Episode
How to lead when you don't have authority - Sean Flaherty (ITX Corp)
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- The Product Experience
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- Jan 14, 2026
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- 2444
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Summary
In this episode of The Product Experience, host Lily Smith speaks with veteran product leader Sean Flaherty about a question at the heart of modern product management: how do you influence without authority? Drawing from behavioural science and decades of experience building products and teams, Sean outlines a framework based on self‑determination theory — the modern science of intrinsic motivation. Through the lens of autonomy, competence and relatedness, Sean explains why traditional comma...