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Bringing together non-scientific thinking and practice about Product Ownership. https://anchor.fm/own-it Contact us at: hello@own-it.ca

Own it!

  • May 31, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 49m AVG DURATION
  • 19 EPISODES


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Ep 18: Focus. More than just time management

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 61:50


In this episode, Rick and Karman did a retro for the past two weeks. Karman is trying to set things straight so she could get home on time for her family after work. Rick is getting annoyed that someone is dwelling on solving the same problem over and over again instead of moving on to solve bigger things.

Ep 17: promotion through seniority vs experience vs personality, usability lab, AI for good - lawn mowers

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2019 48:22


In this episode, we talked about different dimensions of promotions, an ideal usability lab and capturing real time data for intelligent-proactive-type of feedback. Rick talked about buying his dream lawn mowers and AI for good. Reach us at hello@own-it.ca

Ep 16: Should a designer push or drive the project agenda and why are we working so hard?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 56:14


In this episode, Karman is still sick and Rick is helping her to unearth another way to approach a cross-functional project. Rick is feeling young again because he's learning statistics and Karman wants more wine. 

Ep 15: Component library? Who's taking an Udemy course? Reimagining a new world of Netflix films

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 52:35


In this episode, we did our usual retro for the last few weeks and then dive into Rick's new thing. Rick shares his experience about some Netflix show that he watch, which makes Karman dream up some conspiracy theory on AI. And Karman is really proud of Rick setting up screentime (for himself).

Ep 14: Interviews again. How many hours do you need to get to know the team? Hate lunch interviews..

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2019 69:58


In this episode, we have our friend Wendy joining in and we compare interview experiences. Head of engineering vs product owner roles and what kind of process did we went through. 

Ep 13: Personality vs Social Skills. Are you the right fit for this position? Product review - Instacart

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 52:48


In this episode we explore some feedback from Rick's interviews, what he would like to do better and what is a good fit. We made a short product review on Instacart.

Ep 12: Mentorship versus subject matter expert, taking design related criticisms

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 64:16


In this episode, Rick tries to understand what Karman wants to do to advance her career, then chat about how different team members interpret design criticisms differently. Rick wants to learn more about data science.

Ep 11: Anchor and spotify, Rick is broken, Karman had a boring week

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 27:00


In this episode, Karman and Rick talked about the acquisition of Anchor by Spotify and how it does not affect them as podcast creators. Also Rick opens up to talk about some incidents that happened at work, and made Karman worry about Rick's psychological wellbeing.

Ep 10: Non-scientific study on our Instagram usage

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2019 46:32


In this episode, Karman and Rick talk through on how they use Instagram and trying to learn something from this exercise. Also, did the usual retro.

Ep 9: 2 steps forward 1 step back and interviewing strangers

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2019 50:12


In this episode Karman and Rick talked about an Adobe XD plug-in called Stark. A designer that codes and make her boss uncomfortable. How to interview strangers, and some random ideas about video/audio recordings.

Ep 8: User data and privacy, live listen, white noise your OK google, and rant about Glassdoor

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2019 41:59


In this episode Rick has a growing concern about his privacy, found good use cases for live listen on AirPod and why he is having a bad day because of Glassdoor.

Ep 7: Our practice, talking rice cooker, success metrics and product management tools

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 50:44


In this episode we did our retros then sidetrack and talked about voice interface, tips to get back to work mode after a long vacation and briefly talked about product management tools.

Ep 6 : Product hook, feature parity, and new year resolution for our careers

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2019 36:47


In this episode, Rick and Karman trying to understand what makes a hook for a good software product, and share their new year resolutions.

Ep 5: Downtime, productivity and holidays.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2018 42:32


In this episode we talk about company holiday events, how to stay productive during the nearly empty office and keeping this episode short and sweet.  Happy holidays everyone!

Ep 4: Business meetings, team meetings, online meetings

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 53:33


Today’s episode we have a special guest, Wendy, from New York City. She is a Engineering Manager and has a wealth of knowledge in building the right product. Today’s theme is around types of meetings and experience we had in the past.

Ep 3: Wearing multiple hats

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 45:04


Karman’s second week at work, sharing some experience on team members in different geographic locations. We talked about wearing different hats at work and having complimentary skill sets. We also talked about tools we use at work.

Ep 2: Townhall. What's in it for me?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 47:30


Karman talks about her first week on-boarding experience for her new job. Rick talks about his frustrations during a townhall meeting and what could make it more effective for the product team.

Ep 1: A clean slate

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2018 58:54


Karman and Rick chat about roles and responsibility in the product family, and starting fresh on a new job.

Ep 0: Rick got a job offer!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 32:32


Karman and Rick talk about job interview experience as a Product Owner, and discuss the thought process on accepting / declining a job offer.

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