A connected room of the accomplished and the aspiring, sharpening the craft on each other's hard-earned lessons.
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Product Counsel workshop Sydney · Thursday 15 October 2026
How Australia’s unicorn builders would do it again in the age of AI.
What would they keep? What would they change? What would they never do again? Join us for a candid conversation with the product people who have built and scaled exceptional Australian companies.
Referral-only, vouched and deliberately small. Bring the calls that are hard to make alone, learn from people who have carried similar responsibility, and sharpen your judgement through Working Sessions, dinners, Field Notes and Live Events.
Stay close to the lessons and people shaping Australian product. Read Field Notes, join a curated WhatsApp community, meet at quarterly drinks, and get priority access to Live Events.
Bring the problem you are wrestling with. Work it through with product leaders who have faced the same stage, trade-offs and pressure, then leave with sharper options you can use straight away.
Learn from the decisions, mistakes and turning points that rarely make the conference stage. Written with Counsel members who earned the lesson firsthand.
Hear respected Australian product leaders unpack what changed their minds, what failed and what they would do differently. Come for useful thinking and meet the room afterwards.
Sit down with a dozen peers and go deep on one question, off the record. Leave with honest perspective from people who understand the call you are making.
In the members' words
"Rod has set an amazing tone, so we can have the real conversations and use the collective intelligence to get things working better."
"It's rare to find a group that shares the real product journey, not just the shiny bits. Every session gives me at least one idea I can use straight away."
"Candid experiences from others who've walked this path give me perspective, practical guidance, and the confidence to lead at this level."
By referral and a vouch from someone already in the room — no open application.
Open — subscribe to Field Notes to enter. A quiet, curated room on the same standard.