Megan Cook
Megan Cook is the head of product for Atlassian’s Jira software, which is used by 75% of Fortune 500 companies, has over 125,000 customers globally, over 15 different products, and is by far the most popular project management tool in the world. Megan has been at Atlassian for just under 11 years, and before this role, she was an analyst, a developer, and an Agile coach.
Team & Organization Skills
Building psychological safety requires creating low-stakes environments where team members are encouraged to share rough, early-stage work and receive supportive feedback from peers.
"So we divided the team into these smaller groups for peer feedback groups and the idea is that they meet every two weeks or so, somebody brings something that's in a pretty rough draft that they want..."
Effective remote team management relies on balancing digital workflows with regular in-person offsites that combine collaborative craft workshops with social bonding.
"One of the other things we do is we get everyone together just like every six months. So all of the product managers get together in the same place and the idea is to have a bit of an onsite. Now we s..."
Dedicating a recurring weekly meeting for surfacing conflicts ensures that cross-functional leaders address friction early and maintain strong relationships.
"I think often when there's difficult conversations, or those conflicts come up, you can put them off until they become much bigger. Or if somebody is conflict adverse, they can try to avoid having it..."