 How Do You Do Strategy?
Some companies do an offsite once a year and come up with a wish list. I'm hoping some of you have experienced some different approaches to building or iterating on your business/product strategies. How do you collaborate on it, does someone own it and consult with others, is there a poster on the wall, how often do you review it, how do you articulate it, how do you know it's at the right granularity, how many different strategies do you have...?
6 Aug 2026: #57 Lean Coffee
We gathered and ended up having some super interesting conversations on; Fractional work To prototyping or not to prototype AI for insights Interview and being interviewed as a product leader
23 Jul 2026: Being Fractional
We've got a couple of guests today to help us dig into the world of fractional work. From a product perspective and more broadly about what it means to be fractional today and how it's different from consulting or simply being part-time...Both working for the Fractional Directory , we have Ritika Singh (Fraction CRO) and Jason Teunissen (Fractional CPO) joining us! Thanks to you both :)
9 Jul 2026: Being the First Product Leader
Being the first Product Leader in an organisation can be a tough gig - we discuss some of the strategies and approaches to taking some of the risk out and making the best impact. We even talk with member Jeremy Alan from about what it's moving from CEO (and Founder) to a CPO role.
24 Jun 2026: Makers Manifesto
Anthony Marter was recently invited to join 44 product practitioners; a global group of experts and operators — spanning product management, engineering, design, and technology leadership.Their mission? To make sense of the changes happening around us, to establish the new and persistent values and principles we aspire to work towards. Anthony shares the process they went through, invites critical feedback and we explore how (or if) we would us it with our teams.