Product Insider Podcast With Dr. Nancy Li
Oct 1, 2026 · 31 min · 22 segments
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Sunny YounGuestNancy LiHost
So first of all, I wanna say that my career has spanned three different inventions.

... econ major from Brown University, and then subsequently I did go to MIT for business school.

I joined AT&T Bell Labs, and I learned a great deal there about technology innovation and going to market and going from zero to one in terms of product concept development with massive teams at scale.

My second career was actually migrating to the advertising industry because ad tech was starting to really proliferate with the invention and creation of data-driven tools and software like Adobe and Salesforce.

And um, my last job now at, at Meta has to do with generative AI and the future of visual computing.

So all of the things are related to my North Star principle, which is you have to adapt to change.

Everyone has a different set of skills and strengths and weaknesses, and my North Star has always been about using data and analytics, um, to drive my superpowers, which was diving deep, delivering results, thinking big, and ownership.

it doesn't matter which area you're in as long as you have that critical thinking, which the PMA program helps you develop and enhance and fine-tune.

It's really important to have that North Star because it can be applied in a very versatile and flexible way.
Clearly you, you [laughs] work many important things, but the important thing, which is adapt to change.
Because things evolve so much, and you have led by example showing people you have shift your industry, your impact in many different industry from very hot Wall Street y- years ago-

So first of all, I wanna say that my career has spanned three different inventions.

... econ major from Brown University, and then subsequently I did go to MIT for business school.

I joined AT&T Bell Labs, and I learned a great deal there about technology innovation and going to market and going from zero to one in terms of product concept development with massive teams at scale.

My second career was actually migrating to the advertising industry because ad tech was starting to really proliferate with the invention and creation of data-driven tools and software like Adobe and Salesforce.

And um, my last job now at, at Meta has to do with generative AI and the future of visual computing.

So all of the things are related to my North Star principle, which is you have to adapt to change.

Everyone has a different set of skills and strengths and weaknesses, and my North Star has always been about using data and analytics, um, to drive my superpowers, which was diving deep, delivering results, thinking big, and ownership.

it doesn't matter which area you're in as long as you have that critical thinking, which the PMA program helps you develop and enhance and fine-tune.

It's really important to have that North Star because it can be applied in a very versatile and flexible way.
Clearly you, you [laughs] work many important things, but the important thing, which is adapt to change.
Because things evolve so much, and you have led by example showing people you have shift your industry, your impact in many different industry from very hot Wall Street y- years ago-
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