In this episode of the Product Pals Podcast, Charlotte and Kiet sit down with Ryan Huynh — Product Manager and co-organiser of ProductTank Sydney.
Ryan’s career has spanned AI research, Big Four consulting, and product management. He shares how consulting gave him a toolkit of frameworks, delivery discipline, and stakeholder skills — and how those translate into product craft today.
🔑 What you’ll hear:
Ryan’s pivot from data & AI into PM, and the big lessons learned
Launching AQ Intelligence from 0→1 and finding product-market fit
Why he believes the heart of PM is making good decisions
Consulting skills that give PMs an edge in strategy and execution
How AI is shaping his workflow, learning, and view of PM’s future
His advice to his younger self: learn economics to understand decision-making
💡 Plus: Rapid-fire fun, contrarian takes, and a thought-provoking future-guest question:👉 “If product managers don’t exist anymore, what’s the biggest disaster you see?”
🎧 Link in first comment Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your pods.
🍪 Knowledge Snacks (from the episode)
🍿Economics Explained (Youtube channel) https://www.youtube.com/@EconomicsExplained (Kiet’s recommendation)
🍊Freakonomics Stephen J. Dubner and Steven Levitt (book) https://amzn.to/466fSIt (Charlotte’s recommendation)