Product Remixed: Rethinking Product Management
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -This is not your average product management podcast—snore. Once a week, Product Remixed shakes up how we think, from a tech and human standpoint. In conversation with artists, writers, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, community organizers, changemakers, and friends, we’ll offer a fresh perspective on technical and creative leadership and how we can tap into interdisciplinary learnings to drive success. Hosted by Frances M. Advincula, a seasoned product manager, passionate writer, yoga teacher, and ex-software engineer, each episode encourages us to reflect and act on building better products with integrity and impact.
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Why Stories Matter with Journalist Eva Recinos
September 17, 2020 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBIn this episode, we chat with my friend, Eva, who I first met when we both worked at an interior design startup. Here’s Eva in her own words: Eva Recinos is an editor and freelance writer based in Los Angeles. As an arts and culture journalist, her reviews, features, and profiles have been featured in Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Los Angeles Magazine, LA Weekly, Hyperallergic, Artsy, Jezebel and more. Her essays on mental health and cultural identity have appeared in Electric Literature...
Privacy by Design with Ayana Miller
September 10, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBIn today’s episode, we learn that there is no such thing as a free app. Join me as we explore the world of product from the lens of privacy and data protection advisor, Ayana Miller. Having built privacy programs for companies such as Pinterest, Facebook, and Snapchat, our guest today is also a real estate investor and restaurant venture owner. Grab your notebook and take notes for our chat where we discuss: How privacy can be a part of the product life cycle What does privacy by desig...
Ravi Raman: Insight and Wisdom for High Performance
September 03, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBOn this episode, we are chatting with Ravi Raman, a career coach for technology leaders and high performers. Ravi was a product lead and director for many years at Microsoft, and is also a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher. Ravi coached me through my first year of product management and was instrumental in how I shifted my views from merely just excelling in my career to living a joyful, fulfilling life (and yes, I got promoted to senior PM). On this episode, we talk about: Waking u...
9 Workshop Ideas for Product Managers
August 26, 2020 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBIn this episode of Product Remixed, Frances shares her thoughts on the unique value that workshop activities provide individuals and their teams. Topics include: how workshops provide value that is different from conferences or lectures, nine ways to incorporate the spirit of a workshop in day-to-day activities as a product manager or team leader, approaches to building better teams and products, and more. Episode Action Item: Take a moment to reflect on how you could tryout one of the too...
William Tyner: User Research with Dignity
August 12, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBIf you feel called to a higher purpose in your work or if you are curious about building products with integrity and impact, you’ll want to listen to this episode. This week, we sit down with William Tyner, a professional user researcher, anthropologist, and documentary filmmaker who has worked at Code for America, Facebook, Google, and National Geographic. In this insightful and thought-provoking episode, we chat about: Building trust in field research for emotional topics such as econo...
Increase your EQ to design better products with Rachel D. Weissman
August 09, 2020 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB“You can improve your working relationships through negotiation or leading, and even if you’re the most junior person in the room, it doesn’t matter if you just got out of school: you’d be viewed as an essential asset of your organization since you’re actively contributing to helping others grow, which is so key as a designer.” - Rachel D. Weissman I’m thrilled to welcome Rachel D. Weissman to the show. I have been following her for a while now on Instagram and even had a fan girl moment w...
Building Community and Living with Wonder with Saira Niazi
August 05, 2020 09:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBOn this episode of Product Remixed, Frances sits down with Living London’s founder Saira Niazi. Living London is a platform featuring London’s hidden gems through workshops, tours, and a fantastically written and photographed blog. Topics of conversation include: how we can use places and settings to connect with people, the relationship between stories and building trust, Saira’s forthcoming book On Belonging: Reflections of a Tour Guide, building a mindset of possibility and wonder, Saira’...
Owning Your Brilliance with Lynne Levy, Product Manager Coach
July 29, 2020 09:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBOn this episode of Product Remixed, Frances sits down with product manager and mentor Lynne Levy. After launching multimillion dollar products over the course of her career as a product lead, Lynne has turned her attention to nurturing and mentoring the rising product managers of today. Topics of conversation include: how Frances collaborated with Lynne to level up her skillset as product manager during quarantine, how Lynne’s guidance inspired Frances to launch this podcast, the power of st...
Clarity and Flow with Abiola Ogunbiyi
July 22, 2020 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBIn this long-awaited episode, we sit down with Abiola Ogunbiyi, a coach helping professional artists achieve life-art-work balance and craft authentic and flourishing careers. Previously an actress in London’s West End, you may also recognize her from the show Jamestown or from her insightful IG account, @tobeabtterartist. In this episode we talk about: How to have a sustainable career and creative practice What clarity is and how to “arrive” at it Flow state and how we can get there mo...
Manager as Coach with Kim Nicol
July 15, 2020 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB“The most powerful seat in any organization is the one you are sitting in. Your ability to influence, create change, and make a difference has nothing to do with your title or where you are… It has everything to do with who you are. No matter where you sit you have more power to make a difference than you realize. The question is, who do you want to be today?” - Kim Nicol on Product Remixed In this episode of Product Remixed, Frances sits down with mindfulness and leadership coach Kim Nicol...
Upleveling As A Product Leader During Quarantine
July 01, 2020 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this first episode of Product Remixed, Frances connects with her listeners over the experience of quarantine during the COVID pandemic and provides strategies for self-care and career engagement. Within the theme of leveling up as a product leader during quarantine, Frances discusses: reframing the experience of “being stuck at home” to “being safe at home”, what yoga has taught her about product management, the importance of balancing ones career with personal projects (such as podcastin...