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Joakim Sundén is a founding partner at Better Product Work and co-creator of the Spotify model.

His mission is to improve the world of work, to empower people and teams, to create awesome organizations. Joakim believes that work is a big and important part of most people’s lives, and it can have an amazing impact for personal growth, as well as create value and happiness for ourselves and others.

His motto - helping empower people and organizations with his work. Joakim has shared his wisdom and tech creativity as a speaker for more than 20 years. He now helps leaders develop empowered teams and organizations where all employees can be engaged in creating innovative solutions.

Joakim is frequently speaking and training on topics such as Empowered Product Teams and Organizations, Spotify/Product Model, Agile & Product Leadership and Strategy..

Joakim is frequently speaking and training on topics such as Agile at Scale, Spotify, Empowered Product Teams and Organizations, Agile & Product Leadership and Strategy.

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Upcoming masterclasses featuring Joakim Sundén

2 Days: Product Model Explained – Creating the Conditions for Empowered Product Teams

The world’s leading tech companies - Spotify, Amazon, Google, Apple - don’t just build great products. They’ve built environments where empowered teams can thrive. Instead of managing output, they manage for outcomes. Instead of top-down plans, they lead with vision, trust, and clarity.

This masterclass explores what’s become known as the Product Model - a set of principles and patterns for organizing around empowered product teams. You’ll learn what it looks like in practice and how to start shifting your own organization in that direction.

The focus isn’t just on product strategy or team process, it’s also on the leadership and management shifts required to grow and support an environment where teams have the autonomy and competence to solve real problems. That includes how to share strategic context, build alignment without control, and develop both systems and people to increase empowerment over time.

Rooted in deep, hands-on experience at Spotify and scaleups like iZettle, Klarna, and Einride - and drawing on models from thinkers like Marty Cagan, Melissa Perri, and David Marquet - this course is for anyone working to enable better product development: tech leads, engineering managers, product managers, agile coaches, and organizational leaders.

Whether you’re working inside a team or helping shape the broader structure around them, e.g., as an engineering manager, tech lead, or transformation leader, you’ll leave with practical tools and a clearer picture of what it takes to work like the best. We’ll also touch on approaches like collaborative org design and self-selection as ways to evolve the organization to meet its strategic needs.

Monday Sep 29 @ 09:00 & Tuesday Sep 30 @ 09:00 | Copenhagen, Denmark

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Content featuring Joakim Sundén

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How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
GOTO Copenhagen 2022
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How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
GOTO Aarhus 2023
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Agile Transformations Using The “Spotify Model”: Lessons From The Trenches
Agile Transformations Using The “Spotify Model”: Lessons From The Trenches
GOTO Aarhus 2023
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How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
YOW! Melbourne 2024
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How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
YOW! Brisbane 2024
38:32
How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
How Autonomy Saved One of Spotify’s Most Loved Features From Being Killed
YOW! Sydney 2024

Past masterclasses featuring Joakim Sundén

2 Days: Agile at Scale, Inspired by Spotify | GOTO Aarhus 2023

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