Agentic AI Execution
by Leena Agarwal
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About this podcast
The podcast for TPMs, product managers, and builders shipping real AI systems. No hype, no frameworks — just honest conversations about what it actually takes to move from model to production.
Topics include agentic AI, AI program execution, stakeholder alignment, technical roadmaps, and building trust in AI-driven orgs. Hosted by Leena Agarwal, 18-year TPM veteran from Amazon and Meta.
New episodes every week. Built for tech leaders who ship.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 36 episodes
- The AI System Design Interview Trap (And How to Ace It) with Tanishq @aloo_explains · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 36Are you walking straight into the AI system design interview trap? Tanishq Singh joins Leena on the Agentic AI Execution Podcast to reveal how to scale RAG architectures and ace…
- Can AI Grade Itself? The Reality of Production-Ready Agents w/ Angie Jones | Ep. 35 · 16 min · Season 1 Episode 35Are your AI agents ready for production, or are they about to go rogue? In this episode, Leena sits down with Angie Jones, VP of the Agentic AI Foundation, at AGNTCon to discuss…
- Stop Applying Cold: How to Stand Out & Get Hired in the AI Era | Jason P. Yoong | Ep. 34 · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 34In Episode 34 of the Agentic AI Execution Podcast, host Leena Agarwal is joined by Jason P. Yoong (co-founder of Level Up and former Amazon leader) to explore how professionals…
- Developer GTM in Agentic Era | Ep 33 · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 33In this episode, Ankit—former engineer, award-winning AI researcher, and DevRel leader at Rime— break down the harsh realities of scaling Agentic AI We cover why AI models excel…
- Let an AI Trade My Money (And It Beat The S&P 500): Evolution in Agentic Commerce | Ep 32 · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 32In Episode 32 of the Agentic AI Execution Podcast, Mitesh breaks down what actually happens when AI touches real money. From connecting Claude to Robinhood's MCP server and…
- AI vs. Human: How to Find Your True Purpose Without Losing Yourself | Ep 31 · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 31In Episode 31 of the show, Leena sits down with Christina, a London-based purpose and career coach, TEDx speaker, and host of the *Eudaimonia Life Show*.With the massive surge of…
- You Got Wings, Now What? Navigating the Agentic AI Wave with Shylaja | Ep 30 · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 30In this episode of Agentic AI Execution, host Leena Agarwal sits down with tech leader Shylaja (ex-Anthropic, Airbnb, Amazon, Meta, Netflix) to explore how artificial…
- Voice AI: Demos vs. Production with Google Developer Expert Akshay | Ep 29 · 30 minWelcome to episode 29 of the Agentic AI Execution podcast! In this episode, Leena sits down with Akshay, a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Android, Developer Advocate, and…
- People Over AI: The Scarce Skills TPMs Need in the Agentic AI Era | Ep 28 · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 28In Episode 28 of Agentic AI Execution, host Leena Agarwal sits down with James (Senior PM, former Staff TPM, and author of The TPM Craft newsletter) to unpack how agentic…
- The dark side of AI productivity: burnout, bot-sitting, and survival in tech. | Ep 27 · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 1In Episode 27 of the Agentic AI Execution podcast, host Leena sits down with Technical Program Manager and coach Liudmila to uncover how AI is doubling expected workloads in the…
- Stop AI Slop From Ruining Your Codebase | Ep 26 · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 26In this episode AWS Community Peter break down a holistic framework for AI adoption. Discover why top-down AI mandates fail, how engineering and product teams must adapt their…
- Why AI Pilots Fail? | Ep 25 · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 25If your team is still running Story Points and Fibonacci on AI projects, today's guest says that math is already broken.In this episode, from actionable frameworks to the hard…
- Real AI vs. AI Wrappers: How VCs Spot Fake Agentic Startups (Ep. 24) · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 24She's evaluated hundreds of AI pitch decks — and she can spot a real agentic AI company from a wrapper in two sentences. In Episode 24, I sit down with Sonia, Managing Partner…
- Agentic AI is Changing Marketing, Ads & Customer Acquisition | Episode 23 · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 23Are you throwing money into a black hole with paid ads? Deepti, founder of Uplaud and former product lead for Meta's monetization engine, explains why the future of growth isn't…
- Good Judgment Beats Good Context | Episode 22 · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 22Aadil has spent 16 years as a TPM across Apple, Google, Nike, and Humane — and he's convinced the biggest risk in the AI era isn't using these tools too little. It's reaching for…
- Builders vs. Marketers with AI | Episode 21 · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 21As Preethy highlights in the podcast, technical founders frequently fall into the trap of thinking "if I build a great product, it will sell itself". But as engineering and AI…
- The Perception Gap: Why Great Work Gets Overlooked | Episode 20 · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 20Are you doing the best work of your career, yet someone else keeps getting the credit? In this episode of Agentic AI Execution, host Leena sits down with Uma, a leadership coach…
- Will AI Take Your TPM Job? | LinkedIn Senior Staff TPM Ankur Gupta| Ep 19 · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 19Could your program survive two weeks without you? If the answer is no, you’re not running an operation—you’re a single point of failure with a job title.In this episode of…
- Build Structure - Don't Chase Tools | Ep. 18 · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 18In this episode, I sit down with Michael—a technical product management leader who has spent the last ten years building TPM teams from scratch. Together, we explore what agentic…
- Is Agentic AI FOMO Real? How to Lead When Half Your Team is AI Agents | Ep. 17 · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 17In Episode #17 of the Agentic AI Execution Podcast, host Leena sits down with Myra Deshmukh—a 10-year Amazon veteran and founder of Leadership Lab—to break down what leadership…
