This podcast is a follow-up from our recent In Product Meetup, hosted in collaboration with Popsa, where we explored the tension (and opportunity) in balancing commercial success with user delight.

In this group episode, four brilliant voices from the event share their views and lived experience 👇

Oliver McQuitty - Director of Product at Popsa

Nayab Majid - Founder at Sageeai

Spencer Wilton - Product Design Manager at Popsa

Maria Kucheryavaya - CPO at Beauty Pie

✅ What it means to "think like a founder" inside product teams
✅ The risks and rewards of product teams owning revenue
✅ How to advocate for design quality and engineering craft when metrics dominate
✅ The importance of judgement, taste, and product intuition
✅ Where to flex when compromises are needed — design, function, or something else?
✅ Real-life strategies for aligning product and commercial goals without creating friction

We also reflect on an important idea shared at the event by Katherine, who couldn’t join the podcast:
→ How do we work in the grey space between measurable impact and meaningful value?

We hope this episode gives you language, inspiration, and perspective to bring back to your own product teams, and helps you navigate this tricky but essential balance.

In this episode, we are joined by FOUR of our guest speakers from our last In Product Meetup.

Teodora Danilovic - Prompt Engineer Analyst & Researcher at Autogen AI.

Christian Fayolle - Principal AI Engineer at Currys PLC.

Melanie Duroux - Senior Product Designer at Autogen AI.

Ollie Randall - Director at Product Box.

🚩We discuss the Lightning Talks focused on 'AI Takeaways'.

🫶This podcast is a follow-up from our In Person Meetup hosted in collaboration with Autogen, where our speakers shared a series of Lightning talks following the Product life cycle.

In this episode, we delve into the questions discussed on the evening, and questions from our attendees who wanted to know more about this topic👇

✅Practical AI Evaluation.
✅Designing for AI.
✅Test & Develop.
✅How to build a business using AI.
✅Turning Skeptics into Champions.
✅Our attendees' questions.

We hope you leave this episode inspired to continue your journey of working with AI in your day-to-day roles.

In this episode, we are joined by FIVE of our guest speakers from our last In Product Meetup.

Sean Gabriel - Product Leader at Birdie

Miriam Steckl - Lead Product Designer at Birdie

Beez Fedia - Co-Founder at Works for All

Alicia Gomez - Senior Product Designer at Accurx

Sarah Calascoine - Senior Product Manager at Birdie

🚩We discuss the topic of ‘Building Meaningful User Connections'.

🫶This podcast is a follow-up from our In Person Meetup hosted in collaboration with Birdie, where this topic was discussed and debated.

In this episode, we delve into the questions discussed on the evening, and questions from our attendees who wanted to know more about this topic👇

✅Meaningful for whom?
✅How to make co-development seamless.
✅Creatively approaching recruitment.
✅The Value of Customer Service.
✅How to bring research to life with stakeholders.
✅Our attendee's questions.

We hope you leave this episode inspired to continue your journey of Building Meaningful User Connections.