AI has made building easier.
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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We take a look at the future of performance reviews, the thinking behind root cause reasoning, and why certainty does not equal strategic clarity. This week, we also examine how leading companies break UX rules to differentiate themselves, the future of resumable code, and how to
Read edition ↗ Learning from FAANG way of working, avoiding product sprawl, adopting offensive product strategies and more. The Product Culture Shift by Camille FournierIt’s easy for people who have spent their whole career building infrastructure t
Read edition ↗We take a look at Continuous Deployment at Lyft, Cross-Team Feedback Loops, and the Magical Short-Form Creative Brief. Plus what to expect at UXDX APAC this week. Enabling the Team When it Comes to Changing Culture, Think Small by Theodore Kinni To change the way people work toge
Read edition ↗This week, we feature the importance of aligning on incentives, atomic research, that priceless 'aha' moment for your product, and much more. Enabling the Team We Don’t Sell Saddles Here by Stewart Butterfield An old, but timeless classic: Stewart outlines how he wants his teams
Read edition ↗This week, we discuss the distinction between 'Shape up' and Sprint methodologies, how to manage projects without scrum, and why we need fresh perspectives to overcome myopia. We also take a critical look at product waste, the ever-important topic of finding research subjects (fo
Read edition ↗This week we look at what if your buyers aren't your users, designing constraints for bad behaviour and the pyramid of unit testing benefits. Enabling the Team The 5 Dysfunctions of Product Management Teams by Saeed Khan Saeed discusses 5 product management team dysfunctions: Bad
Read edition ↗This week: UXDX trends: techniques to make workshops more effective, designing teachable products and steps of scaling your customer business Enabling the Team Keep Your Agile off My Lawn, Please by Friedrich C.F. Meertaube While I am biased, agile isn't the only way of working.
Read edition ↗This week: UXDX trends: Ramping up on a new industry, getting promoted in flat orgs and the latest in React state management. Enabling the Team What is your "Leadership Edge"? by Kate Leto We often don't tackle leadership like we do a hard technical skill. Creating achievable lea
Read edition ↗This week, we feature the the problem with problems, remuneration in flat structures, Demo-Demo loops and more... Enabling the Team A Remuneration Method For Flat Organizations by Joost Minnaar Joost dives deep into assessing skills, capabilities and leadership. Using a diamond m
Read edition ↗This week, we feature the inevitably of mistakes and how to embrace them to make a successful product, the importance of purpose, honing in on product strategy problems, as well as the struggles of complexity for designers. Enabling the Team Optimize to be Wrong, not Right by Bar
Read edition ↗This week, we feature shadow boards as a way to tackle young employee churn, the benefits of note-taking in research, dual-track career paths, and why soft skills are important to develop at tech companies. We also define serverless systems, how to maintain a component library ef
Read edition ↗This week, we look at creating a culture that leverages data efficiently, why compassion has a place in high-functioning teams, and the merits of fresh research approaches. We also dive into defining your anti-patterns, designing for dark mode in Figma, and take a history lesson
Read edition ↗There has been a positive trend of companies investing more in dedicated research and moving towards Continuous Discovery, however after the initial hype, it's often then left on the shelf. This led to one of our themes at UXDX USA this year 'Ensuring that your research lands'. T
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