I recently read Monetizing Innovation by Madhavan Ramanujam and Georg Tacke. Overall, I can recommend this book, but with one major caveat. In the book, the authors recommend that for […]
Product in Practice: Getting Engineers Involved in Brainstorming
Getting a group together to generate ideas—an activity often referred to as “brainstorming”—doesn’t always go smoothly. Getting a group together to generate ideas—an activity often referred to as “brainstorming”—doesn’t always […]
Insights from the CDH Benchmark Survey: How Are Teams Adopting Discovery Habits?
“Product thought leaders talk about an ideal way of working. Nobody actually works that way.” I can’t tell you how many times I hear this sentiment on Twitter and LinkedIn. […]
Product in Practice: Building to Learn at Singularity Creations
Saying no is a huge part of excelling in your product practice. If you say yes to every request that comes your way—whether from customers, salespeople, or executives—you can quickly […]
Discovering Solutions: Quickly Determine Which Ideas Will Work (And Which Won’t)
Visualizing discovery work with an opportunity solution tree has been a game-changer for both me and the teams that I work with. It’s a simple visual that packs a lot […]
Adopting a Continuous Discovery Mindset Across the Organization
I teach two courses at Northwestern University. I want to share a little bit more about the work that I am doing there as I think it’s relevant for people […]
Stop Validating & Start Co-Creating
Meet Sally and Pam. Sally is a product manager, Pam a user experience designer, and they are working on a new mobile app. They’ve conducted customer interviews, defined their MVP, […]
4 Powerful Ways to Use Rapid Prototyping to Drive Product Success
When you hear the term “rapid prototyping,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For most of us who work with digital products, we tend to think of wireframes […]
