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Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

Product Talk

We covered how to manage messy opportunity solution trees , the most common challenges teams face when getting started with the discovery habits, what Im working on next, and so much more. I started my career as a software engineer. How are we building production-quality software? I think that was in 2004. What does that mean?

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Why Great Ideas Fail in Finance: It’s Not the Digital Product, It’s the UX

UX Planet

The smartphone app has become the front line of financial competition. Any banking app that feels generic, uninspired or offers little real value is already lagging behind. Because todays users wont waittheres always a smarter, faster and more useful app waiting to take itsplace. Amazon reshaped retail with customerfocus.

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Unlocking Growth Through UX Research

UX Planet

Through case studies, statistical evidence, and methodological frameworks, I aimed to establish how systematic user research can positively impact key business metrics, from acquisition to referral. This fundamental gap in understanding is where UX Research becomes not only valuable but essential for driving authentic and lastinggrowth.

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Product manager is an unfair role. So work unfairly.

Lenny Rachitsky

He’s an individual contributor (IC) PM who leverages AI tools and a suite of productivity systems to get more done with fewer resources (and management layers). This has been my ironclad rule since 2016, at three hypergrowth companies, while PMing multiple teams at once. “Fairness” isn’t coming.

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Pinterest’s Personalization Playbook

UX Planet

However, to fully capitalize on this potential, Pinterest must continuously evolve its personalization strategies, addressing existing gaps and embracing cutting-edge technologies. This isnt just another recommendation algorithm; its a common vocabulary that ensures consistent personalization across the entire platform.

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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

At Headspace back in 2016, we had established our product roadmap and success metrics and our mission and vision, but teams were still confused about why we were working on the projects we chose. product marketing, user research, content design, etc.). Other functions could be added depending on availability/resourcing (e.g.

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Top PLG Product Manager Roles (+ Candidate Spotlight)

Userpilot

OpenAI: B2B Growth, Lifecycle As part of the Growth team, you’ll be at the forefront of bringing OpenAI’s technology to the world. We aim to make our innovative tools universally accessible, transcending geographic, economic, or platform barriers. Who would be a bad fit for this job? How can Som benefit your company?