Women @ Lunch Table

The Art of Storytelling ft. Vibhu Ganesan | People Analytics @ Intel

I sit down for a chat with my husband - Vibhu Ganesan, who is  a part of People Analytics team at Intel. In this episode, we discuss about  the art and science of storytelling and how it can help people, product and program managers to drive action. We  talk about the elements of storytelling and how to supplement storytelling with data-driven analysis. **All views expressed in this episode are personal.** You can reach out to Vibhu Ganesan on Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vibhu-ganesan-83313723/]. *** Resources: 1. Storytelling Workshop - Duarte [https://www.duarte.com/] 2. Storytelling with Data, written by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 3. Good Charts, written by Scott Berinato 4. Calling Bullshit, written by Carl T Bergstrom & Jevin D West *** If you'd like to be invited as a guest or know someone that you'd want to be invited to this podcast, do reach out to me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevitha-balakrishnan-8478a925/] or write an email to womenatlunchtable@gmail.com. I'll be happy to hear from you! *** Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast. Women @ Lunch Table podcast is now available on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hPqWBGn5lx7ZUh7wkrZEN], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/women-lunch-table/id1524173894], Google Podcasts [https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yOWEyZDYxYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==], RadioPublic [https://radiopublic.com/women-lunch-table-Gbdv3g], Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/zt0xnxl1] and Breaker [https://www.breaker.audio/women-at-lunch-table]. *** Jeevitha Balakrishnan *** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support [https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support]

Project Management in Food & Beverage Industry ft. Padmashree Venkat, Project Manager | Tetra Pak, Dubai.

In this episode, Padmashree Venkat shares her stories and experiences working as a Project Manager in the Food & Beverage industry. Padmashree has managed large scale projects focused on designing and implementing dairy processing plants in countries like Egypt, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon. As a project manager in a different industry and in a different geography, I found Padmashree's experiences share enough commonalities as well as a great uniqueness. We hope you find this conversation insightful! You can reach out to Padmashree Venkat on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmashree-venkat-13222139/]. *** Topics discussed: 1. Her journey into Tetra Pak; 2. Relevance of Energy Engineering to manage projects in F&B industry; 3. Transitioning to a Project Manager from a Process Engineer; 4. Skills required for a project manager in the F&B industry handling LEVANT market; 5. Day to day activities and scale of projects 6. Experiences and learnings working in a unique and multicultural environment as a woman; *** You can reach out to me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevitha-balakrishnan-8478a925/] or write an email to womenatlunchtable@gmail.com. I'll be happy to hear from you! *** Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast. Women @ Lunch Table podcast is now available on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hPqWBGn5lx7ZUh7wkrZEN], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/women-lunch-table/id1524173894], Google Podcasts [https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yOWEyZDYxYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==], RadioPublic [https://radiopublic.com/women-lunch-table-Gbdv3g], Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/zt0xnxl1] and Breaker [https://www.breaker.audio/women-at-lunch-table]. *** Jeevitha Balakrishnan *** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support [https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support]

The Experimental Product Manager ft. Shalini Pasupuleti, Product Manager @ Walmart Labs, ex-Ola

Shalini Pasupuleti shares her stories of transition from Biotechnology to becoming a Technical Product Manager at Ola and Walmart Labs. She talks about how her experiments—some natural and some forced—made her find the right answers to the deepest questions she had as a product manager. You can reach out to Shalini Pasupuleti on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalini-pasupuleti-74764164/]. *** Topics: 1. Transitioning from Biotechnology to Technical Product Management 2. Product management experiences in Ola & Walmart Labs (based on her personal experiences) 3. Critical skills to navigate as a successful product manager 4. Customer insights and data-driven product management in Ola 5. Women in product management 6. Interview tips and resources to help people who are looking to transition to product management 7. Traits that a product manager appreciates in people managers and project/program managers *** Books/Resources: 1. Case in Point - Complete Case Interview Preparation Book by Marc Cosentino 2. Cracking PM Interview - Book by Gayle Laakmann McDowell and Jackie Bavaro 3. Decode and Conquer - Book by Lewis C. Lin 4. UX Hack Challenges *** You can reach out to me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevitha-balakrishnan-8478a925/] or write an email to womenatlunchtable@gmail.com. I'll be happy to hear from you! *** Please subscribe to this podcast. This podcast is now available on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hPqWBGn5lx7ZUh7wkrZEN], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/women-lunch-table/id1524173894], Google Podcasts [https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yOWEyZDYxYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==], RadioPublic [https://radiopublic.com/women-lunch-table-Gbdv3g], Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/zt0xnxl1] and Breaker [https://www.breaker.audio/women-at-lunch-table]. *** Jeevitha Balakrishnan *** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support [https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support]

Facilitative leadership to solve problems that matter

Why are women-led nations faring better in dealing with covid19? How a small NGO in Malaysia's island state, Sabah is finding solutions to Sabah's economical and environmental problems? What do these leaders have in common? This episode doesn't go deep into the idea of facilitative leadership but provides you a hook to hang on to the idea. As people managers, product managers and program managers we have a unique vantage point and the agency to bring about long lasting changes in the way we work, in the products we build and to shape the future. Facilitative leadership can be one of the skills to help us get there. *** Resources to learn more about facilitative leadership: 1. Facilitation skills for managers and leaders, a LinkedIn course by Prakash Raman; 2. Facilitation at a glance: your pocket guide to facilitation by Ingrid Benz; 3. Silos, politics and turf wars: a leadership fable about destroying the barriers that turn colleagues into competitors by Patrick Lencioni. *** I'll be happy to hear your thoughts about this episode. You can reach out to me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevitha-balakrishnan-8478a925/] or write an email to womenatlunchtable@gmail.com. *** This podcast is now available on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hPqWBGn5lx7ZUh7wkrZEN], Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/women-lunch-table/id1524173894], Google Podcasts [https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yOWEyZDYxYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==], RadioPublic [https://radiopublic.com/women-lunch-table-Gbdv3g], Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/zt0xnxl1] and Breaker [https://www.breaker.audio/women-at-lunch-table]. *** Jeevitha Balakrishnan *** --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support [https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support]

Trailer

When was the last time you had a deep conversation with women of diverse interests and diverse roles? Do you think lunch table conversations are far more fluid and meaningful than conference room conversations? Do you get enough opportunities to tell your story, especially if you are a women of color? Welcome to Women @ Lunch Table podcast! This podcast is an experiment  to bring women from diverse and tightly intertwined roles to share their stories and experiences.  You will hear stories from women in three areas - People, Product and Program. From people management to people analytics, from product management to ethnography, from project to portfolio management, no topic is off-topic. - Jeevitha Balakrishnan. You can reach out to me on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevitha-balakrishnan-8478a925/], I'll be happy to hear your thoughts and suggestions. Or just connect and say hello! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support [https://anchor.fm/jeevitha-balakrishnan/support]