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Episode Notes [01:14] Unexpected Email from Employer [05:49] The Deferred Resignation Program [06:34] Initial Reactions and Concerns [08:01] Evaluating the Offer [08:21] Enhanced Standards of Conduct [08:55] Personal Reflections and Concerns [12:21] Seeking Advice and Making a Decision [13:01] Option One: Do Not Resign [14:56] Option Two: Resign [16:44] Insights from Conversations [21:30] Making The Decision [23:51] Final Thoughts and Gratitude Resources Mentioned Sebastian Junger The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson Donald Trump Elon Musk Steve Bannon Russell Vought Derek Sivers Sumner Crenshaw Brian Fretwell at Finding Good Chad Littlefield The Thought Leaders Practice by Matt Church Simon Cowell Beauty Pill Producer Ben Ford Questions Asked Is it legitimate, and can it be trusted? How are you feeling? What questions come to your mind? Where does your mind go? Are you seeking safety? Would this have been an adrenaline rush as you raced to send the resignation response? What an "enhanced standard" regarding loyalty and trustworthiness was? What are these new "enhanced standards?" Are they beyond what my Constitutional oath requires? If I don't resign, how bright will the target on my back glow? My leadership has supported all my work, but would termination direction come from higher up the chain of command? What would you recommend if we talked over coffee? What questions would you ask? How would you use listening? How would you use silence? How is this scenario playing out in your mind and body? What is coming to the surface for you? How might that influence what you are about to say to me? What are the chances of my name popping on a list and getting fired? How about the chances of being part of an official Reduction in Force and early retirement? Would the administration make a better offer? What do I know about the pending job market? What did I expect the workplace to be like and did I want to be there as the contractions took place? Will the administration pay me through the end of September or will they renege? Can I sufficiently build the Curated Questions business to transition by 1 October? - Do I have the faith or confidence to step into this future as a sole practitioner and grow Curated Questions into all I envisioned? Was this purpose calling? What would I expect the job market to look like at the end of summer if I hadn't developed the income streams to maintain our lifestyle? What is your recommendation? Did it change from your initial recommendation? Where in your body are you feeling the uncertainty? Are you processing this scenario in parallel with your decision as if you had received the email? What additional questions should I have considered? Who else should I have consulted with? How would you have changed my risk rating? What is the correct length of the pregnant pause before making an important announcement? What processes would you use in my circumstance, and what would be different? What questions are at the top of your list to get to a decision? Who would be the members of your pantheon you would counsel with to gain clarity? Apart from the heady analysis, what other key practices would you include in your journey through a similar situation?…
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1 From Amazon to academia with Nadine Yap (NUS-ISS) - Episode #48 1:19:31
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Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored Nadine Yap is the OG product leader who has been around the block. She studied in Harvard before starting her career during the dot com boom, worked at Amazon during the Jeff Bezos era, was at Yahoo! during the Jerry Yang era, was CPTO at The Parentinc (SEA's largent content community platform for parents) before deciding to join the world of academia with NUS-ISS in Singapore. Join us as Nadine recounts her experiences shipping software in an era where the Agile Manifesto had not even been formalised, what it was like to work in Amazon when the famous "two pizza team rule" and the "disagree and commit", what was it like to work at Yahoo! when it was starting to flail, why she decided to join the less popular route of academia, working with government entities, and many many more amazingly interesting stories! © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Product in the sustainability space with Renato Silva (Scale Climate Action) - Episode #47 59:53
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Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored We are back! This time, we've got another returnee to the show, Renato Silva. Renato was the Regional Head of Product and PMO for Tencent in Thailand where he worked for 7 years, and then decided to leave it all behind and go all in to make a difference in the sustainability and climate change space. He co-founded Scale Climate Action and relocated his whole family to Bali. We dived deep into why Renato would go into the sustainability space, what does it mean for corporations and why they should care, the challenges facing tech and product in this space, and the trends that he sees in this space. © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Product Management in Climate Tech & PropTech with Jason Gregory (The Climate Risk Group) - Episode #46 1:19:05
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Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored In this episode, we deep dive into the world product management within the realm of climate tech and proptech with Jason Gregory, Head of Product at the Climate Risk Group in Australia. He was formerly the Product Director at PropertyGuru and VP, Product Management at Experian Hitwise. He spent 8 years doing product management in Singapore with PropertyGuru and we talk about finding synergy with his product counterpart on the consumer side of the proptech marketplace platform, the difference in the proptech scene between Australia and SEA (South East Asia) and his learnings managing the Agent and Developer experience platform there. We also dive into the nitty gritty of climate tech, how Jason prepared for the transition into an industry he knew little about, hiring for product in such a niche and new space, and his thoughts on the future of climate tech within product. © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #45 - Culturalisation & Product Expansion in Asia with Chui Chui Tan (Beyō Global) 1:21:26
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Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored Chui Chui Tan is a culturalisation strategy expert with more than 15 years helping companies such as Spotify, Netflix, SEEK and Asana enter new international markets. She also recently published her book Research for Global Growth: Strategies and guidelines for cross-cultural insights. In this episode, together with Chui Chui, we dive into the role that culturalisation plays in expanding products to new markets in Asia, through the lens of product management. We cover topics such as expansion with culturalisation without losing a company's identity, whether agile is compatible with cultural research and also frameworks such as the four bucket exercise and the market level cultural model. © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #44 - Sanjeev NC (Supermeme.ai) 1:06:13
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Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored In this episode of The Product Un(censored) Show, we are discussing a trend that is steadily growing within the world of software and startups: MicroSaaS. MicroSaaS accounts for 20% of all SaaS companies and is projected to be worth $100 billion by 2025. So who better to talk about MicroSaaS than Sanjeev NC, the Co-Founder of the MicroSaaS product Supermeme.ai, and also product management content creator. If his name sounds familiar, it is because he was also our guest in Ep #33 way back in 2022! © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #43 - Protik Roychowdhury (Intellect) 1:08:07
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We're back from our Q1 break! In the first episode of our podcast in 2024, we talk to Protik Roychowdhury about mental health startups in Southeast Asia, from a product perspective of course! Protik is the VP of Product at Intellect, a mental health startup based in Singapore. They secured their Series A USD$20m funding round in 2022, the largest amount raised by a mental health startup in Asia. He has previously worked in hyper growth startups such as OLA in India and Grab in Singapore prior to joining Intellect. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2024 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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Nat Wongtosrad is a product leader who honed her craft in tech companies such Spotify, Agoda and NocNoc. It was insightful to hear her actual, personal experience with the Spotify model as one who worked there, discuss being a product led company at NocNoc, and the product inspirations she takes into her startup R'ket. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #41 - Tatiana Palhares (Daraz, Alibaba Group) 1:05:16
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In Episode #41, we have Tatiana Palhares, the CPO of Daraz on the show. We discuss being a product leader in one of the leading e-commerce platforms in South Asia with over 10,000 staff and a product team of more than 60, building a product function from scratch and how to product manage a distributed team. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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How does a product leader who has worked at Grab and Meta in Singapore end up in Nairobi in Kenya? In the 40th episode of the Product Un(censored) Show, our host Colin Pal sits down with Mateus Kratz, to talk about his product management journey and experiences that culminates with him becoming the CPO at Kapu in the Silicon Savannah in Africa! Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #39 - Azwandi Aris (ServiceRocket) 1:03:08
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In the 39th episode of our show, we have Azwandi Aris, Executive Director Product Management at ServiceRocket talking about how he has managed to succeed as a product manager and product leader as an introvert. We also talk about longevity in his career (he's spent 15 years at ServiceRocket so he knows a thing or two about it!) Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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It’s Episode #38 and we have Pramodh Rai, Co-Founder of Cyber Sierra to discuss an area that doesn’t get enough attention: Cybersecurity. We also cover how startups can balance the need for speed without sacrificing too much security. Prior to co-founding Cyber Sierra, Pramodh was previously the Chief Product Officer at Funding Societies and also the former Chief Technology of Hmlet. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2023 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #37 - Fabian Lua (LINE MAN Wongnai) 1:18:47
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The Product Un(censored) Show is back with Episode #37. We've got Fabian Lua, CPO of LINE MAN Wongnai talking about his take on product led vs founder led organisations, working in high growth, high competition tech companies Shopee and Grab and how to drive for alignment when building a regional product across multiple countries. He also shares his reason for choosing "Hip hop saved my life" by Lupe Fiasco. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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This is Episode #36 and we had Eric Wang in the hot seat recounting his product management journey from waterfall fueled product management to being Director of Product Management at Ninja Van, counting the culture and collaboration cost of hiring teams as far as Palestine, product snobbery and caring for the mental health and well being of his team members. We conclude with talking about his song choice of "Chelsea Smile" by Bring Me The Horizon. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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We are back with Episode #35 and we've got Sani Gouw, Head of Product for TruTrip joining Colin Pal on the show to talk about all things product, from differences about doing product management in a digital agency vs tech startups, building remote teams and why enticed him join a travel startup in a time of covid. We end the show discussing why the Jay-Z / Linkin Park collaboration song "Numb/Encore" so aptly reflects the product journey for product managers. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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1 Episode #34 - Gaurav Sachdeva (Singapore Press Holdings) 1:14:19
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It's Ep.34, and in the hot seat is Gaurav Sachdeva, CPO of Singapore Press Holdings. Gaurav regales us with stories about his experience building out Adobe's Creative Suite, jumping in the deep end of startup with Grab and his reasons for taking up a CPO role at a traditional media organisation. We also discuss his vocal prowess as a classic rocker and his reason for choosing "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses as a song of choice. Do consider supporting The Product Un(censored) Show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prodxcensored © 2022 Product Uncensored. All rights reserved.…
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