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From UX to CPO—A Journey Through Product Leadership

The Product Guy

In this episode of “Product Excellence: Insights from Award-Winning Leaders | Strategies for Success,” Harpal Singh shares his unique career path, starting as a UX designer and evolving into an interim Chief Product Officer. What You’ll Learn: UX to Product Leadership : Navigating career transitions.

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How to Leverage Conflict in Product Management

Roman Pichler

Think of the salespeople, marketers, and customer support team members, as well as the UX designers, architects, programmers, and testers you might interact with. As Oren Jay Sofer writes in his book Say What You Mean , “The less blame and criticism are in our words, the easier it will be for others to hear us and to work toward a solution.”

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9️⃣ Product books that you must read!

UX Planet

2The Innovators DilemmaThis book dives into why big companies often fail and how disruptive startups use disruptive innovation to capture market share. Though these books are a bit older, their ideas are still incredibly valuable. 4Building a Story BrandThis book explains how to build a brand through storytelling in just 7 steps.

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Product in Practice: How Passion.io Applies Continuous Discovery to the Employee Experience

Product Talk

For this edition of Product in Practice, were not talking with a product manager, a designer, a UX researcher, or even an engineer. This book helped create the foundation of framing the employee experience with a product perspective. For Eva, reading the book also unlocked a new perspective. But not today.

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What I Wish I Knew Before Writing a Book

Melissa Perri

Since publishing my second book, Product Operations, in October, I’ve been reflecting on what I learned writing two business books and wanted to share those insights that I wish someone had shared with me before I started. They brushed it off, saying, "Look, the world's got enough books on that topic." That was back in 2016.

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What makes Airbnb’s Design a Gold Standard

UX Planet

A closer look at how Airbnbs design turns simple bookings into emotional, trust-driven experiences. After observing, using, and analysing the app, it becomes clear that Airbnbs UX success is no accident. It focuses on helping users imagine where they could belong next, not on pushing bookings and transactions.

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Priority Starts at the Top

Folding Burritos

You’ve likely worked on new features, bug fixes, minor UX improvements, perhaps tackled some technical debt, and so on. . UX improvements can be valued in terms of incremental optimization outcomes like reducing task completion times or improving particular funnel steps. Think about your team’s work over the past couple of months.