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Product in Practice: Getting Engineers Involved in Brainstorming

Product Talk

When running brainstorming sessions, Ellen found that engineers in particular were quick to jump to feasibility concerns. Ellen is the Senior Director of Product Management at Orion Labs , a B2B company that offers voice communication to teams in industries like hospitality, retail, transportation, logistics, and security.

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Product in Practice: Assumption Testing with Engineers at Orion Labs

Product Talk

Engineers are often reluctant to participate in discovery. This is only natural: Through years of bad habits, many of us have shown engineers that we only value them for the code they can write. But there are many reasons why engineers are one of the essential members of the product trio. And this is a good thing.

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481: Lessons learned developing medical products – with Ron Richard

Product Innovation Educators

Back in the day, when you pick someone up and put them on oxygen, the oxygen cylinder goes right between their legs on the gurney as they’re transported to the ambulance. I noticed the Ford and Toyota engineers had different approaches to developing products. I’m also a paramedic, and I worked on an ambulance.

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How Using ChatGPT for Product Management is a Valuable Time-Saver

Usersnap

How is ChatGPT different from a search engine? The difference between ChatGPT and a search engine is based on how they function and the data they provide. This will allow users to choose the most economical and eco-friendly transport options. Give me a list of roadmap ideas aligned with this strategy.”

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How AI is influencing product management jobs

Product Management Unpacked

Among the most vulnerable jobs are those with routine physical and cognitive tasks such as office administration, production, transportation and food preparation. According to a Brookings Institution report , “Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places,” roughly 25 percent of U.S.

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The story behind the chirp: Intercom’s notification sound

Intercom, Inc.

This week on Inside Intercom, you’ll hear from our Senior Director of Product Design Emmet Connolly , Product Engineer Sam Murray , and Customer Support Specialist Robert Dunleavy on how Intercom landed on its notification sound and how a round of customer feedback gave way to the blip, bop, clack, hiss, shake and tick. Well, not quite.

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Reading list: Platforms, ecosystems, and partnerships

Intercom, Inc.

Every economy has basic infrastructure needs: from land to live on, to transport and communications systems to keep the economy connected.”. Where do you begin and what are the important factors you need to consider? Infrastructure is usually a good place to start. The pains of growing a platform. Jeetu Patel, Box.