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But building the right thing is still hard.

Ten articles every week on what is happening across product, research, design and engineering. Curated by Rory Madden to help teams decide what to build.

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Cross-Functional #123: Feature Factories versus Value Generators, Onboarding best practices, the hype around Serverless and more.

­ This week we take a look at Feature Factories, Onboarding best practices, the hype around Serverless and more. Enabling the Team ­ Feature Factories vs. Value Generators by Itamar GiladBoosting efficiency and improving productivity can actually be waste generators. The better o

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Cross-Functional #122: How Shopify is Axing All Meetings, Declaring Goal Bankruptcy and The State of Mobile User Experience

­ This week we take at how Shopify is axing all meetings, declaring goal bankruptcy, how good are ChatGPT’s UX writing skills?, the state of mobile user experience and what to expect from AI in 2023 . Enabling the Team ­ Why There’s No Such Thing as Perfect (Agile) Transformation

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Cross-Functional #121: Not Every Product is Habit-Forming, But All Products Can Have Loyal Users and The Science of User Experience

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at why can't we get along?, the three True-North metrics that your product and business need, The science of user experience, how hydration is pure overhead and product designers should forget about coding and learn product man

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Cross-Functional #120: How Our Brains Decide When to Trust and The Best UX Design Books

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at how our brains decide when to trust, how to focus on product strategy patterns, not templates, how design takes time, comparing the Gatsby, Next, Nuxt, and Nest Open-source JavaScript Fram and to wrap up the year we look at

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Cross-Functional #119: How Spotify designed a new homepage experience design and OpenAI ChatGPT for product designers is bursting onto the scene

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at how Spotify designed a new homepage experience, the future of UX writing, how one man would change how he designs social media apps and we will look at the latest product blowing up tech social media - OpenAI ChatGPT for pro

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Cross-Functional #118: The state of UX in 2023 and an engineer's guide to building a database for data

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at how company culture shapes employee motivation, an engineer's guide to building a database for data, continuous design and how to enable it, the state of UX in 2023 and more. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ How Company Culture Shape

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Cross-Functional #117: Why you do not want to bore your users in a UX writer’s guide and looking at the business equation

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at the business equation, thoughts on elevating product quality, why you do not want to bore your users in a UX writer’s guide and more. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in Leadership for Flat Organizations b

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Cross-Functional #116: How product strategy stalls in the real world and How have the layoffs impacted UX roles

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at how product strategy stalls in the real world, how have the layoffs impacted UX roles, how Honeycomb used serverless to speed up their servers and more. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ Add skills not people to your cross-functional

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Cross-Functional #115: Should every team be cross-functional, becoming a customer-centric product leader and journey mapping 101

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at should every team be cross-functional?, becoming a customer-centric product leader, journey Mapping 101, feedback & design and more. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ Work 10x Smarter With One Magic Word: Asynchronicity by Pim de Morr

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Cross-Functional #114: Psychological safety gaps, from finding to doing and the creative switch

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at psychological safety gaps , 3 ways product managers can lead their agile teams to own their OKRs, from finding to doing, the creative switch and more. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ Psychological Safety Gaps by John SchragPsycholog

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Cross-Functional #113: Setting better goals, emotive design and leaving the cloud

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at setting better goals, automating contracts between micro-enterprises, emotive design, leaving the cloud and more. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ A Radical Change We Don't Regret by Pande Kadek Yuda BaktiPutting employees first, cus

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Cross-Functional #112: How to fix a toxic culture, challenges of multi-brand system and streaming - is it worth it?

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at how to fix a toxic culture, finding your groove in corporate UX and the challenges of multi-brand design systems. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ 4 Major Problems With The Lean Startup Methodology by Sachin RekhiWhile I advocate for

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Cross-Functional #111: Customer data enables product design teams, how the future of web is on the edge and a new way of designing.

­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ This week we take a look at how customer data enables product design teams, how the future of the web is on the edge and a new way of designing. Enabling the Team ­ ­ ­ How Customer Data Enables Product Design Teams by Alexander ThomsonOne of the thing

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