7min Product Master Series: Recent Episodes
Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi
Exclusive insights from the brightest minds in product (design, research and product management), hosted by Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi. Learn more at www.7minproductmasterseries.com
Brenda is a tech-loving problem solver with a deep passion for meeting user needs and ensuring an optimal customer experience. With a solid foundation cultivated over the past 3 years, she has honed her skills in comprehending the dynamic landscape of agile product development, outlining customer needs, and utilizing data-driven insights to inform strategic product decisions. She transitioned from customer support to customer success to customer experience to product management; which has given her a well-rounded perspective on delivering exceptional user experiences on products.
She aims to ensure all users have an out-of-this-world experience when they interact with products she has built or enhanced.
When she's not working, she finds joy in embracing the beauty of the outdoor scenic view, catching sunsets, working out, taking care of plants, or traveling to explore the next hidden gem.
She's currently seeking to contribute her expertise to a diverse product team that values ethical and sustainable practices. She is eager to be part of shaping the future of technology-driven solutions.
Where to find Brenda:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendangugi/
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Lade Tawak is an Experience Designer & UX Researcher who has worked with startups, agencies, and multinationals across the globe. She has an academic background in Psychology. She is passionate about Jesus, teaching, and building products, people, & communities.
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Ogeh is an experienced product designer practicing human-centered design and crafting products and services with multidisciplinary teams at scale.
Where to find Ogeh:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ogechukwu-ezeonu/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ogehezeonu/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/OgehEzeonu
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Ogeh-E
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I am a strategic, innovative, and data-driven product manager in technology and innovation with diverse experiences in product development, I love working on innovative and challenging products that enable people to become more efficient in their day-to-day
Mentions:
- Pomodoro Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
- Study Verse: https://studyverse.live/
- Parkinson's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law
Where to find June:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junebarasa/
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Chris describes himself as a problem-solver with a knack for design. His design career is influenced by a background in Economics, International Trade and non-profit-management. His design style tends to be minimalist and symmetric, striving for simplicity and convenience.
Where to find Karl-Chris:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nsabiyumvakc/
- Website: https://www.nsabiyumva.io/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nsabiyumva_
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Alex Wokabi Karanja is a design lead at Safaricom and a big believer of design with why. Through designOps (operational and project support), and collaboration with other different teams, he helps the entire business deliver value and superior experiences.
Where to find Alex:
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-wokabi-7aa4a48b/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Greats_Wokabi
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Vanissa Wanick is a Design Researcher, UX Designer & Educator. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Vanissa has more than 10 years of international experience in digital design and user experience design, working as a designer for several companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vanissa has also published more than 20 papers in the area of games design, gamification, user interface design, brand experience, VR/AR/XR, cross-cultural design and engagement.
Mentions:
- Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered - Book by Don Norman: https://amzn.eu/d/ej0lqJV
- Designerly ways of knowing - Book by Nigel Cross: https://oro.open.ac.uk/39253/8/designerly%20ways%20of%20knowing%20ds.pdf (The Open University)
Where to find Vanissa:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanissawanick/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanissa
- Read her upcoming book:
- Reinventing Fashion Retailing: Digitalising, Gamifying, Entrepreneuring: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031111846
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Lavet is a service and experience designer at African Leadership Group. She uses her design skills to tackle issues in the social impact space and has experience working in various sectors, including humanitarian aid, education, mental health, and climate restoration. In her free time, she enjoys exploring the streets of Bangkok and trying the local street food.
Where to find Lavet:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lavet-adhiambo-9a1641116/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarazaLavet
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lavet.love/
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Pier is a digital product designer who loves to push great ideas to life through a human-centered approach. He has shaped digital products across different industries such as entertainment, banking and mobility. He’s currently tackling new challenges as Design Lead at Snapp Mobile.
Mentions:
- Eisenhower Matrix: https://www.eisenhower.me/eisenhower-matrix/
- Quadrant 1: Do
- Quadrant 2: Schedule
- Quadrant 3: Delegate
- Quadrant 4: Delete
- Talks and blogs on the learns from building the app for storing pictures (Shutter Points) that was sunsetted:
- https://pierluigirufo.com/project/shutter-points
- https://medium.com/snapp-mobile/meaningful-motion-design-and-how-to-implement-it-631dacd01395
- https://medium.com/snapp-mobile/design-for-the-dark-theme-9a2185bbb1d5
Where to find Pier:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/pierluigirufo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierluigi-rufo-04299040/
- Mastodon: http://%40Pier@snapp.social/
- Snapp Mobile Germany: https://www.snappmobile.io/
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Lemuel is a Product Manager at The Room, a social impact startup in Africa. Legal background & experience in leading African law firms. Transitioned to startup ecosystem: Sales, BD, Research & APM. Currently leading product discovery for new onboarding, activation & community engagement experiences. Plus, co-organizer of Africa Product Peers.
Mentions:
- The 70-20-10 Learning Model:
- 70% of learning happens through doing the job
- 20% of learning happens through peer learning
- and 10% of learning happens via classroom environment.
- Dovetail:
- Repository platform for insights
- https://dovetail.com
- Four tenets to leadership from the African Leadership Group (AL Group):
- Self leadership
- People leadership
- Strategic leadership
- and Commercial leadership
Where to find Lemuel:
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedIn.com/in/lemuelabishua
- Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/lemuelabishua
- Website: lemuelabishua.com
- IG: Africa Product Peers
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Charity is a Product Designer with 4+ years of experience working to solve problems at the intersection of business, consumers and technology. She has designed experiences for a diverse set of customers in ed-tech, e-commerce, fintech, and security, on mobile, web and desktop. She currently works at Microverse as an Experience (UX & Service) Designer.
Mentions:
- Quote: "If You're Not Embarrassed By The First Version Of Your Product, You’ve Launched Too Late" ~ Reid Hoffman
Where to find Charity:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charity-mbaka-830474131/
- Company: https://www.microverse.org/
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Eric is an accessibility advocate, designer, developer, writer, and speaker.
Where to find Eric:
- Website: https://ericwbailey.website/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwbailey/
- Mastodon: https://social.ericwbailey.website/home
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Raven L. Veal, PhD is a Senior Strategic Designer at BCG X. Prior to joining BCG, Raven led innovation strategy at Citi Ventures and design research at IBM. Overall, Veal is passionate about advancing health equity and financial inclusion through the design of new ventures.
Mentions:
- Quote: "We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves." ~ Nikki Giovanni
Where to find Raven:
- Personal website: https://www.ravenveal.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravenveal/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ravenveal
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravenlveal/
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Benjamin Hoppe is a Freelance Designer in Toronto. He designs and builds software with the goal of reducing friction and creating unique user experiences.
Where to find Benjamin:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrbenjaminhoppe
- ReadCV: https://read.cv/hoppe
- Website: https://benjaminhoppe.co/
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Monica currently works as an Experience Design Manager at the ICRC, where she manages a team of UX Designers as well as the UX Design practice at the organization. Whether it's hosting design meetups, sharing design jobs online or writing about changes in the industry - anything that connects designers with one another gets her excited.
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicarayscott/
- Medium: https://medium.com/@monicarayscott
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Courtney is a mixed methods researcher living in the Detroit, USA area. Her research experience includes automotive, govtech, voice AI and finance. She loves helping teams make evidence-based decisions that improve people’s lives and meet business objectives.
You can find Courtney on Twitter (@OrigamiUx) and LinkedIn (@cdsnede).
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Rebecca Blakiston is a Senior UX Researcher at Ad Hoc, a company that improves government services. Previously, she was a UX Strategist and Librarian at the University of Arizona. She has a decade of experience advocating for data-informed, empathy-driven decisions.
You can find Rebecca on LinkedIn (@steadfastlibrarian), Twitter (@BlakistonR) and her LinkTree (uxrebecca).
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Shpetim Ujkani is a Sr. Staff User Experience Designer at Google. He is designer connecting humans and computers, shaping tools for people and mentoring. Currently, responsible for leading the design at Mandiant ASM within Google Cloud Security and coordinating all core design initiatives—including establishing a consistent design system and improving cross-functional collaboration within many teams and design efforts.
You can find Shpetim on LinkedIn (shpetimujkani), Twitter (@ShpetimUjkani) and UnSplash (@shpetimujkani).
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Kofi is a product designer based in Accra, Ghana. He values human connection, growth & openness. He also enjoys solving difficult human problems through design. Previously, he was at Mest as a tech fellow teaching product design and mentoring.
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Sasha Petrov is passionate about building things that have never been built before. Currently he is focused on creating products that empower individuals to become the best version of themselves utilizing technology and AI.
You can find Sasha on LinkedIn and subscribe to his Substack newsletter.
Mentions:
- Collaborative Product Design - Book: https://www.agux.co/book/collaborative-product-design/overview
- Sasha’s Blog: https://petrov.substack.com/
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Otobong Okoko, Senior Product Designer at Zalando. He started his journey in tech as a front-end developer and transitioned to design over a 12-year professional career. His superpower is asking questions to empathize and uncover challenges that are not easily communicated and enjoys giving back to the community through mentoring.
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Bavithra is a Product Manager with the MoneySmart Group. Bavithra enjoys the dynamic nature of product management and has 4 years of experience doing all things Product in Tech companies. On her free time, you can find her on the yoga mat or chilling with a good book.
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Faruk Shuaibu is a product designer building in the education, agriculture, commerce, and health sectors, where he helped solve challenging problems. In his free time, he enjoys making music, mentoring designers, and playing competitive chess.
You can find Faruk on LinkedIn, Twitter (@726f6f6b) and startup (Dako).
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Product Psychology at growth.design
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Hey everyone, happy holidays! We celebrate the season!
I want to extend my gratitude to all the guests who have taken the time to share with us, and thank you to all listeners for supporting and helping the show to grow in many ways.
We will see you in 2023, for SEASON TWO of the 7min Product Master Series Podcast!
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Our guest today is Purity Waigi 🇰🇪 who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (7mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest: Purity Waigi, Lead Product Manager, Content Experiences at Wikimedia Foundation. Purity is a curious mind currently intrigued by the needs of humanity which remain constant regardless of origin and experiences. She enjoys curating knowledge and bullet journaling as a creative outlet. You can find Purity on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/puritywaigi/ and her Notion page: https://puritywaigi.notion.site/Purity-Waigi-Product-Management-99a198f924684566aa9ffb0092be1246.
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Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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Purity shared insights on these compelling questions:
- Brief definition of product management.
- What's the biggest product management mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
- What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
- What’s the best product management or business advice you’ve ever received?
- What’s working best in your product management process right now?
- What's the one thing every product managers should learn?
- What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Godfrey Kimani 🇰🇪 who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (5mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest:
Godfrey Kimani, Product Designer at Safaricom PLC. Godfrey is a problem solver who cares about crafting products and experiences that leave a positive impact on people, the environment, and society. He's excited by the process of deriving user needs from research, creatively leveraging the power of technology to satisfy those needs, and thinking critically about the constraints and edge cases to make sure that the solution scales.
You can find Godfrey on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/godfrey-kimani/ and on Twitter as (@kimani_godfrey4): twitter.com/kimani_godfrey4.
Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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Godfrey shared insights on these compelling questions:
- Give me a brief definition of product design.
- What's the biggest design mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
- What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
- What’s the best product design or business advice you’ve ever received? Why?
- What’s working best in your design process right now?
- What's the one thing every product designer should learn?
- What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Dennis Gikunda 🇰🇪 who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (5mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest:
Dennis Gikunda, Design Lead at Wasoko. Dennis is mainly a product designer & strategist currently focused on solving complex problems in retail, across Africa. Passionate about creating meaningful products that have a positive impact on people's lives.
You can find Dennis on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/dennis-mugambi/ and on Twitter as (@DennoMugz): twitter.com/DennoMugz.
Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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The whole entire show:
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Dennis shared insights on these compelling questions:
- Give me a brief definition of product design.
- What's the biggest design mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
- What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
- What’s the best product design or business advice you’ve ever received? Why?
- What’s working best in your design process right now?
- What's the one thing every product designer should learn?
- What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Andrew O’Regan 🇮🇪 who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (5mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest:
Andrew O’Regan, Interaction Director (Interim) at Novartis. Andrew has worked in design since the mid 00s, and currently is a design leader and manager. He really believes in deep cross functional collaboration and teams built with this as a principle, but ideally he'd prefer to be growing vegetables.
You can find Andrew on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fantoraygun/, Twitter @fantoraygun and personal website: https://www.fantoraygun.com/.
Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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The whole entire show:
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Andrew shared insights on these compelling questions:
- Give me a brief definition of ux design.
- What's the biggest design mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
- What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
- What’s the best product design or business advice you’ve ever received? Why?
- What’s working best in your design process right now?
- What's the one thing every ux designer should learn?
- What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Sharon Wangari who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (5mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest:
Sharon Wangari, Product Design lead at Paystack. She is a problem solver. She's worked with cross-functions across Africa to create value within the Healthcare, Logistics Retail FinTech, spaces. You can find Sharon on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-wangari-b3b47591/.
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Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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The whole entire show:
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Sharon shared insights on these compelling questions:
- Give me a brief definition of product design.
- What's the biggest design mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
- What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
- What’s the best product design or business advice you’ve ever received? Why?
- What’s working best in your design process right now?
- What's the one thing every product designer should learn?
- What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Tessie Waithira who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (5mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest:
Tessie Waithira, Researcher at Qhala. She's a mixed-methods researcher based in Nairobi Kenya. She studies and thinks about the social, cultural, and economic effects of technology to uncover needs, barriers, and opportunities, and how we can develop impactful solutions. Qhala is a digital consulting firm in Nairobi, Kenya. You can find Tessie on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessiewaithira/. You can find her on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/TessieWaithira.
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Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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The whole entire show:
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Tessie shared insights on these compelling questions:
(1) What's the biggest research mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
(2) What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
(3) What’s the best research or business advice you’ve ever received?
(4) What’s working best in your research process right now?
(5) What's the one thing every researcher should learn?
(6) What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Joy Wambui who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (6mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest: Joy Wambui Taracha, UX Researcher at Antara Health. She enjoys discovering various people's perspectives on how they see the world and consequently how they use products. Antara is the only virtual-first healthcare provider in Kenya. They brings its members' personalized care through health navigation. Members have an assigned healthcare professional and access to numerous specialists through the app that will walk them through every step of their healthcare journey. You can find Joy on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/joy-wambui/.
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Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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Joy shared insights on these compelling questions:
(1) What's the biggest research mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
(2) What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
(3) What’s the best research or business advice you’ve ever received?
(4) What’s working best in your research process right now?
(5) What's the one thing every researcher should learn?
(6) What's the one thing you learned about yourself recently that changed the way you work?
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Our guest today is Lorine Phoebe who joins Lewis for the short-form interview (6mins). Listen in and enjoy!
Guest: Lorine Phoebe, Product Manager at Kasha Global, Inc. Solving problems is her forte. Comedy is her go-to remedy. Kasha is an innovative e-commerce platform based in East Africa, built for women's health, personal care, and beauty products accessibility within urban and rural areas. You can find Lorine on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorine-osudo-b316b0b8/.
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Host: Lewis Kang'ethe Ngugi, founder and host of 7min Product Master Series,Co-founder of PeopleWho, Senior Product Designer at Lookback, and Content Creator at Design x Us.You can find Lewis on Twitter as (@ngeshlew): twitter.com/ngeshlew and on Linkedin at: linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew.
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The whole entire show:
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Lorine shared insights on these compelling questions:
(1) What's the biggest product management mistake you've ever made and what did you learn?
(2) What's one piece of "common wisdom" you disagree with and why?
(3) What’s the best product management or business advice you’ve ever received?
(4) What’s working best in your product management process right now?
(5) What's the one thing every product managers should learn?
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