Product Talk

JULY 12, 2017

It’s easy to think you already do continuous product discovery. They’ve read the industry books, they attend the popular product conferences , and they follow all the leading blogs. Most product teams are starting to integrate discovery practices into their product development process. Click here.).

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Back in March, I spoke at ProductCamp Cascadia (an online conference hosted by ProductCamp Portland , ProductCamp Seattle , and ProductCamp Vancouver ) exploring the topic of design justice. Welcome to JEDI Training for Continuous Discovery Teams. I work as a product discovery coach. Hi, everybody. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

APRIL 20, 2022

“I get that the continuous discovery habits framework works well for mature products, but does it work for early-stage startups?”. I spent all of my full-time employee experience at early-stage startups (many of them pre-product) and I relied on these same habits to figure out what to build. This question always surprises me.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Last week, I was in Cleveland for the Industry Product Conference. I spoke about the three mindsets that help a team find success as a continuous discovery team. Becoming a successful discovery team. Product management is changing. Product managers are evolving from focusing on outputs to outcomes.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

– to come back on to the podcast and chat about how to make sure that, despite everything that’s going on, you continue to incorporate discovery into your practice. Then there’s the second piece of it: What’s the part of Discovery that’s going to stay stable over time? Customer Discovery.

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Product Talk

APRIL 17, 2024

Leading a product team (or several teams) comes with its own set of challenges that’s often similar to but distinct from the hurdles individual product contributors face. That’s why it’s especially enlightening when you encounter a product leader who is willing to openly share the challenges they’ve faced. Teresa: Okay.

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Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

He joined us on the podcast to talk about how to create focus around what matters to your users by using different testing methodologies – a topic he and Alex Osterwalder cover in their book, Testing Business Ideas. Testing business ideas. Testing Business Ideas, by David Bland and Alex Osterwalder: US , UK , DE.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 2, 2023

One of the most common responses I get when I talk about continuous discovery is: “That would never work in my organization.” But after working with thousands of product people and organizations of all kinds, I can tell you that everyone is capable of making progress on their continuous discovery journey. What Is Discovery?

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I love working as a discovery coach. I coach each team—a product manager, a design lead, and a tech lead—for three months, working with them virtually week over week. During that time, we focus on developing their research skills (e.g. During that time, we focus on developing their research skills (e.g.

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Mind the Product

JULY 18, 2017

This is the first of two posts that deep dive on A/B testing, expanding on a talk I gave at Google Playtime 2016 in London. In this post I share some of the learnings we’ve had after running 60+ A/B tests at Peak , looking at each step of the A/B testing cycle in turn. Brainstorm your A/B tests. Prioritise your A/B tests.

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 10, 2018

At #mtpcon San Francisco, Leisa Reichelt , head of research and insights at Atlassian, took on our current approach to user research and how we take an evidence-based approach to doing completely the wrong thing. Five years ago, the industry was focused on just getting people to do any user research. Common Research Mistakes.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 24, 2020

These are situations that are fraught with the possibility for unintended consequences – something Roisi Proven covered in her great episode (and talk) about the Black Mirror Test. Ethical frameworks for product development. The Black Mirror Test. Kim Goodwin’s talk: How can we Build Human-Centred Products.

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Mind the Product

JULY 30, 2019

Roisi Proven is a true product person: she has a penchant for imagining the worst, which she’s turned into a superpower to put all of her product decisions through a rigorous ethics test. Ethical frameworks for product development. The Black Mirror Test. and at conferences across the US and Europe.

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Mind the Product

MAY 3, 2019

“Do you like the conference so far?” We may say “there is no such thing as a dumb question,” but in research, this isn’t true. Many product managers will say their foremost challenge is “being able to conduct proper research to validate whether the market truly needs what they’re building”. Are we Using the Right Method?

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 4, 2025

How AI captures customer needs that human product managers miss Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Carmel Dibner from Applied Marketing Science, we explored how artificial intelligence is transforming Voice of the Customer (VOC) research for product teams.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 14, 2020

There’s a lot of debate in the product and research communities about quantitative vs qualitative approaches to metrics, so we sat down with Tomer Sharon (MD/Head of User Research and Metrics at Goldman Sachs) to talk about how he uses Google’s HEART approach to track what matters. Lean User Research.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Join us for our smash-hit conference on 20 October. Hurry and Read more » The post Rerun: Lessons from building the UK’s test and trace app – Randeep Sidhu on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. The speaker line-up is shaping up nicely and tickets are selling fast.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

There are all kinds of ways to introduce continuous discovery habits. If you’ve been at your company for a while, you might get inspired after reading a book or attending a conference. And if you’re really excited about an idea, you might look for opportunities to share it outside your company with the broader product community.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 17, 2020

Others have tried, but we’ve yet to find anyone else with her depth of experience (spanning stints as a developer, designer, researcher and product manager), her empathy for both users and stakeholders, her experience as a teacher, and her sense of humour. Building better products. How to work with designers. Talk to us.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

They also present a valuable opportunity to collect user feedback on a range of topics, from brand sentiment to user experience, using mobile app surveys. Four best practices for successful mobile app surveys In some ways, mobile survey best practices are similar to those for other channels, like email.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 28, 2020

” Product people hold on to this as a mantra – how else can we defend ourselves from random requests? Nick Christakis research. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Now the Product Director at Symec, Lily also runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath. Black Dog Institute. Talk to us.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

What product managers need to know about the Targeted Innovation Process Watch on YouTube TLDR The Targeted Innovation Process is a practical framework that helps product managers drive innovation in their organizations. It’s what helps create products that customers love and keeps companies successful in the long run.

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Alchemer Mobile

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

quickly adopted curbside services during the coronavirus pandemic and launched in-app surveys to better understand the customer experience. and Robi Ganguly , CEO and Co-founder of Apptentive, discussed these strategies in their keynote presentation at the Mobile On Air Conference last month. For example, Gap Inc.

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Roman Pichler

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Why a Product Strategy Process Matters. An effective product strategy process should ensure that a valid product strategy and an actionable product roadmap are always available—that a shared and valid approach to achieving product success is available at anytime, as the picture below illustrates.

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Product Innovation Educators

APRIL 30, 2018

How product managers observe and listen to users to gain valuable insights. How do you know what products you should build? What products will delight customers? One that stands out is Ben Brenton, Chief Innovation Officer at Snap-on Tools , who shared that he takes their product teams to meet with customers four days a week.

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The Product Guy

MARCH 12, 2025

You’re Stuckand It’s Because You’re Playing by the Rules In product management, youve been told to follow the rules: stick to the roadmap, build consensus, and hit your OKRs. But what if I told you they’re actually sabotaging your product’s potential? Successful products are born from friction.

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Mind the Product

JANUARY 13, 2021

The post The Power of Mentoring – DeVaris Brown on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. The different types of Product Manager. DeVaris talked about Using Playbooks to Drive Innovation at the Shift Dev 2019 Conference. * The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 3, 2023

Usability testing is an important part of the app development process because it helps to ensure that the app is easy and enjoyable to use. By conducting usability testing, you can identify and fix any issues before the app is released, increasing the chances of its success in the market.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 3, 2020

The best product people are the ones that are insatiably curious, who want to learn more, who want to get better at all aspects of the job. As Head of Product at Founders Factory , a corporate-backed accelerator and incubator for early-stage startups based in London, Seb Sabouné works with founders and teams to become more product led.

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Mind the Product

MAY 28, 2019

In 2017, Teresa Torres gave one of our favourite talks on the Mind the Product stage, introducing the concept of Opportunity Solution Trees. When we started this podcast, Teresa was one of the people we simply had to talk to – about this technique, and also about her work as a discovery coach. We weren’t disappointed.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Researchers often have concerns about what will happen when “other people” go out and do work with users. But the demand for research far outweighs the supply of researchers, and everyone wins when more people are enabled to do research themselves. Planning Research. What method of research should I use?

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Mind the Product

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s not just Twitter’s 280 characters that limit us to this black and white thinking, most blog posts and conference talks seem to follow the same trend. Qualitative research vs Quantitative data. Discovery vs Delivery. Usability testing vs A/B testing. And I’m not even talking about politics. Waterfall vs Agile.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 14, 2020

Building generic products. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Now the Product Director at Symec, Lily also runs ProductCamp in Bristol and Bath.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 9, 2019

I write a popular product blog. I get invited to speak at conferences. Most product managers get asked to do more than they could possibly do. My primary job is to work as a discovery coach. Coaching allows me to teach teams how to make better product decisions. I also speak at industry conferences.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 7, 2020

A longtime consultant, author and teacher, we grabbed him for a chat focusing on some of the lessons contained in his fourth book, How to Lead in Product Management. Roman’s new book is How to Lead in Product Management. The Product Experience is hosted by Lily Smith and Randy Silver. Quote of the Episode. Who is Rambo ?

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Product Innovation Educators

OCTOBER 10, 2022

How product managers can support serial innovators. She began her career in chemical engineering at Polaroid, went on to do product commercialization at Corning Glass, and later became a university professor after earning her PhD from MIT. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers. [4:51]

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How to achieve product-market fit – for product managers This episode is sponsored by PDMA, the Product Development and Management Association. PDMA is also the longest-running professional association for product managers, leaders, and innovators, having started in 1976. Underserved needs Product: 3.

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