Adriel Frederick
Adriel Frederick is VP of Product Management at Reddit X, where he helps incubate and scale new products. He is a former Product Lead at Facebook, as well as a former PM and Director of Product at Lyft. Adriel shares anecdotes from his time at Lyft and Facebook, insights about how to lead through tough times, why there isn’t an algorithmic solution to everything, why R&D teams need to be a part of the core mission, the tangible benefits of working on diverse teams, and his thoughts on the future of AI.
Overlay: Building AI Products Skills
Product managers must bridge the gap between machine optimization and human intent by defining the clear boundaries and decision-making frameworks for algorithmic systems.
"And I was like yeah, the reason that falls down is the algorithms don't understand long term effects often, nor do they understand how people might respond to it, nor do they understand your intent fo..."
Team & Organization Skills
To prevent internal resentment and organizational rejection, innovation teams must be positioned as core to the company's central mission with shared stakes in their success.
"First is the rest of the company needs to see what you're doing as being core and critical to the mission. It can't seem like these guys are just playing off in a corner on something that isn't relate..."