Happy New Year! I’m excited for 2022. Every December, I take several weeks to reflect on the ending year and to look forward to the year ahead. For the past few years, I’ve shared my reflection and plans in the first post of the year. This year is no different. 2020 and 2021 brought many […]
Looking for a Product Job? Here’s How to Assess a Company’s Continuous Discovery Habits
No company is perfect, especially when it comes to continuous discovery. But some companies are decidedly better than others. No company is perfect, especially when it comes to continuous discovery. But some companies are decidedly better than others. – Tweet This You can probably easily list off where your current company is nailing it and […]
Tools of the Trade: A Look at the Discovery Tech Stack at 99designs
In case you missed it, Tools of the Trade is a new series on Product Talk. In each edition, we talk with a continuous discovery champion (or group of champions) from one organization. We learn about where they are in their continuous discovery journey, which tools they’re using to support these new habits, and any […]
Discovery Hand-Offs Kill Momentum: Here’s What to Do Instead
One of the primary benefits of working in a product trio is we reduce the hand-offs between functional roles. In the old way of working, a business stakeholder communicated a need to a product manager, the product manager wrote requirements, handed them off to a designer, who then created designs, and then the requirements and […]
2022 Product Conference List
We are starting to pull together our list of 2022 product conferences. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you know of product conferences that are not on the list and you think they should be, please send an email to conferences@producttalk.org. We’ll also keep updating this list as we hear about more events. […]
Tools of the Trade: A Look at Optimal Workshop’s Discovery Tech Stack
Continuous discovery is about changing your behavior. That’s why Teresa named her book Continuous Discovery Habits. You don’t just think your way into continuous discovery. Sure, it’s important to understand the underlying concepts. But the concepts don’t mean much if you’re not making real changes to the way you work—whether it’s how often you talk […]
Representing Customer Segments on Your Opportunity Solution Tree (Teresa’s Take)
There is no single right way to do continuous discovery. I can’t emphasize this enough. Recently, Hope Gurion walked through three scenarios where she argued teams might benefit from including customer segments on their opportunity solution trees. In that post, she wrote: Opportunities are written as first-person statements like “I wish…” or “I need…” This […]
Representing Customer Segments on Your Opportunity Solution Tree (Hope’s Take)
Just like many aspects of continuous discovery, there’s no single right way to use the opportunity solution tree. As a fellow Product Talk coach, Hope Gurion uses opportunity solution trees with customers on a regular basis. And Hope continues to refine and adapt the tree to help product teams get the most out of it. […]
