Building on the foundational concepts from "The Influential Product Designer" talk, this hands-on workshop gives participants practical experience with the frameworks and communication skills needed to move from execution to strategic influence within their product teams. Section 1: Product Strategy Foundations From Product Designer to Product Thinking Designer What sets product thinking designers apart Hands-on Activity: "Envisioning Your Headline of the Future" exercise Team Challenge: Hypothetical impact vs effort prioritization exercise using real project examples Section 2: Principle-Driven Design Crafting Principles That Guide Decisions The different altitudes of principles and what makes them effective How to use principles to defend design decisions Workshop Activity: Small groups practice principle writing using participants' actual projects Section 3: Strategic Communication Leading Through Influence Making Your Work Memorable Managing up vs managing down - adapting your approach Interactive Mapping: Stakeholder influence and support analysis for participants' real situations Role-Play Practice: Presenting the same design rationale to different stakeholder types (PM, engineer, executive)