Green PO Kick-Start

Products shape the World we live in.

Products are all around us. We sleep in them, wear them, use them, eat them, admire them, and avoid them. It’s through products that companies bring value to the world. 

In a time of sustainable change, business owners and product professionals must answer the question: How sustainable should our product become?

Sustainability as a moral imperative, an instrument for commercial success or both?

There is a growing trend towards sustainability. Planetary boundaries require it, regulation demands it, competition drives it, and customers pay for it. But the journey towards a sustainable product is full of questions:

• How much will sustainability cost?
• Can sustainability be a benefit?
• Where are the opportunities?
• What does sustainability mean for my product?
• How to implement it?
• Which consequence will it have on our processes?
• How might other stakeholders react?
• Where to start?

This course provides answers and gives guidance. 

Why this course?

There are thousands of free resources on sustainability, Green IT and product management. What makes this course unique?

Modules

The course consists of four 2h training modules and optional homework. 

The four modules of the course will cover the following topics:

1. Sustainability Landscape

• Navigating the sustainability landscape based on the Green PO Framework
• Being aware of the organisational context with the help of the Sustainability Context Canvas 
• Starting the sustainable product strategy with the Sustainability Benefit Map

2. Sustainable Products

• Collecting and sharing sustainability role models
• Know the essential sustainability strategies for digital products
• Know the essential sustainability strategies for physical products
• Select the impact lever for your product

3. Sustainability in Process

• Metrics that matter in sustainability
• Run a Team Kickoff with sustainability in mind
• Knowing Sustainability in Discovery
• Knowing Sustainability in Delivery
• Action Map revisit

4. Leading Myself & Others

• Overview of the Hero’s Journey for Green Leaders
• Exploring Challenges and Strategies
• Essential Resilience Skills for Green Leaders
• Crafting a Personal Leadership Action Plan

By the end of the course, you will be able to join the Green PO community for future sparing and peer mentoring.

Benefits

This course will help you to

Audience

This course is for you if:

• you are in charge of a digital or physical product
• you want to add more sustainability to your product but don’t know how
• you face a challenging stakeholder setting that is not yet aligned to a sustainability journey

Methods

The training sessions will be live. Recordings will be available to participants. By the end of the course, you will be able to join the Green PO community for future sparing and peer mentoring.

The course is a combination of:

• presentation input
• individual work in provided templates
• peer conversations and feedback
• open discussion  

The course material will be provided via the Green PO Learning Hub. The training runs via Zoom and uses Miro as a collaboration tool.

Pricing

Available Payment Options: Credit Card, PayPal, Klarna & iDEAL.

There are up to two scholarships per course available. Please contact us for further information.