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Cross-Functional #30: This Week: Pamela Mead talks scaling design at SumUp, user input into product decisions & ensuring 100% dedication from your team

UXDX Cross-Functional #30
 
What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams
This week we look at scaling design at SumUp with Pamela Mead, user input into product decisions and ensuring 100% dedication from your team.
 
Product
 
The Product Thinking Journey
Product Thinking vs. Project Thinking by Kyle Evans
One of the biggest challenges a product manager will face is trying to elevate thinking and culture from a project level to a product level.
Product Thinking 101 by Naren Katakam
Product thinking is the journey from the problem space of the users to the solution space of the business. The goal is to reduce the gap between users and the business.
 
UX
 
User Input Into Product Decisions
Mariana talks through her best practices on how she balances user and business needs without using any dark design patterns in her products.
Understanding user insights are the cornerstone of any great product. Zsófia shares her process on how to sift through what data is usable. Bonus, it works on both quant & qual research!
 
Design
 
Scaling Design Teams
Scaling Design at SumUp by Pamela Mead
Watch as Pamela Mead, VP of Design for SumUp shares her journey in leading the scaling of design within SumUp.
Lyft’s VP of Design: 8 Principles on Scaling a Design Team by Matt McCue
Building a team is like mixing a great cocktail': Lyft's VP of Design, Katie Dill built her design team from 40 to 100 in just over a year, here are her 8 tips.
 
Development
 
GPT-3 Hype
Okay, The GPT-3 Hype Seems Pretty Reasonable by Alex Wilhelm
How Copy.ai uses GPT-3 to generate pretty good headlines and copy from a 500 character input.
GPT-3: We’re at the very beginning of a new app ecosystem by Dattaraj Rao
OpenAI's GPT has over 175bn connections to enable general language processing as opposed to specific tasks. How do you use it to create a competitive advantage?
 
Process
 
Ensuring Teams Are 100% Dedicated
For an Agile Transformation, Choose the Right People by Rob Cross, Heidi K. Gardner, & Alia Crocker
Don't fill pilots with your star people or quarantine the agile effort from the rest of the business. Ensure pilot teams are 100% dedicated and motivated.
Transformation: Beyond Control by Pete Anderson
In this session, Pete Anderson of U.S Bank discussed some of the core Product Values and practical impacts to each of the layers of the Enterprise.
 
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