This week, we look at having too many cooks or too few kitchens when creating an open workplace culture. We also examine how HBO's app experience fails and what we can learn, why not to avoid vendor lock-in and how to up your game when designing for FAANG.
Enabling the Team
Guiding Principle: Cross-Pollination Over Imposed Standards by Jason Yip
There's an inherent cost to learning a different approach for each context, however a one-size fits all method isn't the optimal way forward for each context.
Organisational Boundary Problems: too Many Cooks or not Enough Kitchens? by Elizabeth Ayer
If done correctly, open work cultures inspire better collaboration and creativity. But without boundaries, its darker side can lead to greater exclusion.
Product Direction
Analysis of HBO Max: the Worst-Rated Streaming Serviceby Peter Ramsey
Great in-app experiences offer lessons for product leaders, however, sometimes it's possible to learn from other people's mistakes too. HBO is a good example.
Tips for Effective Product Strategy Reviewsby Roman Pichler
As a product develops and grows, and as the market and technologies evolve, the product strategy has to change, too. These tips help you evolve your offering.
Continuous Discovery
What UX Researchers can Learn from Investigative Journalists by Greig Cranfield
No-one hates a buried lead as much as a journalist. When it comes to making your research stick, investigative journalism offers valuable lessons.
Product in Practice: Mapping Opportunities at trivago by Sören Weber
Learn from Sören Weber, a Senior Product Manager at trivago who together with his impressive team, applied continuous discovery habits successfully.
Continuous Design
Designing at FAANG Companies
by Justin Wong
When you've accepted a design job at a tech giant, climbing the ladder from a smaller enterprise, there'll be many new challenges. Here are tips to get ahead.
A Designer's Balancing Act: Staying Creative and Organized in Figmaby Carly Batson and Candice Roe
Designers need to balance creating a playful space for experimentation and fostering interdisciplinary team collaboration. So how do you make space for both?
Continuous Delivery
What is Data Gravity and is it Important With Serverless?by Allen Helton
When your data gets very large it becomes difficult to move quickly. Avoiding vendor lock-in takes time and effort for little reward.
Netflix’s Historic Introduction of Levels for Software Engineering
by Gergely Orosz
The end of Netflix’s 25-year policy of one level for all software engineers. What are these levels, and how do people feel about the change?
One of our speakers, Siva from Netflix will be examining how to apply UX practices to improve internal tools and ultimately save time and drive better results for your products. Our line-up includes UX, design, dev, and product leaders from leading tech companies and start-up from around the world.
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