Crave Connection - In Product

Hosted by Adrienne Howlett - Founder of In Product

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Jul 2026

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Thanks for listening to Crave Connection: In Product. Crave Connection is a podcast for people who care about building better connections in the digital product world. Each month, Adi - founder of In Product - sits down with guests from across Product, Design, and Engineering to share honest conversations, real stories, and different perspectives from our community. Every topic is chosen by the In Product community and explores how we work, lead, and collaborate to create connections In Product. Everything we do - and everything you hear on this podcast - is rooted in our values: In Product. In Partnership. In Community. If you want to stay close to the conversation, reach out to join our Slack community for access to our bi-monthly In Product Meetups - where we bring product, design, and engineering folks together to share what’s really going on in their worlds. You can also catch more episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music - and follow In Product on LinkedIn to connect with me, Adi, and the wider community. Thanks again for being part of this - and we’ll see you in the next one.

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July 30, 2026Episode 552 min

Episode #5 Building Meaningful User Connections

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.

July 30, 2026Episode 432 min

Episode #4 Amplifying Human Experience Through New Technologies.

In this episode, we are joined by Rowan Pereira, Group Product Manager at Sweatcoin. Rowan joined us, along with three panel speakers at our last In Product Meetup to share their opinions and experience. 🚩We discuss the topic of ‘Amplifying Human Experience Through New Technologies In this episode, Rowan brings his opinion and insight from a Product perspective and discusses 👇 ✅How to discover the unknown in new technologies. ✅What will humans continue to do better than AI. ✅Considerations when using AI so that it augments rather than replaces human experience. ✅ Can we reverse bias. ✅ Memorable WOW moments. ✅ How do we know if a New Technology has been successful. We hope you leave this episode inspired to continue your journey of understanding and working with AI and New Technologies.

July 8, 2026Episode 1039 min

Episode #10 Craft, Culture & Shipping Ambitious Work.

In this episode, we are joined by Audrey Magré, Product Design Lead at Blink, Spencer Wilton, Head of Product Design at Popsa, Jen Williams, Senior Director of Product & Design at frog, and Hollie Lubbock, Design Director at Wise. They joined us at our latest In Product Meetup to share their perspectives and experiences. 🚩We discuss the topic of ‘Craft, Culture & Shipping Ambitious Work’ In this episode, our panel brings their perspectives across design leadership and product organisations, and discusses 👇 ✅ What “craft” really means in modern product design ✅ How to recognise a truly well-crafted product experience ✅ The role of culture in enabling (or limiting) quality ✅ Balancing speed vs quality — when is “good enough” actually enough? ✅ How to create environments where teams feel safe to push for better ✅ The tension between craft, scale, and commercial reality We hope you leave this episode with a clearer perspective on what great craft looks like in practice — and what it takes to build teams and cultures that consistently deliver it 💜

July 8, 2026Episode 243 min

Episode #2 Changing Health Outcomes - Digital Product Vs Medication

Episode #2 Changing Health Outcomes - Digital Product Vs Medication In this episode we are joined by Veron WK Lai, Head of Design at Accurx. Veron has over 10 years of experience in both Product Design and Service Design across Startups, NHS, Social Care, and Global pharmaceutical companies. 🚩We discuss the topic of 'Changing Health Outcomes' with an emphasis on the debate around Digital Product vs. Medication. 🫶This podcast is a follow-up from our In Person Meetup hosted just a couple of weeks back, in collaboration with MANUAL, where this topic was discussed and debated. In this episode, Veron brings her opinion and insight from a Design perspective and discusses 👇 ✅The Gaps that Digital Products can fill in the Health Eco System. ✅How these Gaps can be identified. ✅How we can create delightful and user-centric products for both Health care professionals and patients. ✅How AI can be used to develop the HealthTech space. ✅How we can hold Digital Products to the same standards as medication. ✅The hope for the future of Digital Products and Medication. We hope you leave this episode inspired to continue your journey of understanding Health in a Digital world, as Veron would say!

July 8, 2026Episode 137 min

Episode #1 Design Systems – It’s a Team Sport.

In this episode, we are joined by Luis Klefso, Head of Product Design at YLD.io. Luis has been involved with Design Systems as a contributor, leader, and community builder. Luis has supported the setup and running of a community 'Design Systems London', giving back his knowledge of the Design System journey. 🚩We discuss the topic of ‘Design Systems – It’s a Team Sport’. 🫶This podcast is a follow-up from our In Person Meetup hosted just a couple of weeks back, in collaboration with Accurx, where this topic was discussed and debated. In this episode, Luis brings his opinion and insight from a Design perspective and discusses 👇 ✅Why Design Systems continue to be a Hot Topic. ✅The Key Challenges to be prepared for when implementing a Design System. ✅How to build a culture to embrace Design Systems. ✅How to gain senior stakeholder buy-in and advocate for Design Systems. ✅How to measure the impact of a Design System. ✅The Future of Design Systems. We hope you leave this episode inspired to continue your journey of understanding Design Systems.

June 12, 2026Episode 329 min

Episode #3 The Evolution of the Product Trio.

In this episode, we are joined by Aine Mckay, Head of Product at Autogen AI. 🚩 Áine recently introduced the topic of ‘The evolution of the Product Trio’ at our In Product Meetup. Áine loves collaborating with people to build products and is passionate about fostering high-performing, cross-functional teams. She strongly believes in the power of collaboration and the implementation of sustainable and adaptable product practices to deliver value and innovation rapidly with emerging technologies. She has honed her expertise by embedding lean product practices within various FTSE 100 companies across several areas including the UK, Australia, and New Zealand support clients adopt conversation AI and most recently Generative AI. 🫶This podcast will will focus on the emergence of new roles, practices, and value drivers due to the rapid expansion of Generative AI. Sharing her firsthand experience and learnings, Áine will also share some predictions about the future when integrating AI into established practices. In this episode, Aine brings her opinion and insight from a Product Leadership perspective and discusses 👇 ✅The blending of roles in the Product Trio. ✅Developing skills, and navigating career progression in an increasingly hybrid landscape. ✅The introduction of new roles to the Product Trio and specifically Prompt Engineering. We hope you leave this episode with an insight into the traditional Product Trio, and insights from the conversation as to how this has evolved.

June 4, 2026Episode 943 min

Episode #9 - Building a Data Culture

In this episode, we are joined by FOUR of our guest speakers from our recent In Product Meetup in collaboration with Contentsquare. Jane Austin — SVP at Contentsquare. Lucinda Faucher — VP of Product at Valve. Tal Rubin — VP of Product. Sam Connaught — Head of Product at Switchee. 🚩We explore the key themes from the evening focused on Building a Data Culture. 🫶This podcast is a follow-up from our in-person In Product Meetup, where we unpacked what it really takes to move beyond dashboards and theory — and create environments where teams feel confident working with data in practice. In this episode, we dive deeper into the conversations that resonated most with the room, including👇 ✅ Building trust and psychological safety around data ✅ Moving from reporting to curiosity, experimentation and learning ✅ Collaboration between product, design and data teams ✅ Turning insight into action through storytelling and shared language ✅ Human-centred approaches to data and decision-making ✅ The role of AI in shaping future data cultures We hope this episode helps you reflect on how data shows up in your own organisation — and gives you practical ideas you can take back into your day-to-day work.

June 4, 2026Episode 1031 min

Episode #11 'Product Growth in Regulated Industries' Building Fast with Compliance.

🔥 This episode follows our latest In Product Meetup 'Product Growth in Regulated Industries: Building Fast Without Breaking Compliance', where we got into the reality of what it actually takes to build and ship products when regulation is part of the equation. In this group episode, we go deeper on the questions and moments that didn't feel finished on the night, with three brilliant product and legal voices sharing their honest experience 👇 💬 Kashyap Shah — CPO, Creditstar 💬 Phoebe Morris — Founder, Legally Influenced 💬 Himmat Bains — Sr Principal Product Manager, Gen 🎯 We explore four big themes that anyone building in a regulated environment will recognise: ✅ What good actually looks like — what compliance and product working well together really means in practice, who owns risk, and how that shows up day to day ✅ Tension and tradeoffs — where speed and regulation genuinely conflict, what happens when people disagree, and where the line sits between protecting customers and overcomplicating their experience ✅ Practical ways of working — the habits and rituals that actually improve collaboration, when compliance should be in the room, and how to bring real customer feedback into risk conversations ✅ Decision-making under uncertainty — how to make calls when regulation is unclear, what doing the right thing looks like when it isn't explicitly required, and what signals tell you your approach is working We also come back to an idea that ran through the whole conversation: → Compliance isn't just a constraint. In the right hands, it's a catalyst for building products people actually trust. This conversation is honest, practical and full of real experience — for anyone navigating the tension between moving fast and getting it right in a regulated space.

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