🎫 Event announcement

On paper, building products in the public sector feels different to building for paying customers. There are different stakeholders, different constraints, and different definitions of success.

But on the ground, are the challenges really that different? 

The culture may look and feel different, but the core challenges are often the same, and the principles of good product thinking overlap more than you might think.

To explore where the two sectors converge, we’re bringing public sector leaders together for an afternoon of honest conversation, so we can learn from each other.

We'll explore:

👉 How product thinking is evolving in the public sector, and where it's still finding its feet

👉 What the product operating model looks like when you're serving citizens, not customers

👉 How teams reconcile service design and product mindsets without losing focus

👉 The realities of measuring success and impact at scale, and what gets measured vs. what matters

👉 Trends shaping the future of public sector product - from digital identity to AI, and what comes next

This is an open, honest discussion about what it really takes to build meaningful products for the public, and an invitation to listen, absorb ideas, share stories, and take them back to tweak and apply in your own work.

Details: 
📆 29th January | 🕛 12:00 – 14:00
📍 Department of Education, Piccadilly Gate, Store Street Manchester M1 2WD
🥗 Food and drink provided