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Episode 52: Compassionate Leadership in High Tempo Teams with Sigit Adinugroho
Sigit is a Lead Product Designer with 17+ years of experience at companies like TripAdvisor, Shopify, Expedia/Vrbo, and DBS Bank. Based in Singapore, he combines deep craft expertise with people leadership and is known for his direct, no-nonsense communication style. He also writes the "Unlearn UX" newsletter and authored Forever an Impostor.
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As leaders we're taught to effectively manage up and around, but much of it also effectively managing down
Your team = your asset, if you care for them, they take care of the business
Compassionate = genuinely caring about positive intent, practicing radical candor, be "with" them in good and bad, understand motivations
28 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 51: Managing Pivots in Product & Career with Ana Lei
Ana Lei is driven by the dynamic intersection of finance and technology. This fascination fuelled her career pivot from private banking into tech. She believes the world can be more equitable if complex financial systems are demystified through technology. A seasoned Lead Product Manager, Ana most recently played a pivotal role in Grab’s super-app journey, contributing to the early launch of GrabPay and the regional expansion of GrabFood across Southeast Asia. She led multiple products that supported millions of merchants with accurate and timely payments. Ana is currently pursuing her Master’s in FinTech at NYU Stern, where she explores how emerging technologies are shaping the future of financial products. She also mentors startups, product managers, and aspiring professionals building careers in tech.
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Transitioning from banking to product management
How products were launched in the early days (2017+) vs. today to power a super app
Pivots from 0 to 1 while building at Grab and expanding regionally
The role of AI in modern product management
23 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
Episode 50: Does Design Matter? with Jay Demetillo
UX Designer Jay Demetillo explores the importance of design, developing good taste, and the impact of GenAI, while offering insights on building confidence and avoiding burnout in this interview.
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Episode 52: Compassionate Leadership in High Tempo Teams with Sigit Adinugroho
Published 28 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So what what do you find that they share in common? Yeah, they are very like they know how to communicate like whatever progress we have to the leadership in a in a in a transparent and accountable manner. So I can see this because they would like sometimes invite me to like meetings with stakeholders. […]
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