The Google search UI provides lessons in conversational design, per @lauraklein.bsky.socialwww.muledesign.com/blog/luck-ha...#ux#prodmgmt

The Luck Has Changed — Mule Design

An excerpt from Conversational Design about what made previous iterations of Google Search such a satisfying interaction.

"Keep going back and forth across the five boxes [in the Strategic Choice Cascade] focusing on the foreground and keeping the background in mind the entire time." - Roger L. Martin rogermartin.medium.com/overcoming-t...#prodmgmt#strategy

Overcoming the Integrative Strategy Challenge

Bridging Foreground & Background

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #122,401!

When analyzing competitors to inform your positioning and product strategy, focus on mindshare, not market share. blog.cauvin.org/2013/11/comp...#prodmgmt

Competitive Mindshare Maps

Why You Need a Competitive Mindshare Map The core of your product strategy lies in your product's positioning and unique value proposition...

"[E]xternal rewards can sometimes undermine intrinsic motivation. If users feel they're using your product just for points or badges rather than for the inherent value it provides, their motivation can actually decrease over time." productcollective.com/creating-eff...#prodmgmt

Deep-Dive: Creating Effective Retention Strategies - Product Collective | Organizers of INDUSTRY: The Product Conference

There's a metric that often separates the good products from the great ones: retention. While acquiring new customers might give you a temporary high, it's the ability to keep them coming back that tr...

A good rule of thumb for a product manager: user stories that call for "reporting" should include a concrete example of a user consuming the report and making a valuable decision based on it. #prodmgmt

Does your product management process address unknown unknowns? blog.cauvin.org/2015/10/is-c...#prodmgmt

Is Customer Development Pseudoscience?

The “Science” of Lean Startup Lean startup practitioners embrace the scientific method, seeking the "truth" about what business model ...

"Nesting pain points within jobs-to-be-done can be a useful mental model during product planning." bootcamp.uxdesign.cc/pain-points-...#prodmgmt

Pain points only exist within the context of jobs-to-be-done

a helpful mental model for unlocking the problem space

A lot to think about here when deciding if and where to expand the scope of your business via adjacency. longform.asmartbear.com/adjacency@asmartbear.bsky.social

Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF

A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.

"The easiest way to feel the absolute value of something is to imagine, as vividly as possible, its disappearance." www.raptitude.com/2024/05/we-a... by David Cain