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May 2025
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How Parenting Made Me a Better Product L...

Hannah Clark - The Product Manager
About this episode
Becoming a parent profoundly changes how you approach product leadership, blending personal and professional challenges in unexpected ways. Anuj Jhunjhunwala, Director of Product at Merge, shares how parenting teaches lessons in influence without authority, clear communication, and time management that directly apply to leading products. Anuj offers candid i ... Show More
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