Product Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I was asked to give a ten-minute overview of my continuous discovery framework and then participated in a fireside chat where the host, Cecilie Smedstad , asked me to go deeper in a few areas. Discovery is a team sport. Its not the exclusive domain of product managers. I started my career as a software engineer.

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Tips for managing global innovation projects Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode of Product Mastery Now, I speak with Jack Hsieh about successful product development strategies. PDMA has been supporting product professionals since 1976, making it the oldest organization dedicated to product management.

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Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 13, 2025

A product manager’s guide to breaking free from reactive problem solving Watch on YouTube TLDR In my recent conversation with Doug Hall, master of turning chaos into clarity, we explored how product managers and innovation leaders can break free from reactive problem-solving and create more value through proactive innovation.

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Product Innovation Educators

MARCH 3, 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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Product Innovation Educators

DECEMBER 23, 2024

How product managers are transforming innovation with AI tools Watch on YouTube TLDR In this deep dive into AI’s impact on product innovation and management, former PayPal Senior Director of Innovation Mike Todasco shares insights on how AI tools are revolutionizing product development.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The opportunity solution tree helps visualize all the work that goes into continuous discovery. And while opportunity solution trees have become increasingly common among product teams, there’s still plenty of room for customization, both in the way you set up your trees and the tools you use to build them.

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Product Innovation Educators

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

How an AI-powered fashion startup achieved product-market fit Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, we’re joined by Anya Cheng, former product leader at Meta, eBay, McDonald’s, and Target, and current founder of the AI-powered fashion startup Taelor. ” The problem?

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Product Innovation Educators

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

How product managers can move from ideas to action Watch on YouTube TLDR In this episode, I speak with Atif Rafiq about how senior product leaders approach strategy development and execution. In this episode, he shares some insights from that workshop and his experience in product leadership.

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Product Talk

JUNE 12, 2024

Identifying and testing assumptions is a critical part of continuous discovery. But what happens when your assumption tests don’t go as planned? Tweet This Today’s Product in Practice is a lesson in perseverance. Tweet This Today’s Product in Practice is a lesson in perseverance.

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Product Talk

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A regular cadence of assumption testing helps product teams quickly determine which ideas will work and which ones won’t. And sadly, most product teams don’t do any assumption testing at all. In this article, I’ll cover assumption testing from beginning to end, including: Why should product teams test their assumptions?

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Product Talk

AUGUST 18, 2021

Product discovery is becoming a trendy topic in the world of digital products. This article will cover the ins and outs of product discovery. What is Product Discovery? Product discovery is often defined in comparison to product delivery. Understanding Project-Based Discovery.

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Product Talk

MAY 4, 2022

The beauty of continuous discovery is that there’s no single right way to do it. For example, while Teresa recommends creating a product trio that includes a product manager, engineering lead, and a designer, she acknowledges that some product trios might be made up of slightly different members. Tweet This.

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Roman Pichler

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] What is Product Discovery? Product discovery is the process of “figuring out a solution to a problem we’ve been asked to solve,” writes Marty Cagan. [1] Let’s now get back to Opportunity Solution Trees. It applies to product discovery in general.

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Product Talk

MARCH 1, 2023

“Product thought leaders talk about an ideal way of working. I realize that many product people have never worked in a product trio , don’t have access to customers, aren’t given time to test their ideas, and are working in what Marty Cagan calls “features teams” or “delivery teams.” product outcomes).

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UX Planet

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Image byauthor Generative AI has just put usability testing insights into the center of product development. Its fair to say that usability testing is now the most valuable research method in your toolkit. About: Zsombor Varnagy-Toth is a Sr UX Researcher at SAP with a background in machine learning and cognitive science.

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Product Innovation Educators

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Why market research is product managers’ secret ingredient for successful products Watch on YouTube TLDR Market research is a key part of product development and management. Introduction In the world of product management and innovation, market research is like a compass.

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Product Talk

MARCH 16, 2022

Visualizing discovery work with an opportunity solution tree has been a game-changer for both me and the teams that I work with. This sets the scope for our discovery. From there, an effective team is doing two key research activities week over week. Assumption testing is evaluative. Interviewing is generative.

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Userpilot

MARCH 9, 2025

What happens when you build a product or service around what you think potential customers want, only for them to buy something else? But worse than that, it leads to lower revenue, failed products, and plummeting customer loyalty. The solution seems obvious: improve your customer research process. The short answer: yes.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The larger and more complex your company is, the more challenging it can be to introduce continuous discovery. Sandrine Veillet ’s Product in Practice story perfectly exemplifies this. Sandrine Veillet ’s Product in Practice story perfectly exemplifies this. Do you have a Product in Practice story you’d like to share?

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In addition to delivering a keynote at the Product at Heart conference (in case you missed it, you can find the video and transcript of that presentation here ), conference co-organizer Petra Wille also invited me to participate in a fireside chat at the Leadership Forum event. Introduction: What Is Product Discovery?

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Userpilot

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Unfortunately, the research backs this up, with a staggering 90% of users reporting that they stopped using an app due to poor performance. This article will help reduce such churn by refining your product management and UX analysis approach. UX analytics tools worth considering. How to start your UX analysis.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 4, 2021

It won’t surprise you to hear that I use the same continuous discovery habits that I wrote about in my book to run my business. My primary objective across my business is to increase the number of product trios who adopt a continuous cadence to their discovery work. Turning My Content Into a Product. That was a mistake.

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Product Talk

AUGUST 14, 2024

It’s no secret that engineers can be hesitant to participate in product trios. Or they might question how doing discovery is going to serve their short and long-term career ambitions. We’ll dig into why the engineers were hesitant to get involved, the solution they came up with, and some of the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

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Product Talk

JANUARY 24, 2024

The foundation of continuous discovery is weekly touchpoints with customers. These touchpoints will allow you to collect stories that help you identify opportunities and build out your opportunity solution tree. It sounds simple, but what happens if your product is so new that you don’t have any customers yet?

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Alchemer Mobile

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Unfortunately, “If you build it, they will come” does not hold true when it comes to the mobile app launch. This famous line from Field of Dreams is all too representative of how many app publishers face the ‘inessentiality’ of mobile marketing. They focus all of their time and resources on building a great app. It’s marketing.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

There are all kinds of ways to introduce continuous discovery habits. 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. Today’s Product in Practice features a continuous discovery champion who did all three.

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Product Talk

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome to JEDI Training for Continuous Discovery Teams. I work as a product discovery coach. I’ve had the luxury of working with teams all over the world, and I teach them a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery. Here’s how I’m redefining JEDI training in a product context.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

When it comes to continuous discovery , there’s no such thing as “the perfect tool.” Instead of seeking the best tool out there, it’s much more effective to look for the best tool for your team. Teresa often says, “The best tool is the one that your team will use.” Today, we’re taking a slightly different approach.

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Product Talk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You don’t necessarily need anyone’s permission to get started with continuous discovery. But at the same time, continuous discovery shouldn’t always be a solo activity. There’s a reason why Teresa often refers to the product trio : Continuous discovery is more effective when you avoid turf wars and bring in different perspectives.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Opportunity solution trees are a simple way of visually representing the paths you might take to reach a desired outcome. Below the opportunity space is the solution space. This is where we’ll visually depict the solutions we are exploring. Below the solution space are assumption tests.

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Product Talk

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. It’s no wonder we end up with software that doesn’t work for our customers. Good discovery establishes a direct communication line between the team who is building the product and the customer. Tweet This.

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Product Talk

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hello, Product Talk readers! It’s time for another installment of Product in Practice. In this series, we highlight the impressive work that forward-thinking product teams are doing. Find our other Product in Practice posts here. During her tenure as a data scientist, Lisa built two predictive products. Tweet This.

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UX Planet

MAY 1, 2025

Part 3 (of 3) in the Designing UX Surveys That Work series. In Part 1 , we covered the essential Dos for creating impactful surveys, and in Part 2 , we focused on identifying and eliminating bias in survey questions. Even if youve crafted neutral questions, bias can still creep into your research in other ways.

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Product Talk

APRIL 7, 2021

A few months ago, fellow Product Talk coach Hope Gurion and I sat down to discuss why there’s no single right way to do discovery. In this third and final conversation in the series, we discussed two core principles of continuous discovery : why it’s essential to set up compare and contrast decisions and surface and test assumptions.

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Product Talk

JUNE 1, 2022

And this is not just an empty excuse—most product people’s calendars are packed. As Teresa writes in Continuous Discovery Habits, “The hardest part about continuous interviews is finding people to talk to. One of the tactics Teresa recommends is recruiting participants while they’re using your product or service. Tweet This.

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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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