Wed Aug 10
Getting access to and managing real time data is a transformational opportunity for Commercial Real Estate players. It also poses a big challenge. Due to the dynamic nature of the industry, the sales process alone requires ingesting and manipulating different types of data, from various sources that touch numerous departments. How then do you simplify the complex sales process?
Tue Aug 9
Heroes on product delivery teams are members that have great technical expertise and are relied upon to solve issues. But, depending on one subject matter expert when crises occur is harmful to the team and the product in the long term. Paul Sobocinski, Practice Director, Engineering explains how to counteract the "hero" anti-pattern by implementing several processes including avoiding "soloing" to move faster!
Thu Aug 4
It isn’t uncommon for product delivery teams to have developed approaches that result in new team members being onboarded quickly via a self-paced, independent onboarding process. From asking engineers to create a developer setup in x hours by themselves to solving something on the backlog that requires no help of others, these teams are engaging in an anti-pattern called (fend-for-your)self-onboarding. Paul Sobocinski, Practice Director, Engineering explains how to counteract this anti-pattern by pairing new hires and how to effectively evaluate new members for their technical skills!
Tue Jul 26
From Day 1, every founder knows that their start-up will need a unique combination of time, money, and people to reach Product-Market Fit. To secure these elements, you’ll need to convince people to take a bet on you. So, how do you successfully sell your vision? By perfecting the craft of compelling storytelling. Manish Gaudi, our Product Leader in Residence highlights the importance of storytelling for founders and steps on improving this craft for non-natural creatives.
Wed Jul 20
Everyone has assumptions, and that's not bad. On the contrary, it's what drives inquisitive minds forward as they pave the way for new ideas, shining light on the collective unknown. That is, assuming those assumptions can be tested, validated, and used to inform decision-making when turning those ideas into new and innovative products. Fortunately, our Product Thinking Playbook has a technique that can do all of that and more - Hypothesis Driven Validation.
Thu Jul 14
Continuous discovery and product testing are precursors to building better products. As a rule, the sooner you start validating or invalidating your ideas, the faster you can begin to mitigate risk and save time and money while identifying new opportunities. Unfortunately, developing the product and features require significant time and money. What if you could test and validate an idea without developing it? You can, with Wizard of Oz Testing!
Wed Jul 13
You can certainly mitigate risk and increase your success if you prepare and plan for product research interviews, but that all becomes relatively useless if you’re unable to execute your plan. As it would be cruel to only share one and not the other, allow me to take you through what all of your preparation is for in the last article as I share how to get the most from your participants anytime you use this method.