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500: Evolving trends in product management: What every PM and VP Needs to Know – with Tony Ulwick

Product Innovation Educators

He was part of the team that created the PCjr, a product that flopped badly. Even better, if these criteria stayed the same over time, we could use them to guide long-term product development. His early research involved a simple but powerful method: asking customers to compare products. It’s been about 93.5%

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Let’s Talk About Faster Horses

The Product Coalition

I went to do some research to figure out whether it was true or not. In 2006, Henry Ford’s great-grandson said that the attribution to Ford was accurate. Understanding Even when you’re listening closely to customers, they’ll often speak in terms of solutions. Sounds like someone has been reading cruise industry magazines, right?

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5 Costly Branding Mistakes

UX Planet

The last thing you need is to stumble into the abyss of bad branding, a place where countless others have lost their way. SELECT Branding Process by Shakuro Mistake #1: Neglecting market research Market research is the North Star of branding. How to avoid: Recognize the value: market research is an investment, not an expense.

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Three Product Strategy Tools to Use in Your Next PM Interview

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

It is usually up to the product manager to develop this strategy for their product, because they know the most about the opportunities and threats that are present for their particular market. These strategy tools will help you find the answers in a logical manner.

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Reflecting on the Intercom journey – Karen Peacock and Des Traynor in conversation

Intercom, Inc.

Think about what you could be doing to bring more diversity into your teams and be more inclusive as a company, and go actively out of your way in order to achieve set goals. I usually do them with Paul or people from the product teams – it’s much more fun to be on a podcast with your boss. Be open-minded.

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5 Machine Learning Lessons for Product Managers

Mind the Product

Secondly, as great product managers are also great capacity builders for their teams, you should start looking for opportunities that AI can present for your product. But with machine learning the solution itself is so exciting and novel that it’s tempting to forget to ask yourself why you need it in the first place.

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Design Challenges: Designers Demand Reform as Unfair Tasks Miss the Mark (part I)

UX Planet

Conclusions Background Context Overview of Hiring Practices Some digital companies, during the recruitment process to fill positions like: UX Designer UX/UI — UI/UX Designer Product Designer Lead Head of Director of UX Researcher* usually require a challenge at the second step, other times as first step.