dscout People Nerds

JUNE 3, 2024

Meet the people that matter to you in the moments that matter to them. Qualitative research tools and services for product, innovation, CX, and brand.

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Userpilot

JUNE 4, 2024

The right interaction design principles can help you create intuitive, user-friendly product experiences that drive long-term retention. Today’s article shows you some of these principles and how to apply them in your UX design. Let’s get started! TL;DR Interaction design is the practice of designing digital products and interactive systems with a focus on user behavior.

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Spice Catalyst

JUNE 3, 2024

By Gwen Payne In today’s competitive market, standing out is not just an advantage; it’s a necessity. A media kit is not merely a collection of documents—it’s a testament to your business’s professionalism, transparency, and readiness.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 4, 2024

Discover how to identify and address discovery gaps in your product development process. Learn strategic interventions to mitigate risks, align with customer needs, and ensure successful outcomes with thorough assumption testing and Opportunity Solution Trees. Read more » The post Addressing your team’s discovery gaps to build valuable, viable solutions appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Stand out in your product management interview with guidance from Priyanka Upadhyay, an experienced product leader and Stanford Online program coach. In this guide, Upadhay dives into five key competencies interviewers will likely want to assess. She provides sample questions with detailed answers spanning: Product strategy Product design Execution Market estimation Teamwork Confidently land the product management role you want by pre-empting what interviewers are looking for and demonstrating y

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Product Management University

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s refreshing to see so many discussions and articles themed around product management outcomes. After all, it’s the reason we product managers do what we do, right? But not all outcomes are created equal. Here’s a look at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to product management outcomes. THE GOOD When it comes to getting your product management and product development teams focused, nothing beats well-defined outcomes that are clear, concise and measurable.

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Gainsight

JUNE 6, 2024

The needs of our customers are always evolving. As Customer Success professionals, it’s up to us to meet them where they are and where they are going. A thriving customer community is a perfect way to keep up with evolving customer needs and ensure we support our customers along their journey. Our Community Unplugged event hosted a panel discussion where Helena Li , Product Education Lead at Front , and Jillian Bejtlich , Sr.

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The Product Manager

JUNE 6, 2024

Great ideas are hard to come by—especially under pressure. Use these tactics to light up your product team's ideation sessions. The post The Idea Generation Machine: Strategies for Transforming Your Ideation Sessions appeared first on The Product Manager.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 4, 2024

I've seen a number of posts recently saying that micromanagement isn't as bad as we might think it is. Instead, micromanagement might actually help the person who's the subject of that micromanagement. Sorry, no. Well, not sorry at all. Still No. Heck, NO. NO to all micromanagement. If any manager has micromanaged you, you know exactly how you felt.

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Gocious Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

In the digital age, investing in software tools is necessary to streamline operations, enhance productivity, and maintain a competitive edge in the market. These software solutions offer various functionalities to benefit manufacturing businesses , from managing production processes to optimizing supply chains and analyzing product portfolios.

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Effective risk management in product development balances safety, compliance, and opportunity. Risks can't be eliminated, but they can be mitigated through structured assessments, clear documentation, and expert guidance. Engaging specialists ensures efficiency, regulatory adherence, and product security while reducing costly oversights. A well-executed risk management plan includes frequent evaluations, defined assessment criteria, and a structured decision-making process.

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Product Talk

JUNE 5, 2024

Product trios are cross-functional product teams who are responsible for both deciding what to build and then building it. The goal is for a product trio to represent balanced perspectives while still remaining as small as possible to facilitate and expedite collaborative decision-making. The goal is for a product trio to represent balanced perspectives while still remaining as small as possible to facilitate and expedite collaborative decision-making. – Tweet This In this article, we’ll cover w

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Mind the Product

JUNE 6, 2024

This article is a guide for product managers and organizations to create better products. It serves as a diagnostic tool, highlighting why it's not enough to just hire top-tier talent and explaining what else is needed for success. Read more » The post How to enable product managers to be successful appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Amplitude

JUNE 3, 2024

Seamlessly access insights and run queries directly in Snowflake or Amplitude.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 2, 2024

ProductCon Team New York 2024 / Product School Hey there! I wanted to share a bit about my recent experience at ProductCon in New York, hosted by Product School. Throughout this post, I’ll explain how my experiences at the event relate to real-world product management and how these skills are highly transferable. Even though this was on a smaller scale, the lessons learned scale up when working on big projects within an organization.

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Over the last two years, there’s been a 76 percent increase in AI adoption across sales organizations. The reason for its rise? AI increases teams’ productivity by predicting and automating actions that require manual effort. In other words, the research that takes reps hours, AI can do in seconds. For sales teams, AI opens up a world of new possibilities, including automating outreach, identifying best-fit buyers, and keeping CRMs flush with fresh data.

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Lenny Rachitsky

JUNE 2, 2024

Brought to you by: • WorkOS —Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs • Attio —The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups • Vanta —Automate compliance. Simplify security. — Cameron Adams is the co-founder and chief product officer of Canva. Canva is one of the world’s most valuable private software companies, used by 95% of Fortune 500 companies.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 6, 2024

Jennifer Glen, a product leader at Autodesk, shares a light-hearted take on the unlikely product management wisdom in Helen DeWitt's comic novel, "Lightning Rods." Read more » The post The unlikely product management wisdom of Helen DeWitt’s “Lightning Rods” appeared first on Mind the Product.

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Nir Eyal

JUNE 3, 2024

When I was growing up, you couldn’t pay me to read a book about self-help or business. Now, I read between 60 to 80 books every year. A good non-fiction book is the distilled knowledge of years of research and insight and costs just a few bucks. Why wouldn’t you take advantage of such a cheap, efficient way to learn lessons that could change your life without having to do the work or live the experiences the author had to bear?

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Userpilot

JUNE 4, 2024

Looking for a customer behavior analysis example to see how you can extract valuable insights? Well, we have 5 of them ready for you, so you’re in the right place. In this article, you will also learn how to conduct customer behavior analysis step-by-step and how Userpilot analytics can help. But let’s start with some background basics. TL;DR Customer behavior analysis involves studying how users interact with a product to understand their needs, motivations, and pain points.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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The Product HQ

JUNE 1, 2024

AI product manager skills are a must-have for anyone looking for a rewarding career in AI product management. Every new product brings its own set of challenges. UX Cam shared data indicating that product managers spend as much as 52% of their time on unplanned activities. Those are far from the only setbacks and difficulties that product managers experience on the job.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 5, 2024

With over 200 cities hosting ProductTanks globally, we're excited to start a monthly series highlighting some of these fantastic meetups. Read more » The post Highlights from May’s ProductTank meetups appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Planet

JUNE 5, 2024

How I planned and built my first Design System as a solo designer Continue reading on UX Planet »

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Userpilot

JUNE 5, 2024

Are you on the lookout for tools that can help you improve customer retention ? There are quite a few solutions around, so it might be difficult to find, especially as we’re not talking about one specific set of tools but rather a whole range of different solutions covering a range of use cases. This article shows what you should look for when choosing customer retention software and showcases 12 tools worth considering.

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As your company grows and your product matures, so too should your product strategy. Drawing from their decades of experience as product leaders, Stanford Online instructors Donna Novitsky and Laura Marino share best practices for defining your product strategy at each stage of company growth. Get practical, real-world product strategy tips from experts who have lived through the same challenges you’re currently facing.

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Amplitude

JUNE 5, 2024

In this installment of our Product 50 interview series, get to know the winner of the Best Growth Product Leader category: Shahzad Shaikh of Asana.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 7, 2024

Essential lessons learned for landing a product manager role, from enhancing your CV strategy to maintaining resilience and networking effectively. Read more » The post Lessons learned from a 6-month journey to land my next product job appeared first on Mind the Product.

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UX Studio

JUNE 7, 2024

Our company specialises in digital products, so it’s crucial for us to get a better understanding of people’s thoughts and attitudes towards AI and existing AI tools. One of our main interests was to see how much people trust them. Thus we decided to do research on the topic. We designed quantitative research to get an overview. In this post, we will introduce our research process, and give a sneak peek at our top 3 findings.

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Userpilot

JUNE 2, 2024

Customer intelligence (CI) data and insights are instrumental in product management. They also help create a personalized customer experience and improve product adoption. However, with so many customer intelligence tools available, how do you select the right one? If you’re in two minds about which customer intelligence software to use, we’ve got you covered.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The Product Guy

JUNE 4, 2024

As a product management veteran with over 20 years of leadership experience, I’ve worked with numerous organizations looking to transform their approach to building and delivering products. One of the most critical factors in the success of these transformations is the presence of strong product leaders who actively evangelize and promote product management best practices within their companies.

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Mind the Product

JUNE 3, 2024

We spoke with Daniel Shirley, Product Manager, Analytics at Baxter International, to understand how product teams can prioritise roadmaps through visibility into feature adoption. At work, they call me “DataDan” since I lead Product Management for a segment of the Analytics products at Baxter Healthcare. My degree is in Industrial & Systems Engineering from the Read more » The post Data-driven decision making in Healthcare: Insights from Dan Shirely (Product Manager, Analyti

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UX Studio

JUNE 3, 2024

In today’s digital landscape, user interface animations have evolved from being merely decorative to playing a crucial role in enhancing user experiences. From subtle transitions to eye-catching effects, fantastic UI animations breathe life into user interfaces, enhancing usability, engagement, and overall user satisfaction. Today, we have gathered 5 tips with some general rules to make it easier for beginners to start their designer journey, so look no further.

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