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#139 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at the Power of Pre-Approval, how Hybrid Team are increasingly siloed, Google and its product strategy, User Journeys vs. User Flows and many more. Enabling the Team ­ The Power of Pre-Approval: How Trust and Freedom can Drive Innovation by Henry Stewar

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#138 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at why Coaching Products Teams won't put you out of a Job, "Process" vs. Systems & Habits, thinking beyond outcomes in OKRs, User Story Mapping, Getting Engineers Involved in Brainstorming among others. Enabling the Team ­ Give Your Research Skills Away

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#137 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at 5 Proven Practices to Boost Psychological Safety, How To Calculate Unit Economics For Your Business, why ChatGPT Cannot Do User Research and many other topics. Enabling the Team ­ How To Build Ground-Breaking Products: A Manager's Guide by Suzanne La

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#136 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at How Chinese Companies Are Reinventing Management, The Decentralisation Paradox Of Flat Companies, Understanding How Product Outcomes Connect to Revenue and Costs, How To Build A Product Roadmap Everyone Understands among other topics. Enabling the Te

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#135 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at empowering employees to make decisions, facilitating knowledge sharing, the NHS Website roadmap case study, key metrics, ideation sessions, meeting Copilot for Design among others. Enabling the Team ­ 5 Strategies to Empower Employees to Make Decisio

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#134 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at building a culture of accountability, using ChatGPT for OKRs, articulating value during activation and Developer Experience teams. Enabling the Team ­ Building a Culture of Accountability for Empowered Product Teams by Teresa Torres and Hope GurionTe

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Cross-Functional #133: The weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at 2 person teams, the CASTLE Framework, the role of the software architect and diving deep on NPS. Enabling the Team ­ Delegating Projects, Not Tasks by Jason FriedBasecamp use empowered teams of 2 - just one designer and a developer. It works well for

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Cross-Functional #132: The weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at slacking at work, reverse impact mapping, field trips, wikipedia redesign and the impact of increasing developer responsibility. Enabling the Team ­ Meetings *are* the work by Elizabeth AyerMeeting culture sucks. But the only work that matters in a k

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Cross-Functional #131: The weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at acquisition channels, PM anti-patterns, secondary sources, unlearning and security. Enabling the Team ­ The Biggest Threat To Pioneering Firms Are Its Own Leaders by Joost MinnaarUnder Herb Kelleher, Southwest was very operationally oriented. But whe

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Cross-Functional #130: The weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at tracking BAU work, Marvel versus DC from a product perspective, the design circular economy and architecture modernization teams. Enabling the Team ­ From Outputs to Outcomes: Bridging the Four Gaps by Itamar GiladOutcome goals are often harder to se

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Cross-Functional #128: The weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at the writing an engineering strategy, measuring communities of practice, getting research out of reports and designing platforms. Enabling the Team ­ The Age Of Cargo Cult Agile Must End by Jason YipSeeing another “The age of Agile must end” article t

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Cross-Functional #127: The weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

­ This week we take a look at the benefits (or lack thereof) of agile coaches, embedding customer centricity, measuring design and the pros and cons of platform engineering. Enabling the Team ­ The Alternative to Agile Coaches by Marty CaganFollowing Scrum or other ceremonies doe

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Cross-Functional #126: Prompt driven design, how Pinterest use OKRs, how much discovery is enough and the value of pair programming.

­ This week we take a look at a prompt driven design, how Pinterest use OKRs, how much discovery is enough and the value of pair programming. Enabling the Team ­ How To Manage A Program In A Product-Mode Organization by Luiza Nunes and James LewisProjects still exist even when te

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