How to de-risk big bets to drive impact - Michelle Parsons (Lex, Hinge, Netflix) at INDUSTRY 2025
In this session, Michelle Parsons, Co-founder and CPO of Lex — formerly Chief Product Officer at Hinge, with leadership experience at Netflix, Spotify, and Kayak — shares a practical framework for scaling impact and derisking ambitious product bets.Drawing from her time leading the Kids and Family team at Netflix, she demonstrates how a balanced portfolio approach helps teams sequence strategy, prioritise investments, and build momentum through smart experimentation.
Key Takeaways
— Execution defines strategy’s success – Even the most well-informed strategy is meaningless without rigorous implementation and sequencing.
— Balance your product portfolio – Combine quick hits, enhancements, and big bets to maintain learning velocity and reduce risk.
— Quick hits are learning vehicles – They’re not shortcuts; they’re structured experiments that ladder directly into strategic goals.
—Big bets build credibility and exponential growth – When informed by smaller experiments, they can 10x impact and strengthen leadership influence
— Storytelling matters as much as metrics – Use clear metaphors and visual narratives to align stakeholders and secure buy-in.
— Data drives focus – At Netflix, understanding kids’ rewatch behaviour revealed overlooked opportunities for engagement and trust.
— Derisking builds influence – Fast, evidence-based wins create organisational confidence, paving the way for larger, transformative initiatives.
Chapters
— 00:00 – Introduction: From classroom teacher to product leader — connecting teaching and product management.
— 01:00 – Driving meaningful impact: What it means to pursue big bets in product.
— 02:30 – Strategy vs. execution: Why execution determines strategic success.
— 04:10 – The challenge of sequencing roadmaps: Prioritising impact with confidence.
— 05:00 – Introducing the balanced portfolio framework: The 80/20 approach to quick hits, enhancements, and big bets.
— 07:20 – Using quick hits to derisk: Learning fast without skipping the groundwork.
— 08:30 – The power and peril of big bets: Managing risk while building influence.
— 09:00 – Case study: Netflix Kids & Family: Crafting a vision grounded in trust, empowerment, and discovery.
— 13:00 – From vision to execution: Building the case for favourites and discovery experiences.
— 16:00 – Testing with quick hits: A rapid experiment that tripled key engagement metrics.
— 18:30 – Scaling success: From quick hits to full productisation and 5% metric growth.
— 21:00 – Discovery through play: Designing delight via kids’ “unboxing” moments.
— 23:00 – Lessons learned: Using small tests to earn big organisational trust.
— 24:00 – Final reflections: How derisking creates sustainable impact and continuous learning. Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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