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(A Practical Guide to Empowering Product Teams) Teresa Torres’ Continuous Discovery Habits stands out as one of the most actionable and transformative resources for product teams striving to build user-centred products. Unlike many other product development books, it doesn’t just focus on theory—it provides an actionable playbook for
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For over a decade, I built my career as a contractor, working across diverse industries and tackling a variety of design challenges. Contracting allowed me to gain a wealth of experience, develop a wide range of skills, and deliver impactful work for numerous clients. However, in recent years, I made
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User stories — are out of date. Suppose you’ve worked in any facet of product delivery over the last 20 years. I’d wager you’d have used a construct of trying to describe what a ‘user’ wants and spent much time doing it. Why do teams do this? There
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Meeting and working with your users will increase the value you add to your products and to the businesses that own them.
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I wrote a proposal for a design framework for my current client, which I've refactored to suit the needs/conversation of any business, as typically, the challenges are very similar in most companies of a typical size.
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I've long been passionate about music and collecting vinyl from an early age. When the global pandemic hit the world in 2019/2020, I found myself in an unusual position of having some time off work, so I decided to combine my love for music and digital design
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I spent nine months working for Springer Nature via 101 Ways. The business's statement of work was to develop its editorial application to include ways of handling manuscript submissions from authors into 'Collections'. Springer Nature is a leading academic and educational publisher, formed in May 2015
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Typically speaking, some of the biggest challenges I face when engaging a new client or statement of work, is generally that the feature or 'build' has already been decided. That's a huge hurdle that I think a lot of designers face. As designers we're
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Writing problem statements is a critical aspect of product design. It offers several benefits, such as focusing on the user's needs and desires, which is vital for creating a successful product. Additionally, it sets clear goals for the design team to ensure everyone is working towards the same
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The rise of ChatGPT has caught the imagination of millions of people, for the first time we're seeing AI client applications being adopted on mass. The company itself has been evaluated at 29 billion dollars in just under 6 weeks of the release of the software. The possibilities
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What an eye-opener. 👀 Being neither an economist nor very well versed in any matters that affect a global populous… …reading this has given me a real sense of perspective. If you’re a man in business at the moment and you believe that scientifically, physically, biologically or any other illogical
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"This book is a rambling journey through Dave's diverse career. Littered with stupid points of view, ridiculous rants, a few bits of art and other stories, this is part memoir, part business book, for anyone who hates the status quo but wants to work hard, make brilliant