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Cross-Functional #39: This Week: Saying Yes Career Opportunities, Learning Lessons From IKEA & Learning What 'Fun' Actually Means to Users.

This week we are saying yes to our careers, learning lessons from IKEA and learning what 'fun' actually means to users. Enabling the Team Saying Yes to Opportunities Saying Yes with Catherine Madden by Parul Goel On this podcast, Parul and Catherine talk about the benefit of taki

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Cross-Functional #36: This Week: Basecamp Exodus, Unicorn PMs, UX as a Valued Business Metric & How to Measure Design Debt.

This week we look at the Basecamp exodus, what a unicorn PM is and why they're sought after, will UX ever be seen as a valued business metric and how to measure design debt. Trust and Company Culture Etiquette at Work or Policing? Basecamp Implodes as Employees Flee Company, Incl

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Cross-Functional #34: This Week: Product vision misconceptions, measuring UX success & Lisa Crispin's tester journey.

This week we take a look at product vision misconceptions, measuring UX success and Lisa Crispin's Tester Journey. Product Product Vision Maintenance & Misconceptions Maintaining Product Vision as a Company Evolves by Amit Jain How Senior Vice President of Product for ServiceMax

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Cross-Functional #33: This Week: What caused Facebook's $500m data leak, Preply's qualitative approach to continuous research, & how to defuse defensiveness in the workplace

UXDX Cross-Functional This week we are diving into the lack of AI use in business, Preply's qualitative approach to continuous research, what really caused Facebook's $500m data leak, and how to defuse defensiveness in the workplace. Product Why Aren't We Using AI? Every Product

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Cross-Functional #32: This Week: Google's plan to disrupt university degrees, driving engineering teams with data and continuous product delivery.

UXDX Cross-Functional #32 This week we look at Google's plan to disrupt university degrees, driving engineering teams with data and continuous product delivery. Product Continuous Product Delivery 3 Best Practices for Adopting Continuous Product Discovery by Teresa Torres It’s ea

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Cross-Functional #31: This Week: NFTs are causing climate change, Zendesk's new design critique process & is Clubhouse a new UX research tool?

UXDX Cross-Functional #31 This week we look at Zendesk's new design critique process, if Clubhouse can be used for UX research, how to ensure Product Market Fit, and if NFTs are causing climate change. Product Product Market Fit How To Find Product Market Fit by Product Dave The

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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 Th

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Cross-Functional #29: This Week: Is technical debt a responsibility of product managers, improving UX processes through language & Pratrycja Rozmus on building design systems

UXDX Cross-Functional #29 What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams This is your weekly digest of the top software delivery news! This week's highlights include an analysis of product managers role and if they're responsible for technical debt, a guide to i

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Cross-Functional #28: This Week: How to handle UI scaling in games, the secret sauce to design buy-in & taking back software engineering craftsmanship.

UXDX Cross-Functional #26 What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams This is your weekly digest of the top software delivery news! We take a look at how to handle UI scaling in games, the secret sauce to design buy-in and taking back software engineering cra

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Cross-Functional #26: This Week: UXDX February Pre-Sale now on, CPO of Deezer talks managing teams in a scaling business, Why we need Data Engineers & the importance of the Discovery Phase in the UX Process

UXDX Cross-Functional #26 This week we take a look at barriers Benoit Tepereau of Spotify experienced managing teams in a scaling business, why you should never skip the discovery phase of the UX Process, why we need data engineers and much more. To keep up with the latest news,

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Cross-Functional #25: This Week: Creating mature customer-centric culture at Swedbank, user research programs guide & what agile management looks like

UXDX Cross-Functional #25 Weekly trends, case studies and industry news delivered straight to your inbox The lastest on product, UX, design, dev and empowering your teams Product Product Judgment: How some people can repeatedly create product success by Paul Adams How to build pr

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UXDX Cross-Functional #24 Digest the best news and learning of the week at speed... What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams Product Product Marketing Udemy’s Chicken-and-Egg Problem by Gagan Biyani A great example of how Udemy solved the major challenge o

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Cross Functional #23

UXDX Cross-Functional #23 Digest the best news and learning of the week at speed... What's new in Product, UX, Design, Dev and Empowering your Teams Product Product Led Growth Product Led Growth: Fueling the Fastest Growing Software Companies by Open View Partners Open View Partn

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