The hardest part of my day is saying no to things I shouldn’t be doing. I’m in a fortunate position. I have a thriving coaching business. I write a popular product blog. I get invited to speak at conferences. I teach at a university. I participate in an executive community. I design online courses. I […]
How Much Time Should You Spend in Product Discovery?
I get asked all the time, “How much time should we spend in discovery?” I have two problems with this question. First, it assumes you do discovery first and then delivery second, which is not true. You should be discovering and delivering all the time. Second, it implies that there is an answer that is […]
How Compare and Contrast Decisions Lead to Better Product Outcomes
This past week I was in London speaking at Mind the Product. As usual, the Mind the Product team hosted a phenomenal event. You can watch the video here: Full Transcript This transcript is the script of the talk as it was written. It is not word-for-word the talk as given. Hi everyone. I’m excited […]
Improve These 8 Decisions and Build Great Products Faster
What color should this button be? We can only do x and y, but not z, before the deadline. Can we live with that? Sales requested a, b, and c. Which should we do? The CEO had a new idea and asked if it’s worth pursuing. As product builders, we make decisions all day every […]
