# How to lead when you don't have authority - Sean Flaherty (ITX Corp)

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Podcast: [The Product Experience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-product-experience-1156837)
Published: 2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00
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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...

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