In this episode of the Product Pals Podcast, Charlotte and Kiet sit down with Ryan Huynh — Product Manager and co-organiser of ProductTank Sydney.

Ryan’s career has spanned AI research, Big Four consulting, and product management. He shares how consulting gave him a toolkit of frameworks, delivery discipline, and stakeholder skills — and how those translate into product craft today.

🔑 What you’ll hear:

• Ryan’s pivot from data & AI into PM, and the big lessons learned

• Launching AQ Intelligence from 0→1 and finding product-market fit

• Why he believes the heart of PM is making good decisions

• Consulting skills that give PMs an edge in strategy and execution

• How AI is shaping his workflow, learning, and view of PM’s future

• His advice to his younger self: learn economics to understand decision-making

💡 Plus: Rapid-fire fun, contrarian takes, and a thought-provoking future-guest question:👉 “If product managers don’t exist anymore, what’s the biggest disaster you see?”

🎧 Link in first comment  Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods.

🍪 Knowledge Snacks (from the episode)

🍊Freakonomics Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt (book) https://amzn.to/466fSIt (Charlotte’s recommendation)