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Cross-Functional #86: This week: The new type of leader and exploring atomic design
This week, we explore purposeful leaders and product manager effectiveness, delve into atomic design theory and understand how to streamline the user research process. Plus more on our meetup bridging the gap between Product, UX, Design and Dev in the Nordics this week. Enabling
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #85: This week: A look at Tactical Forking, pivoting your mindset and a decentralised approach
This week, we understand the methodologies behind Tactical Forking, the collective ownership model of decentralised autonomous structures, and we learn why product and CS teams have more commonalities than differences. Enabling the Team No Bosses: What It’s Like Working at a DAO
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #84: This week: Understand decision bias, find a leading indicator and set good stream boundaries
This week we unpack setting good stream boundaries, finding the elusive leading indicator and rooting out bias from your decision-making process. Enabling the Team Dear Manager, You’re Holding Too Many Meetings by Ben Laker, Vijay Pereira, Ashish Malik, and Lebene Soga Research s
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #83: This week: Design-Dev handover, BBC serverless journey and the art of product management
This week we look at the Design-Dev handover, BBC serverless journey and the art of product management and more. Enabling the Team Work is Work by Coda Hale Coda goes through the mathematics of why things get harder as you scale along with the key ways you can fight back (hint: i
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #82: This week: Team flow, the art of surveys, dark mode and web standards
This week we look at team flow, the art of surveys, dark mode, web standards and more. Enabling the Team Team Flow Appears To Be A Distinct Brain State by Eric W. Dolan Brain studies suggest that team flow is a different state to team collaboration, with increased brain waves lin
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #81: This week: Coaching versus mentoring, testing multiple hypotheses, accessible design systems and more
This week we look at coaching versus mentoring, testing multiple hypotheses, accessible design systems and more. Enabling the Team What Stops People on Your Team from Leaving? by Sabina Nawaz A lot of news focuses on the people leaving but Sabina focuses on what makes people stay
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #80: Cross-functional: Spotify's podcast strategy, finding research interviewee's and Github's approach to retros
This week we look at Spotify's podcast strategy, finding research interviewees and Github's approach to retros. Enabling the Team A Guide To Modern Retros: How To Host Valuable Project Post-mortems by Alison Harshbarger Are your project post-mortems are valuable? Start with trust
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WeighMyRack
A case study on how WeighMyRack upgraded their site to expand their business.
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #79: Cross-functional: Dropping budgets, Amazon's ad strategy, Micro-frontends and Value before Usability
This week we look at Dropping budgets, Amazon's ad strategy, Micro-frontends and Value before Usability. Enabling the Team Managers Can’t Do It All by Diane Gherson and Lynda Gratton With the flattening of organisations, companies are splitting traditional management roles into t
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #78: Cross-functional: When to use OKRs, measuring transformation and the tech behind Tinder
This week we look at when to use OKRs, measuring transformation and the tech behind Tinder. Enabling the Team Are You Sure You Want to Use OKRs? by Christina Wodtke Everyone writes about OKR's but Christina is the definitive source. In this article, she shares the biggest mistake
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #77: Cross-functional: Team responsibilities, UX in public service, platform products and a thought experiment
This week we look at team responsibilities, UX in public service, platform products and a thought experiment. Enabling the Team Who’s Responsible for What in the Product Trio? by Teresa Torres In traditional organisations, people have separate areas of responsibility and accounta
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #76: Cross-functional: CUPID Development, Dual-Track agile, transformation metrics, and experience vision
This week we look at dual-track agile, transformation metrics, experience vision and CUPID development (we missed Valentine's day by 1 day!) Enabling the Team How Autodesk implemented Dual-Track Agile by Rory Madden A case study on how the Autodesk design team conflicted with the
Read edition ↗Cross-Functional #75: Cross-functional: What you should learn from the Spotify Model, PM accountability, and an argument against product teams
This week we look at what you should learn from the Spotify Model, PM accountability, and an argument against product teams. Enabling the Team The Top 3 Points You Should Have Paid Attention To In The Spotify Engineering Culture Videos by Jason Yip Self-management isn't 'no struc
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