The Product Un(censored) Show with Colin Pal

Once again, our show breaks new ground by having our first guest from Dubai. A Malaysian who has since become a global citizen, Yi-Wei Ang is the Chief Product Officer at Talabat (Delivery Hero). We sit down to talk product in enterprise vs startup, strategy vs execution, getting product management to work better with design, and why Pink Martini is great music to work to!

Yi-Wei's song choice was "Splendor in the Grass" by Pink Martini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcOGbIBpH-I

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A Brazilian who works in Thailand, managing a product from China. I sit down with Renato Silva from Tencent Thailand, discussing the importance of an MBA for product managers, handling a top down culture, working together with the PMO and adapting to the Asian culture while building a product team.

Renato's song choice was "Insatiable" by Mo'Horizons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0pGSyfPO6o

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How does a UK product manager make the decision to move to Hong Kong? How does she cope with cultural and company changes? How can men help women in product? Why Madonna's Like A Prayer? Find out all of that and more as I engage in conversation with Sharon Anne Kean, the former Director of Product at SEEK Asia in Hong Kong.

Sharon's song choice was "Like A Prayer" by Madonna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQ

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On today's episode, we speak to our first guest from Indonesia, Hendro Riyadi (VP of Product, Bukalapak). This topic packed conversation covers everything from handling product at Indonesia's fourth unicorn, Hendro's journey from an introverted software engineer to product leader, building a career in Silicon Valley and then leaving it all to return to Indonesia.

Hendro's song choice was That's Life by Frank Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avU2aarQUiU

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This Product Un(censored) show is back with another special episode! Vincent Chan (Director of Product Management, GOGOVAN) is our first guest from Hong Kong and he shares his experience growing a product team, instituting company wide change to a product culture and his dreams of entrepreneurship.

Vincent's song choice was Change by Taylor Swift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1jYllE0T-k

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In this fifth installment of the Product Un(censored) show, I put Andrius Baranauskas and his product career under the microscope. Andrius talks candidly about being fired from his first product job, the difference between PROJECT and PRODUCT management, his product journey at Carousell and what it takes to stand out as a product manager.

Andrius' song choice was Awake by Tycho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9mvrHdWDgU

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It's our fourth show, and Jonathan Wong (Director of Product, ONE Championship) talks about his late start to Product Management, his experience implementing the Spotify model at Rakuten Viki, being a Director of Product while also being an individual contributor, knowing when to move on from an organisation, leading Product Management in a Mixed Martial Arts organisation and more...

Jonathan's song choice for this episode was Non-stop by Oh My Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjQSdN_ig8

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Our first female guest on the show, Silvia Thom (CTO Zalora) finds herself in the hot seat talking about her product journey from Germany to Singapore, female leadership and discrimination, being a non-technical product leader and also how to break into product management if you're from a non-technical background.

Silvia's choice of song: Wie schön du bist by Sarah Connor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98jQLOT3Uc4

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For the second episode, I had the privilege of having a chat with Ken Chin, the former Chief Product Officer (CPO) for SEEK Asia and amongst many topics, we talk about digital transformation, OKRs, introverted product managers and advice for product managers who want to start their product journeys in Southeast Asia.

Ken's song of choice: Fade to Grey by Visage https://open.spotify.com/track/3yobQNuKVJ62WDU7h725Fu?si=FgorJLorSzSAUu3QlgIYBA

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For our maiden show, I sit down with Ridzwan to talk about his product journey that started in Singapore and has taken him to South Korea, asian culture in SEA product, DeLoreans, time machines, Elon Musk and more....  

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