Blog - Jake McKee

CDPD and the PDMA kHub

February 20, 2025

I’m excited to share that I was invited by the Product Design and Management Association (PDMA) to write about Community Driven Product Development (CDPD) on

The Future of Product Management: Reusing and Reinvesting The AI Dividend

February 19, 2025

I recently spoke at Austin ProductCamp about the idea that we shouldn’t just be looking at AI as a cost saver, but as an opportunity

Product Management & Development Association Webinar

December 17, 2024

I’ve been fortunate to be able to present to several PDMA chapters this fall. It’s been an absolute delight with some really great discussion coming

Podcast Guest Interview: Minimum Viable Podcast

December 12, 2024

Elliott Poppel of General Collaboration and the Minimum Viable Podcast recently invited me on show to talk about community strategy and Community Driven Product Development

CDPD Introduction… via Google Notebook LLM podcast

October 11, 2024

Google has recently released a new AI tool, Notebook LLM. You can upload text and audio content and it will create a short recap “podcast”

Together We Create: Minnesota PDMA webinar

May 8, 2024

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the Minnesota chapter of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) about Community Driven Product Development. It’s

CDPD and the PDMA kHub

I’m excited to share that I was invited by the Product Design and Management Association (PDMA) to write about Community Driven Product Development (CDPD) on

February 20, 2025

The Future of Product Management: Reusing and Reinvesting The AI Dividend

I recently spoke at Austin ProductCamp about the idea that we shouldn’t just be looking at AI as a cost saver, but as an opportunity

February 19, 2025

Product Management & Development Association Webinar

I’ve been fortunate to be able to present to several PDMA chapters this fall. It’s been an absolute delight with some really great discussion coming

December 17, 2024

Podcast Guest Interview: Minimum Viable Podcast

Elliott Poppel of General Collaboration and the Minimum Viable Podcast recently invited me on show to talk about community strategy and Community Driven Product Development

December 12, 2024

CDPD Introduction… via Google Notebook LLM podcast

Google has recently released a new AI tool, Notebook LLM. You can upload text and audio content and it will create a short recap “podcast”

October 11, 2024

Together We Create: Minnesota PDMA webinar

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to the Minnesota chapter of the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA) about Community Driven Product Development. It’s

May 8, 2024

Pragmatic Institute Podcast Interview

I recently had the opportunity to join the Pragmatic Live podcast for a really fun discussion about Community Driven Product Development. You can find out

April 24, 2024

2023 Reflections from a year of CX 5essions events

As the leader of the CX 5essions events I had a unique vantage point in 2023 as I brought together 50+ leaders in community, CX,

January 3, 2024

Podcast: Building Community/Business Alignment

I had a great time with Jeff from the Gain Grow Retain podcast recently. Talking about one of my favorite topics: how community folks can

December 11, 2023

Webinar discussion: Building ROI for customer communities

I had the distinct pleasure of joining the Gain Grow Retain team for a fun conversation about community and ROI. As you won’t be surprised

December 8, 2023

When to get fans and customers involved in product development?

“When’s the best time to get our customers/fans involved in the product development lifecycle?” This is a question I’m asked frequently. The answer to this

November 22, 2023

Taking back CX

Here’s a controversial idea that may get me unfollowed by all my Community Nerd friends… What if the community space stopped chasing the Chief Community

November 22, 2023