Main Takeaways: - Cultivating a deeper sense of empathy - Challenging conflict with curiosity - Life-hacking your weakness into strength - Finding your own sense of Pride

1. How to Bring Success In as the Odd
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6. How to bring
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| Kate Hana | Product Manager
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7. Kate Hana
Kate Hana is a non-traditional, passionate
product professional with a knack for difficult
personalities and an insatiable desire to bring
order to chaos.
As a late bloomer to both the LGBTQIA+ and
Product communities, Kate aims to remind us on
the importance of keeping an Agile mindset for
our careers and our connections.
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8. Products & Pride
Topics for today
● Cultivate a deeper sense of empathy
● Challenge conflict with curiosity
● Life-hack your weakness into strength
● Find your own sense of Pride
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9. Cultivate a deeper sense
of empathy
Empathy for others & empathy for ourselves…
same word but vastly different approaches
Product Success > Empathy
● Odd – Never quite fit
● Asia – Plans & pivots
● Career Hops – Art, Immigration, Finance
● Still Odd – Accidental courage
● Kintsugi – Failing like a child
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10. Challenge conflict with curiosity
Stakeholder management, allyship, and unexpected emotional labor
Product Success > Conflict
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11. Life-hack your weakness into strength
Different = Innovative
Product Success > Weakness
Softer communication
helped me slow down,
distill my thoughts, and
hear what was being said
without words
Mastering indirect and
direct styles meant raising
voices and quieting the
noise/nonsense
My nontraditional
professional background
gave me dynamic life
experiences and unusual
perspectives
Exponential growth from
intentional goal setting
and incremental steps
“Jack of all trades, master
of none” is both a curse
and a blessing in disguise
Multi-faceted personal
identity with a T-shaped
profession: wide
network/skills + deep
connections/knowledge
Subtle = Thoughtful Sensitive = Business EQ

12. Find your own sense of pride
Product Success > Pride
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Othering & tokenization
Authenticity vs. inclusivity
Career motivation

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