Short Form Video: Introducing outcomes in an output culture.
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Learn more about how Ellen introduced the discovery habits in her organization.
From the Product Talk Archives
"When we validate our ideas, rather than co-creating with customers, we get customer feedback too late in the process to integrate it into our product."
Stop Validating & Start Co-Creating
Worthy Read
How Timeboxing Works and Why It Will Make You More Productive
Sometimes it's not about working hard and trying your best—getting the right thing done at the right time is actually a better outcome for everyone, suggests Marc Zao-Sanders in this Harvard Business Review article. Learn how timeboxing can help you achieve that.
A Key Concept from My Book
Continuous discovery is about more than just tactics. It requires that we adopt new mindsets. We need to be:
✅ Outcome-oriented: We need to shift from valuing outputs to valuing the impact those outputs have for our customers and our business
✅ Customer-centric: We need to remember that the purpose of a business is to create and serve a customer.
✅ Collaborative: We need to embrace a model where we make team decisions leveraging all the expertise and knowledge that we each bring to those decisions.
✅ Visual: We need to step beyond the comfort of spoken and written language and tap into our immense power as spatial thinkers.
✅ Experimental: We need to learn to think like scientists, identifying assumptions and gathering evidence.
✅ Continuous: We need to move away from a project mindset and realize digital products are never done.
Learn more in my book.
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