This week we look at Google's new design language, mitigating user bias, how to leverage as a PM and the bad iPhone web app experience.
Enabling the Team
Shifting from Middle Manager & Static Relationships
It’s Time to Free the Middle Manager by Brian Elliott
Information can flow freely now so middle managers need to shift from being routers of information to building and connecting people.
Some Can Handle Self-Management. Some Can't. Here's Why by Joost Minnaar
Hierarchies lead to static relationships, but flexible organisations require dynamic relationships depending on the context.
Information can flow freely now so middle managers need to shift from being routers of information to building and connecting people.
Some Can Handle Self-Management. Some Can't. Here's Why by Joost Minnaar
Hierarchies lead to static relationships, but flexible organisations require dynamic relationships depending on the context.
Product Vision
Continuous Research
Applying Leverage & Prioritising
How to Prioritize Features and Projects by Jordan Lamborn
With 112 methods listed, this is the most complete list of prioritization frameworks on the internet with tons of linked resources.
Applying Leverage as a Product Manager by Brandon Chu
Managerial leverage: the things a manager does can create more output than others and the amount of output created per unit of time is its leverage.
Mitigating Bias in User Research
10 Cognitive Biases to Avoid in User Research by Sundar Subramanian
Focusing on 10 Cognitive Biases, Sundar provides his best practices on avoiding them during your user research.
Mitigating Bias in User Interviews by Christine Lee
Treat user interviews as a conversation. Christine talks through the trademarks of a conversation and how to include these trademarks in your own interview practices.
Ideate & Prototype
Architect & Build
Google & Netflix's Design Systems
A look into Google's Material You; a design language created by you, the user. And why this left little room for expression and creativity.
Hawkins: Diving into the Reasoning Behind our Design System by Netflix Technology Blog
Learn more about Hawkins - the Design System used within the Netflix Studio Ecosystem and how it creates cohesive experiences through its many touchpoints.
Progressive Web Apps
Tide May Be Changing' for PWAs by David Ramel
Microsoft released Blazor which allows people to write Progressive Web Apps with the .Net framework, putting more pressure on Apple to support them.
Why The Bad iPhone Web App Experience Keeps Coming Up by Dieter Bohn and Tom Warren
Apple has tried to focus on PWAs being not as powerful as native apps during their trial but the focus has been on the limitations and onerous restrictions of the App Store.
UXDX USA
16-17 June
16-17 June
The UXDX USA agenda is now live with new speakers announced from Snap, Netflix, Product Talk and more. With the event just 2 weeks, check out our full agenda now - available on our website:
UXDX EMEA
6-8 October
6-8 October
Our founding event, UXDX EMEA is back in Dublin this October for its 6th year. In-Person tickets are limited and it will be live-streamed from Dublin for online tickets. Follow our EMEA newsletter for more updates:
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