Podcasts about test new ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2024 95:39

Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky are the authors of best-selling books Sprint and Make Time. They have helped more than 300 teams design new products and bring them to market, including those at YouTube, Gusto, One Medical Group, and Slack. Jake and John are co-founders of the venture capital firm Character, where they support startups with capital and sprints. Previously, they were operating partners at Google Ventures and, before that, design leaders at Google, where John worked on Google Ads and YouTube and Jake helped build Gmail and co-founded Google Meet. In our conversation, we discuss:• “Busy bandwagon” and “infinity pools”• Creating one “highlight” each day• Their four-part framework for productivity• How to use the calendar to design your day• How creating friction can help you avoid distractions• Tips on creating a distraction-free phone• Strategies for managing email and distractions• The importance of reflecting on the day and making time for meaningful work• Design sprints—Brought to you by:• Sidebar—Accelerate your career by surrounding yourself with extraordinary peers• Whimsical—The iterative product workspace• WorkOS—The modern API for auth and user identity—Find the transcript for this episode and all past episodes at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/episodes/. Today's transcript will be live by 8 a.m. PT.—Where to find Jake Knapp:• X: https://twitter.com/jakek• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-knapp/• Website: https://jakeknapp.com/—Where to find John Zeratsky:• X: https://twitter.com/jazer• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzeratsky/• Website: https://johnzeratsky.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) About Jake and John(04:10) Recording the audiobook for Make Time(06:06) What people often get wrong when trying to become more productive(11:24) The busy bandwagon and infinity pools(15:22) Real talk: Jake and John's productivity levels(20:10) The four-part framework for getting more done: Highlight, Laser, Energize, Reflect(25:15) Step 1: Highlight(28:08) Designing your day with a calendar(30:52) The Groundhog Day mentality(35:10) Tactical advice for implementing the highlight method(39:30) An example of a failed highlight(48:08) Step 2: Laser(51:12) Creating intentional friction to avoid distractions(57:28) Curating a distraction-free phone(01:07:58) Resetting expectations and slowing your inbox(01:14:51) Systems over willpower(01:18:14) Managing email distractions(01:18:49) Step 3: Energize(01:22:05) Step 4: Reflect(01:26:30) Introduction to Sprint—Referenced:• Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422• Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days: https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-audiobook/dp/B019R2DQIY• Make Time blog: https://maketime.blog/• Make Time blog on X: https://twitter.com/maketimeblog• Character: https://www.character.vc/• Google Ventures: https://www.gv.com/• Character Labs: https://www.character.vc/labs• Strategies for becoming less distracted and improving focus | Nir Eyal (author of Indistractable and Hooked): https://www.lennyspodcast.com/strategies-for-becoming-less-distracted-and-improving-focus-nir-eyal-author-of-indistractable-and/• Groundhog Day on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Groundhog-Day-Bill-Murray/dp/B000SP1SH6• Reclaim.ai: https://reclaim.ai/• Feed Blocker for LinkedIn: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/feed-blocker-for-linkedin/eikaafmldiioljlilngpogcepiedpenf• The Lord of the Rings: https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-J-R-R-Tolkien/dp/0544003411• MagSafe charger: https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MHXH3AM-A-MagSafe-Charger/dp/B08L5NP6NG/• Nanit app: https://www.nanit.com/pages/nanit-app• Arianna Huffington's Phone Bed Charging Station: https://www.amazon.com/Arianna-Huffingtons-Charging-Station-Walnut/dp/B0799ZG1LY• Cell Phone Lock Box with Timer: https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Android-Self-Discipline-Achieve-Addiction/dp/B0CG8V4YG3?th=1• The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich: https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357• The Economist: https://www.economist.com/• Odysseus: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Odysseus• Mailman: https://www.mailmanhq.com/• Future: https://www.future.co/• Notion: https://www.notion.so/• Miro: https://miro.com/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Top 13 Books for Designers Recommendations

Design for Change

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 10:30

Emotional Design" by Don Norman "The Design of Everyday Things" by Don Norman "Maximum Achievement" by Brian Tracy "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki "Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want—Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible" by Brian Tracy "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things" by William McDonough and Michael Braungart "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business" by Charles Duhigg "Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation" by Tim Brown "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters "Thinking in Systems: A Primer" by Donella H. Meadows "Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days" by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz "Design of Everyday Things" by Don Norman (added for clarity, as there are two books by Don Norman) Hooked

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How to make innovative thinking your competitive advantage with Carla Johnson

Innovation Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 38:07

Carla Johnson is a global keynote speaker, author, marketing and innovation strategist, and innovation architect. She is the author of RE:Think Innovation: How the World's Most Prolific Innovators Come Up with Great Ideas that Deliver Extraordinary Outcomes. Carla was formerly the Programme Director of Digital Marketing at HARBOUR.SPACE and the Director of Media Relations and Employee Communications at Time Warner Telecom. She has a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is a graduate of the Influence / ICAN Leadership Institute. On a mission to teach one million people how to become innovative thinkers, Carla has partnered with leaders and Fortune 500 brands to train thousands of people to rethink the work they do and make an impact.Carla joins me today to discuss fostering a culture of innovative thinking and turning it into a competitive advantage. She explains how observing the world around us can increase creative thinking. She outlines the six innovation archetypes and explains how understanding these archetypes can improve teamwork and idea generation in organizations. Carla also highlights the bottom-up approach to building a culture of original thinking and innovation and underscores the role of structured processes in idea generation and problem-solving. “Innovation really is everybody's business and we all have the ability to contribute if we just understand how.” - Carla Johnson This week on Innovation Talks:● Carla's background and work as an innovation architect● How design architects did design thinking before it became popular● How creatives and innovators are perceived differently in organizations● Connecting emotions to products and user experiences● The relationship and difference between innovation and creativity● Why creativity is undervalued in organizations● How observing the world can fuel creativity and innovation● RE:Think Innovation and Carla's goal to teach a million people to become innovative thinkers● The six innovation archetypes and their application to teams and organizations● The importance of culture-shapers and storytellers in today's companies● How diversity can make innovative ideas powerful● Bringing empathy into the innovation process Resources Mentioned:● Book: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp Related Episode:● RE:Think innovation with Carla Johnson Connect with Carla Johnson:● Carla Johnson Website● The RE:Think Lab Newsletter● Book: RE:Think Innovation: How the World's Most Prolific Innovators Come Up with Great Ideas that Deliver Extraordinary Outcomes● Book: Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station● Carla Johnson on LinkedIn● Carla Johnson on Instagram● Carla Johnson on Twitter This Podcast is brought to you by Sopheon Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Innovation Talks. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | iHeart | Amazon Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners, like you. For additional information around new product development or corporate innovation, sign up for Sopheon's newsletter where we share news and industry best practices monthly! The fastest way to do this is to go to sopheon.com and click here.

062. Vicki Tan: Intuition and Bias

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 69:17

TODAY'S GUEST Vicki Tan is a Product Designer, a public speaker, a student of Behavioral Psychology, and a dog mom based in Brooklyn. She currently works at Spotify, and has previously worked at Headspace, Lyft, and Google. She cares deeply about the human aspects of design, and the insights that data cannot provide. In her spare time, she's working on an illustrated book on cognitive bias. We spoke in mid-July 2022, and I was excited to talk to Vicki because she's been at the center of designing some really delightful digital experiences in Headspace, Lyft, and Spotify, and has given interesting talks on the complex interactions of data, logic, and creativity. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How Vicki got into design by forging notes for school. Studying Behavioral Psychology, and using that lens in design. Her early work in psychological research. How she found her way into Google. The importance of cognitive ability in hiring practices. The unique culture at Headspace. The challenges of designing a meditation app. The role of intuition in design and our overreliance on data. What finding umami means to her. Her book in the works on cognitive bias. Self-coherence as a way to help our own cognitive bias. And dreams as a blueprint for reality. One of my favorite things about being a product designer is meeting other product designers. There is something about the open-mindedness, mindfulness, optimism, and interdisciplinary interests that seem to be a recurring pattern and which make the best product designers a real delight to talk to. And Vicki is no different. This conversation is one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with top designers, thinkers, makers, authors, and activists who are working to change our world for the better. So please follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to RemakePod.org to subscribe. And now, let's jump right in with Vicki Tan. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [4:18] Life in the Present [8:35] Childhood Rebellion [12:17] A Journey to Behavioral Psychology [15:15] A Career Path [19:02] Hiring Decision Factors [21:38] A Pivot to Designer [25:35] Lyft, Headspace, and Spotify [29:25] The Culture at Headspace [37:04] Designing With Intuition [40:23] Finding Umami [47:52] Gentle Chaos [56:47] Cognitive Bias [1:05:20] A Short Sermon EPISODE LINKS Vicki's Links

Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork and Airbnb, and thriving as a PM | Jiaona Zhang (Webflow, WeWork, Airbnb, Dropbox)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 67:32

Brought to you by Brave Search API—An independent, global search index you can use to power your search or AI app | Miro—A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life | Superhuman—The fastest email experience ever made—Jiaona Zhang (JZ) is a product leader with a strong background in consumer products and extensive hiring and management experience. She is currently SVP of Product at Webflow as well as a lecturer at Stanford, where she teaches a graduate-level course on product management. Before Webflow, JZ was Head of Product for the Homes Platform at Airbnb and has also led product teams at Airbnb, WeWork, and Dropbox. In today's episode, we discuss:• Building a “minimum lovable product” rather than a minimum viable product• How to create better roadmaps through storytelling• Top lessons from Dropbox, Airbnb, WeWork, and Webflow• The importance of setting ambitious OKRs• JZ's first 90 days playbook: how to succeed in a new role• Advice for early-career PMs—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/building-minimum-lovable-products-stories-from-wework-and-airbnb-and-thriving-as-a-pm-jiaona-zhang-webflow-wework-airbnb-dropbox/#transcript—Where to find Jiaona Zhang:• Reforge: https://www.reforge.com/managing-your-pm-career• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiaona/• Website: https://www.jiaonazhang.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) JZ's background(04:22) Common mistakes new PMs make(06:44) Why Airbnb Plus didn't work out, and takeaways from that experience(10:51) Executing big dreams step-by-step(13:45) The right way to push back against founders(16:54) Minimum lovable product vs. minimum viable product(20:53) What makes a product lovable(22:20) Advice on roadmapping and prioritization(28:04) Tips for new PMs to accelerate their career(29:16) JZ's top skills and how they have evolved over her career(31:37) Designing crisp OKRs(36:09) Lessons from WeWork(43:01) Winning the first 90 days at a new company(48:34) Why trust is crucial(51:48) High-level lessons from Dropbox, Airbnb, WeWork, and Webflow(56:38) The one piece of advice that transformed JZ's career(58:39) Lightning round—Referenced:• Mike Lewis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelewis/• “What working at Figma taught me about customer obsession,” VP of Product Sho Kuwamoto: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/what-working-at-figma-taught-me-about• WeWork: https://www.wework.com/• WeCrashed on AppleTV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/show/wecrashed/umc.cmc.6qw605uv2rwbzutk2p2fsgvq9• Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days: https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Solve-Problems-Test-Ideas/dp/150112174X• The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Manager-What-Everyone-Looks/dp/0735219567• Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel: https://www.amazon.com/Tress-Emerald-Sea-Brandon-Sanderson/dp/1250899656/• Arcane on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81435684• Snoo: https://www.happiestbaby.com/• Midjourney: https://www.midjourney.com/—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

Using Open Source Hardware to Test New Ideas – Scott Christianson

Tech Leader Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 33:08

On this episode, I have a fun discussion with Scott Christianson. Scott is an Associate Teaching Professor of management at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri. Scott's interests are focused on the impact of emerging technology on society and human well-being. Prior to joining the college, he was a business owner with decades of experience in videoconferencing technology, project management, and information technology. “This is a great time to learn on your own.” – Scott Christianson Today on the Tech Leader Talk podcast: - How to start using open source hardware in your business - A student's project that used open source hardware to prototype a “calving collar” for cows - What Scott enjoys most about working in the academic world - New platforms for flexible learning (remote, in-person, and hybrid) Resources Mentioned: Arist (training platform): https://arist.co/ Scott's Newsletter: https://frtech.substack.com/welcome Instructables: https://www.instructables.com/ Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc/ Raspberrypi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/ Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/ SparkFun: https://www.sparkfun.com/ Connect with Scott: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottchristianson/ Website: https://www.christiansonjs.com/ Thanks for listening! Be sure to get your free copy of Steve's latest book, Cracking the Patent Code, and discover his proven system for identifying and protecting your most valuable inventions. Get the book at https://stevesponseller.com/book.

053. Irene Au: Bridging Design and Technology

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Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 70:35

TODAY'S GUEST Irene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with early-, mid-, and late-stage startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies through better methods, practices, processes, leadership, talent, and quality. Irene has unprecedented experience elevating the strategic importance of design within technology companies, having built and led the entire User Experience and Design teams at Google, Yahoo!, and Udacity. She began her career as an interaction designer at Netscape Communications, where she worked on the design of the internet's first commercial web browser. Irene also teaches yoga at Avalon Yoga Center in Palo Alto where she is among the teacher training program faculty and is a frequent author and speaker on mindfulness practices, design, and creativity. An adjunct lecturer at Stanford University, she teaches product design in the mechanical engineering department. Irene also serves as a trustee for the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design. Irene authored the definitive O'Reilly book, Design in Venture Capital, and her popular essays can be found on Medium. She has been featured in WIRED magazine, Fast Company magazine, CommArts magazine, and on the cover of Mindful magazine. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Developing listening skills as an introspective child, and how feeling like an outsider helped her develop those skills. Her electrical engineering studies, and her transition into looking at how technology influences society and people and how we live. Her time at Netscape, and tying together the products for a consistent look and feel across a suite of products that came out at the time called Netscape Communicator. Her move from Netscape to Yahoo!, and what went wrong for Yahoo! as a company trying to find its way. Her time at Google as we look at it from all angles. What was the state of design at Google before she joined and what were the changes she tried to implement as she brought human-centered design and practices to Google? Hiring strategies, staff training, and how design workshops ultimately became the Design Sprint at Google. What is design and what is a designer? And the role of the designer in venture capital. I think my greatest takeaway from this interview is this sense of hope that someone like Irene is able to walk into these very "techy" cultures and produce real change. And all it takes is really showing the value of the work and being willing to engage and promote better practices. I think Irene will be an inspiration to many non-engineers who find themselves in heavy engineering cultures and want to make a contribution. This conversation with Irene is one of many weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with thinkers, best-selling authors, designers, makers, scientists, impact entrepreneurs, and others who are working to change our world for the better. So please follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe. And now, let's jump right in with Irene Au. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [5:54] Life in the Present [7:08] Early Childhood Driving Forces [9:40] A Journey to Design [13:20] Entering Netscape [16:00] The Challenges of the Early Internet [19:23] A Transition From Netscape to Yahoo! [22:58] The Infrastructure of Yahoo! [30:14] Good Design Versus Bad Design [34:04] The Winners and the Failures [39:48] Infusing Design With Google [45:55] Design Thinking Workshops [52:13] A Sideways Career Move [58:35] What is Design Today? [1:05:26] The Human Meaning of Design [1:08:58] A Short Sermon EPISODE LINKS Irene's Links

Kreative Ideen in Meetings

Get ahead

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 9:31

Kreativ sein auf Knopfdruck! Tageszeit, Büroräume oder Videogespräche stehen der Inspiration dabei aber häufig im Weg. Wie soll man denn so neue Wege gehen und frische Lösungen entwickeln?! In dieser Episode zeigen euch eure Rhetorik- und Kommunikationstrainer Maximilian Mayer und Philipp Artmann Methoden, Übungen und Tipps, wie ihr in eurer nächsten Besprechung den richtigen Rahmen für Kreativität setzen könnt. Weitere spannende Folgen rund um Rhetorik und Führung findest du hier in deiner Podcast-App oder ganz einfach unter www.getahead-podcast.de Solltest du Fragen oder Anregungen haben, schreib uns doch gerne an kontakt@getahead-podcast.de Quellen: Knapp, J., Zeratsky, J., & Kowitz, B. (2016). *Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days*. Simon and Schuster. Siebel, C. (2021). *Wilde Workshop Spiele: Für Trainings und Meetings mit Online- und Offline-Spielen*. Intro/Outro: Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 790923

S9E19: Consulting to Product Management - How Cara Made the Transition

Strategy Simplified

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 41:52

If you're considering moving from consulting to product management, this interview is for you!We're excited to featured Cara Jefferson's story, because not only did she break into consulting at Bain & Company, but she then transitioned into a product management role with Walmart Data Ventures.Cara shares her journey, an overview of product management, differences between consulting and PM, how to break into both, and more. Relevant LinksOverview of product management: PM OverviewBook 1:1 PM coaching session with Cara: Book with Cara Receive more product management content: PM ContentPurchase PM interview coaching: CoachingApply to Link to L.E.K.: Apply NowSign up for Strategy Sprint (1-week virtual consulting project): Learn More/ApplyRecommended Reading Cracking the PM interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology (book): Learn MoreSprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days (book): Learn MoreConnect With Us Follow Management Consulted on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok for the latest updates and industry insights. Email the Strategy Simplified team at podcast@managementconsulted.com with any questions or feedback. Partner with us by sponsoring an episode or advertising on Strategy Simplified. Check out our Media Kit for more information.

Mastering onboarding | Lauryn Isford (Head of Growth at Airtable)

Free Time with Jenny Blake

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 64:20

Brought to you by Public—Invest in stocks, treasuries, crypto, and more: https://public.com/lenny | Miro—A collaborative visual platform where your best work comes to life: https://miro.com/lenny | Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments: https://www.geteppo.com/—Lauryn Isford is a product growth leader and practitioner, who most recently led Growth at Airtable, and is about to start something new

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#3 - Jake Knapp. Design Sprint

Gradienty

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 21:35

Jake Knapp to jeden z głównych twórców procesu projektowego "Design Sprint". Dotychczas tysiące zespołów na całym świecie przeprowadziło sprinty w startupach (jak Slack i Airbnb), dużych firmach (jak LEGO i Google), agencjach (jak IDEO i McKinsey), szkołach (jak Stanford i Columbia), rządach (jak Wielka Brytania i miasto Chicago), a nawet muzeach (jak British Museum i Smithsonian).Materiał opracowany na podstawie książki:Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz, Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, Gliwice, "Wydawnictwo HELION", 2016Muzyka wykorzystana w odcinku:morning glow by foxxy mulderr | https://www.foxxymulderr.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

155: How to Run Strategy Sprints + Scale by Certifying Coaches with Simon Severino

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 43:32

What's the right thing to do, and how do we do it quickly? In this conversation with Strategy Sprints founder Simon Severino, we cover: Why you shouldn't start with your ideal avatar; setting daily, weekly, and monthly strategy planning (and measuring) habits; how he scales his business through certified Strategy Sprints® Coaches; creating self-healing loops, and greater resilience by tying roles to revenue. More About Simon: Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and services discover how to be able to run their company more efficiently, which results in sales that soar. Simon is the CEO and founder of Strategy Sprints which is a global team of certified Strategy Sprints® Coaches that offers a customized strategy to help clients gain market share and work in weekly sprints, which results in fast execution. He is also the host of the Strategy Sprints podcast, a Forbes Business Council Member, an Entrepreneur Magazine contributor, and a Duke Corporate Education member.

SPRINT (Solve Big Problems And Test New Ideas In Just Five Days)

Tamil Short Stories - Under the tree

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 8:13

"Under the Tree" is an initiative to re - live the child hood and our lives by relating to stories by great writers of yesteryears. The objective is to rekindle the interest of reading and showcase the Indian authors work which give rebirth to the tradition, culture. Spiritual series that is rich in Indian ethos along with Management aspects increase positivity which is much needed always..

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How Snyk built a product-led growth juggernaut | Ben Williams (VP of Product at Snyk)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 91:34

Ben Williams is VP of Product at Snyk, an industry-leading security platform for developers, last valued at $8.5b. He's also a product and growth advisor with over 20 years of experience building and scaling high-performing product and growth teams. Through product-led growth, product-led sales, and community, Snyk rapidly scaled and won over the lucrative developer audience. In today's episode, Ben shares the successful growth levers that helped Snyk get started, all of the details of how Snyk has structured their growth, product, and marketing teams and set them up for success in terms of cross-collaboration—and also how their initial plan for self-serve monetization fell flat. We go into Ben's many useful tips for product-led growth, including his thoughts on free vs. paid versions, trials, and how to build amazing growth teams.—Where to find Ben Williams:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticben• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/semanticben/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Coda: https://coda.io/lenny• Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lenny• Vanta: https://vanta.com/lenny—Referenced:• Snyk: https://snyk.io/• Weekly Team Impact & Learnings Review Template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GibNaJ4aONgp5Kg824NCionr1citHIDk3FLvMdkpX_Q/edit?usp=share_link• Monthly Group Impact & Learnings Review Template: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nQ18OTuRtc8urBnUWEObD_BlfdGDKlDDMFg8-G2GK7E/edit?usp=share_link• Experiment Plan Template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18LiGXKphGe1tUpZCQA20i4bJqf-S3kDbYnY4Pls_9kQ/edit?usp=share_link• Vision & Mission Framework: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CiRwscu-50lBr2c7yRLY_zXVzv5DCnYqNnS5Au83WC8/edit?usp=share_link• Ed Sim's newsletter: https://whatshot.substack.com/• Tamar Yehoshua on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tyehoshua• Julian Shapiro on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/growth-tactics-retention-strategies-and-becoming-a-better-writer-julian-shapiro-demand-curve-hyper-webflow-techcrunch/• Annie Duke's website: https://www.annieduke.com/• Elena Verna on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/elena-verna-on-how-b2b-growth-is-changing-product-led-growth-product-led-sales-why-you-should-go-freemium-not-trial-what-features-to-make-free-and-much-more/• Growth loops: https://www.reforge.com/blog/growth-loops• Brian Balfour on using learnings: https://brianbalfour.com/growth-machine/maximize-learning• Adam Fishman on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/videos/how-to-build-a-high-performing-growth-team-adam-fishman-patreon-lyft-imperfect-foods/• Amplitude: https://amplitude.com/• FullStory: https://www.fullstory.com/• User Interviews: https://www.userinterviews.com/• User Testing: https://www.usertesting.com/• Sprig: https://sprig.com/surveys• Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/home/toolkit• How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of “Intangibles” in Business: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470110120/• Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days: https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Solve-Problems-Test-Ideas/dp/150112174X• Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078QSCM3V/• This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race: https://www.amazon.com/This-They-Tell-World-Ends/dp/1635576059• Acquired podcast: https://www.acquired.fm/• Turning Red on Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/turning-red/4mFPCXJi7N2m• Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO: https://www.hbo.com/curb-your-enthusiasm• Christine Itwaru's blog: https://prodops.blog/—In this episode, we cover:(04:44) Ben's background(07:27) What is Snyk, and what's the current scale?(08:45) Why Ben joined Snyk(09:29) How Snyk got their first 100 users(15:14) How Snyk used developer conferences and in-person meet-ups to launch(19:23) How Snyk used GitHub as a growth lever(23:50) Snyk Advisor, and other growth loops Snyk successfully used(26:56) Snyk's failed attempt at self-serve monetization(31:21) How to win the hearts and minds of developers(33:38) How adding sales and marketing teams helped Snyk gain momentum(35:11) The evolution of Snyk's growth team(37:26) Snyk's key areas of growth and how Ben solved tension between teams(39:32) What is Snyk's decision science team?(40:59) Why Snyk has a growth marketer embedded on each team(43:39) The importance of having an amazing SEO person(46:21) Advice on building growth teams(51:32) Ben's vision and mission framework(53:53) More on the growth process and experimentation(56:04) Using learnings as a path to impact(57:32) Growth strategy(1:02:26) Data in growth teams(1:06:33) How Snyk socializes learnings(1:10:05) How Snyk structures their product org(1:13:15) Free vs. paid features and how to approach trials(1:18:57) Activation milestones at Snyk(1:23:05) The most valuable tools for Snyk's growth team(1:25:21) Lightning round—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

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062. Vicki Tan: Intuition and Bias

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 69:17

TODAY'S GUEST Vicki Tan is a Product Designer, a public speaker, a student of Behavioral Psychology, and a dog mom based in Brooklyn. She currently works at Spotify, and has previously worked at Headspace, Lyft, and Google. She cares deeply about the human aspects of design, and the insights that data cannot provide. In her spare time, she's working on an illustrated book on cognitive bias. We spoke in mid-July 2022, and I was excited to talk to Vicki because she's been at the center of designing some really delightful digital experiences in Headspace, Lyft, and Spotify, and has given interesting talks on the complex interactions of data, logic, and creativity. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: How Vicki got into design by forging notes for school. Studying Behavioral Psychology, and using that lens in design. Her early work in psychological research. How she found her way into Google. The importance of cognitive ability in hiring practices. The unique culture at Headspace. The challenges of designing a meditation app. The role of intuition in design and our overreliance on data. What finding umami means to her. Her book in the works on cognitive bias. Self-coherence as a way to help our own cognitive bias. And dreams as a blueprint for reality. One of my favorite things about being a product designer is meeting other product designers. There is something about the open-mindedness, mindfulness, optimism, and interdisciplinary interests that seem to be a recurring pattern and which make the best product designers a real delight to talk to. And Vicki is no different. This conversation is one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with top designers, thinkers, makers, authors, and activists who are working to change our world for the better. So please follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to RemakePod.org to subscribe. And now, let's jump right in with Vicki Tan. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [4:18] Life in the Present [8:35] Childhood Rebellion [12:17] A Journey to Behavioral Psychology [15:15] A Career Path [19:02] Hiring Decision Factors [21:38] A Pivot to Designer [25:35] Lyft, Headspace, and Spotify [29:25] The Culture at Headspace [37:04] Designing With Intuition [40:23] Finding Umami [47:52] Gentle Chaos [56:47] Cognitive Bias [1:05:20] A Short Sermon EPISODE LINKS Vicki's Links

Promoting Creativity and Innovation in Business with Dr. Britt Andreatta

PCTY Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 20:34 Transcription Available

Description: Ideas are the lifeblood of every organization. They keep things fresh, exciting, and relevant. But where do these ideas come from? With the ever-changing landscape of the modern world, organizations must constantly adapt and evolve to stay ahead of the competition. This means promoting creativity and innovation in business at all levels of the workplace. Listen in as Britt Andreatta and host Shari Simpson talk about the connection brain science has in fostering creativity and innovation. Guest: Dr. Britt Andreatta, Chief Executive Officer at Brain Aware Training and former Chief Learning Officer for Lynda.com Dr. Andreatta is an internationally recognized thought leader who uses her background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and education to create brain-science-based solutions for today's workplace challenges. Britt is the former CLO for Lynda.com (LinkedIn Learning) and has over 10 million views worldwide of her online courses. She regularly consults with organizations on leadership development and learning strategy. Britt is the author of several books on the brain science of success, including Wired to Grow, Wired to Resist, and Wired to Connect. In 2021, she was named a Top 20 Learning Influencer and a Top 20 HR Influencer for Leadership Development and in 2022, a Top 10 Learning Influencer. Mentioned in the episode: The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain by John Kounios Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp and Website Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness by Frederic Laloux

The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 59:50

What are common diseases of product teams, and how do you avoid them? How do you maintain your product mojo? Why should you focus less on problem discovery and more on solution discovery? After working as a product leader for over 20 years, Marty Cagan started Silicon Valley Product Group to help product teams operate at a higher level. In this conversation, Marty shares what Steve Jobs can teach you about building product, how to structure your teams for innovation, how to improve your product culture, which trends in PM to ignore, and much more. After this, you'll never think about building teams the same way. Join us.—Where to find Marty Kagan:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cagan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cagan/• SVPG: https://www.svpg.com/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for making this episode possible:• Whimsical: https://whimsical.com/lenny• Flatfile: https://www.flatfile.com/lenny• Modern Treasury: https://www.moderntreasury.com/—Referenced:• The Nature of Product: https://www.svpg.com/the-nature-of-product/• Devolving From Good To Bad: https://www.svpg.com/devolving-from-good-to-bad/• Shreyas Doshi: https://www.shreyasrdoshi.com/• The Lost Interview: https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Lost-Interview/dp/B01IJD1BES• Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value by Theresa Torres: https://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Discovery-Habits-Discover-Products/dp/1736633309• Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp: https://www.amazon.com/Sprint-Solve-Problems-Test-Ideas/dp/1442397683—In this episode, we cover:[03:46] The biggest misconceptions about what a good product team does and looks like [07:49] The qualities that separate the best product teams[16:20] The downfall of innovation in great product teams[17:43] The gap between the best and the rest[19:23] The pitfalls product teams can fall into[27:46] The role of user research in building a great product[35:26] What individual contributors can do to shift product culture[41:04] How PM's can set themselves up for success when trying to change product culture[44:06] How product management is changing -one of the most common[55:33] The pitfalls Marty warns to watch out for in product management—Production and marketing: https://penname.co/ Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

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Why Crowdfunding Is A Perfect Method to Test New Ideas

Art of the Kickstart

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 26:36

In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Will Ranscombe, Founder of Tend Deep. Formerly in the investment banking and asset management industry, Will was looking for a change of pace when he was inspired to design Tend Deep. What started as a simple conversation in 2020 turned into a tendinopathy tool that utilizes vibrations to alleviate pain. Listen now to learn how Will and the rest of the Tend Deep team prototyped and prepped Tend Deep for crowdfunding. Short on time? Here's what we talked about. A chance meeting with a successful soccer club team's physiotherapist sparked the idea behind Tend Deep. By focusing on vibrations, the team developed a new way to treat tendon pain. The Tend Deep team introduced their product through physiotherapists and friends but transitioned to crowdfunding to hone in on where their product might be most popular and with whom. Having an in-house designer has allowed the team iterate the product and incorporate the things. Will emphasizes how beginning marketing efforts don't need to cost a fortune but can help you find your niche. Links Pre-order Tend Deep Note: As an Amazon Associate, Art of the Kickstart may earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by ProductHype, the leading crowdfunding newsletter. Publishing weekly, ProductHype showcases five of the best, most innovative and exciting crowdfunding projects in an absurdly unique way. Their audience of more than 300,000 crowdfunding fans regularly back featured products and eagerly awaits the newsletter to learn about the new ideas that creators are bringing to market. Learn more about having your project featured in ProductHype, or join the HypeSquad today! Transcript View this episode's transcript Roy Morejon: Welcome entrepreneurs and startups to Art of the Kickstart. The show that every entrepreneur needs to listen to before you launch. I'm your host Roy Morejon, president and founder of Enventys Partners. The world's only turnkey product launch company. From product development and engineering to omnichannel marketing, we've helped our clients launch thousands of interventions, and earn more than $1 billion in sales over the past 20 years. Each week, I interview a startup success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your launch to the next level. Roy Morejon: This show would not be possible without our main sponsor ProductHype, the weekly newsletter that goes out, and shows you the best inventions that just launched. Make sure to check out producthype.co and join the hype squad. Now let's get on with the show. Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am super excited because I am speaking with the founder of Tend Deep, Mr. Will Ranscombe. After starting his career, Will was in investment banking and asset management, which was way too boring for him. And he went on to be the CEO of Click for five years. Roy Morejon: And while under control of Click it quadrupled its revenues and went from a loss making to a profitable organization, getting prepared for sale. Will's also managed the commercial side of Audo Design taking on the international OEM manufacturing for the likes of Logitech and BW. And now he's on his show with a recently launched, very soon launched on Indiegogo called Tend Deep. Will thank you so much for joining us today on Art of the Kickstart. Mr. Will Ranscombe: Hey Roy. Well, yeah, thanks very much for having me on with the kind words. Yeah. Great day to be on here because Tend's live on Indiegogo started today. Already seeing some sales coming in, so pretty happy, and yeah, really excited to talk to you about it. Roy Morejon: Absolutely. Well, I'm super excited. I know the audience is going to have a great amount of information to download on this one. So let's go all the way back.

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053. Irene Au: Bridging Design and Technology

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 70:35

TODAY'S GUEST Irene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with early-, mid-, and late-stage startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the strategic value of design and user research within software companies through better methods, practices, processes, leadership, talent, and quality. Irene has unprecedented experience elevating the strategic importance of design within technology companies, having built and led the entire User Experience and Design teams at Google, Yahoo!, and Udacity. She began her career as an interaction designer at Netscape Communications, where she worked on the design of the internet's first commercial web browser. Irene also teaches yoga at Avalon Yoga Center in Palo Alto where she is among the teacher training program faculty and is a frequent author and speaker on mindfulness practices, design, and creativity. An adjunct lecturer at Stanford University, she teaches product design in the mechanical engineering department. Irene also serves as a trustee for the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design. Irene authored the definitive O'Reilly book, Design in Venture Capital, and her popular essays can be found on Medium. She has been featured in WIRED magazine, Fast Company magazine, CommArts magazine, and on the cover of Mindful magazine. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Developing listening skills as an introspective child, and how feeling like an outsider helped her develop those skills. Her electrical engineering studies, and her transition into looking at how technology influences society and people and how we live. Her time at Netscape, and tying together the products for a consistent look and feel across a suite of products that came out at the time called Netscape Communicator. Her move from Netscape to Yahoo!, and what went wrong for Yahoo! as a company trying to find its way. Her time at Google as we look at it from all angles. What was the state of design at Google before she joined and what were the changes she tried to implement as she brought human-centered design and practices to Google? Hiring strategies, staff training, and how design workshops ultimately became the Design Sprint at Google. What is design and what is a designer? And the role of the designer in venture capital. I think my greatest takeaway from this interview is this sense of hope that someone like Irene is able to walk into these very "techy" cultures and produce real change. And all it takes is really showing the value of the work and being willing to engage and promote better practices. I think Irene will be an inspiration to many non-engineers who find themselves in heavy engineering cultures and want to make a contribution. This conversation with Irene is one of many weekly conversations we already have lined up for you with thinkers, best-selling authors, designers, makers, scientists, impact entrepreneurs, and others who are working to change our world for the better. So please follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe. And now, let's jump right in with Irene Au. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [5:54] Life in the Present [7:08] Early Childhood Driving Forces [9:40] A Journey to Design [13:20] Entering Netscape [16:00] The Challenges of the Early Internet [19:23] A Transition From Netscape to Yahoo! [22:58] The Infrastructure of Yahoo! [30:14] Good Design Versus Bad Design [34:04] The Winners and the Failures [39:48] Infusing Design With Google [45:55] Design Thinking Workshops [52:13] A Sideways Career Move [58:35] What is Design Today? [1:05:26] The Human Meaning of Design [1:08:58] A Short Sermon EPISODE LINKS Irene's Links

043. John Zeratsky: Designing Time

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 79:00

TODAY'S GUEST John Zeratsky is a bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time, and has reached millions with articles in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Harvard Business Review, Wired, Fast Company, and other outlets. He's a former Design Partner at GV (Google Ventures), where he developed a Design Sprint methodology alongside former guest of the podcast, Jake Knapp, and where he supported many of GV's most successful investments, including Slack, One Medical, and Blue Bottle Coffee. Before that, John was a design leader for YouTube, Google Ads, and FeedBurner. Today, John is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Character, a venture fund where he supports technology startups with capital and sprints. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: His childhood, where he learned a strong orientation towards service being a boy scout, and where he learned that he doesn't have to accept the way things are, that he can challenge the status quo. His career as a designer before getting into GV, first working at FeedBurner, then after the acquisition by Google, working at Google Ads, and eventually leading design on the YouTube Channels feature at YouTube. We also discuss: The particulars of being a designer at Google at the time, where he felt like he had to present hard data and actually learn how to code to even get a seat at the table. His time at GV, where he was brought in as a successful designer at YouTube to help portfolio companies benefit from his design experience alongside the other design partners, which eventually led to the creation and iteration of the Design Sprint. Their process of writing Sprint and Make Time, and how they treated it like any other design process. Character, their new venture fund, and John's idea of starting a fund as a way to create alignment again, between him as a designer and the companies he serves. This conversation with John is one of a dozen or so weekly conversations we have lined up for you with thinkers, designers, makers, authors, entrepreneurs, impact investors, and more, who are working to change our world for the better. So follow this podcast on your favorite podcast app, or head over to remakepod.org to subscribe. And now let's jump right in with John Zeratsky. TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [4:27] Life During Covid [9:13] Early Childhood Guiding Forces [12:35] Alignment and Incentives [16:19] A Tech Journey [30:42] On Being a Designer [36:22] On Being a Designer at a VC [42:54] Making Investment Decisions [49:22] The Evolution of the Design Sprint [56:16] Scaling the Portfolio [1:00:52] The Creation of Sprint [1:06:26] The Creation of Make Time [1:09:49] Building Character [1:16:22] A Short Sermon EPISODE LINKS John's Links

7. Identifying your high ROI CX initiatives using Design Thinking with Rod Netterfield @ Griffith University

Insightful Leaders

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 37:29

Show notes:Guest: Rod NetterfieldGet in touch with Rod: LinkedInAdam's recommended read:Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five DaysThe Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact

Rapidly validating & testing new ideas w/ John Zeratsky

The Art Of Entrepreneurship

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 13:27

In this episode of Startup Survival, I'm joined by John Zeratsky, one of the co-authors of two books that had a huge impact on me as an entrepreneur: Sprint and Make Time. I was immediately obsessed with the ideas in Sprint about how to test and validate my business ideas in just five days. I see a lot of startup owners that don't do enough research and testing before they launch—mostly out of fear. But the testing process is necessary for success. John and I talk through the basics of a sprint, the importance of a “fake it til you make it” mindset, and practical tips for testing your ideas. At the end of the episode, John shares his advice for tackling the tasks that feel scary and making them feel more manageable. About John ZeratskyJohn Zeratsky is a co-founder and general partner at Character, bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time, and former design partner at GV. Previously, John was a design leader for YouTube, Google Ads, and FeedBurner, which was acquired by Google in 2007. Connect with John: https://johnzeratsky.com/ (Website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzeratsky/ (LinkedIn) https://twitter.com/jazer (Twitter) If you like this episode, check out these resources.Book: https://www.thesprintbook.com/book (Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days) Podcast: https://www.jackiehermes.com/podcast/3-biggest-mistakes-i-made-building-a-company (3 biggest mistakes I made building a company) Blog: https://www.jackiehermes.com/blog/start-even-if-its-not-perfect (Start. Even if it's not perfect. ) More about the show: http://www.jackiehermes.com/podcast (www.jackiehermes.com/podcast) Hit me up! https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/linkedin (LinkedIn) https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/instagram (Instagram) https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/tiktok (TikTok) https://the-art-of-entrepreneurship.captivate.fm/website (Website)

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Season 2: Episode 17 - Designing Schools with Dr. Sabba Quidwai

consideranew (+ Season 2 cohost, Dr. Jane Shore of School of Thought)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 32:56

Sabba believes cultures of innovation begin with a culture of empathy. Her journey took her from being a high school teacher to education executive at Apple. Dr. Quidwai now works with organizations to design schools that give young people the mindset and skills to thrive in workplaces and as global citizens. Sabba hosts the podcast, "Designing Schools," and is releasing a documentary based on her research about design thinking in Summer 2022. References from this episode: Dr. Sabba Quidwai (https://designingschools.org/, sabba@designingschools.org, https://www.instagram.com/askmsq/) Dr. Sharon Ravitch (https://twitter.com/SharonRavitch) Michael Polanyi (LINK) "Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?" by Seth Godin (LINK) "Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days" by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, & Braden Kowitz (LINK) "Designing Schools: The Future is a Place We Create" - the documentary (LINK) "The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future" by Steve Case (LINK) Collective effervescence (LINK) Connect: Michael Crawford, PhD (https://twitter.com/mjcraw), (https://www.mjcraw.com) Dr. Jane Shore (https://twitter.com/shorejaneshore) School of Thought (https://schoolofthought.substack.com/) Revolution School (https://revolutionschool.org/) Community of Thought Gatherings (https://www.paispa.org/community-of-thought-gatherings) Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS) (https://www.paispa.org/) Michael Lipset, PhD of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/) Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)

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How tech companies bring new ideas to life

Tech for Non-Techies

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 21:38

If you have an idea for a new product in a traditional business, you will probably have to work on an extensive plan before you do anything else. This is not how it works in tech companies. When the likes of Airbnb and Slack bring new apps or features to market, they use the Sprint Method. It is a methodology developed by Google Ventures to bring new ideas to life and test them quickly and cheaply. Learn how this works in this podcast. Learning notes from this episode: The aim of a sprint is to test an idea for a new product to find out whether it is worth investing more money in. For example, you can use a sprint to test an idea for an app by creating a prototype. If users like what you've made, only then should you hire developers. Each sprint should focus on one idea to test. Do not try to test multiple ideas in one sprint. To figure out where the biggest risks in a new idea lie, ask yourself: if this time in a year, this project failed, why would it have done so? A sprint team contains 5 – 7 people with different backgrounds. Only one should be an engineer, the rest should come from marketing, finance, design and more. This is because the sprint is about testing whether the product needs to exist, not how to build it. Get the Google Ventures book Sprint: How To Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days To learn the core concepts you need to succeed in tech as a non-techie, sign up for: FREE TRAINING: How To Speak Tech For Leaders Live training and Q&A on 26 & 27 January. Places are limited. Join the Tech for Non-Techies membership community. As a community member, you'll get: Monthly coaching with Sophia Matveeva Live masterclasses with global experts Supportive Online Community Library of masterclasses Exclusive Resources & Perks Learn more and sign up at https://www.techfornontechies.co/membership Say hi to Sophia on Twitter. Following us on Facebook and Instagram will make you smarter.

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EP 149 | John Zeratsky (Character) - Using Design Sprints to increase retention.

CHURN.FM

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 36:41

Today on the show we have John Zeratsky, Co-Founder of Character, and the best-selling co-author of Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days.In this episode, we talked about John's time at Google Ventures, and how they helped hundreds of early-stage startups find product-market-fit using Design Sprints. John then talked about how they first came up with the idea for Design Sprints and why they followed on to develop the process further and productize it into a book.We then went over the different stages of a design sprint and discussed how using this model can help companies increase retention. As usual, I'm excited to hear what you think of this episode, and if you have any feedback, I would love to hear from you. You can email me directly on Andrew@churn.fm. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter.

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Alternative Approaches To Professional Learning - E069

The EduGals Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 38:06

This week, we are discussing new and innovative approaches to professional learning. During COVID, professional learning has taken quite a backseat. So we'll go over our current struggles we're experiencing as well as possible ideas and solutions to bring back and reimagine what professional learning could look like going forward.If you like what you hear, we would love it if you could share this episode with a colleague or friend. And make sure you subscribe so that you don't miss out on any new content! And consider supporting the show by buying us a coffee or two!We would love to hear from you – leave a comment on our website OR check out our FLIPGRID!Featured Content**For detailed show notes, please visit our website at https://edugals.com/69**Struggles:TIME! Everything is outside of school hours or during lunchAvailability of supply teachers is an issueLunches are taken up by so many meetings, other commitmentsModified semester format is not helping - everyone is exhausted!Teaching Loss is real - Tom Schimmer Podcast episode with Pav WanderEquity of access to professional learningBalance between work and life (our time is valuable)Ideas/Solutions:Use your board staff - coaches, instructional program leaders, itinerant teachers, etcAsk for release time from your admin (most schools have $$ for PD)Keep learning sessions short, 30 minutes maximumSharing resources online such as community building activitiesTiming of learning sessions - finding a time that works for everyone is tough!Record the sessions as an option (be careful with this if you want discussion)Record a recap/summary video after the session instead as a workaroundRachel's bite-sized learning plan with Katie's input:Create one-pagers with an instructional video, exemplars, practice, extra resources, optional feedback/collaborative databaseModern Classrooms Project approachMust Do's - Learn and Explore; Should Do's - Try and Share; and Aspire To Do's - Dive DeeperLots of choice and entry points for educatorsTracking & Collaboration - EdPuzzle open class, Google Form, Interactive Questions in ScreencastifyInteractive questions in EdPuzzle - audio responses for open-ended responses, keep questions to a minimumGoogle Form submission - add a teaching resource to our database, get feedback, optional further supportAdd lots of options for feedback, collaboration, support for teachersOpen office hours drop in sessions or Twitter chats (Tweet from @ESL_Fairy)Connect educators with each other (Tweet from Brian Aspinall)Optional Teaching SprintsSprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days BookSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/edugals)

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RERUN: How the Design Sprint Was Born

Bookey App 30 mins Book Summaries Knowledge Notes and More

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 108:45

REVISITING EPISODE 004: Jake Knapp is one of the most influential product designers living today. Formerly a product designer at Microsoft, Google, and Google Ventures, he's the creator of the Design Sprint process, which transformed the way hundreds of enterprises and thousands of designers around the world approach new product design. He is also a bestselling author of two books, Sprint, and Make Time. EPISODE SUMMARY In this conversation we talk about: Surviving Covid and chaos Finding positivity in hard things Jake's childhood and the sense of possibility What is Design? Problem-solving or gooey rainbows? What's broken with how companies approach new products? How did the idea of the Design Sprint come about? How to explain Design Sprints to an unsuspecting person Writing a science-fiction novel, resistance We also discuss: Dogs Spiders in Thailand Quotes on the Internet US Presidential History The ReMarkable Tablet, and more TIMESTAMP CHAPTERS [2:59] Life During Covid [13:45] The Art of Political Speaking [19:53] Reclaiming Design [24:50] Childhood Magic [34:00] Creating Possibility Amidst Walls of Reality [46:55] Revolutionary Shifts and the Birth of the Design Sprint [1:04:10] The Growth of the Design Sprint [1:14:50] Core Ideas of the Sprint [1:20:23] Building Decision Making [1:26:14] The Motive Behind Deadlines [1:32:26] Passion Projects and Parenting EPISODE LINKS Jake's Links

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 11:48

Today we will unlock the book Sprint. This book is about a trial method used by Google Venture or GV. The technique deploys repeated substitutions to drill down to determine the essential offer of new products or services in the GV company portfolio.

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22 | Hiring a Designer or Getting Your First UI / UX Job

COMPRESSEDfm

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 41:35

In this episode, Amy and James talk about all the components that make up a good designer. If you're hiring, how to interview a designer and what to look for. Or, if you're trying to land your first design job, what to expect in the interview processSponsorsVercelVercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.For more information, visit Vercel.comZEAL is hiring!ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world's most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careersDatoCMSDatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."For more information, visit datocms.comShow Notes0:00 Introduction5:10 Interviewing as a Designer / Hiring a Designer5:43 Job TitlesGraphic DesignerUIUXProduct DesignerMarketing Designer9:23 Career PathsJuniorSeniorArt DirectorCreative DirectorThe Making of a Manager by Julie Zhou12:46 Sponsor: DatoCMS13:39 Components that make up a great designer14:20 Design Process15:32 Visual Design16:49 Consulting and Communication17:49 User Experience Design18:05 ImplementationFree Code Camp20:18 Leadership and Mentoring21:07 Sponsor: ZEAL22:20 Business and Sales22:54 User Research23:35 Group FacilitationSprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days24:16 Product Thinking25:22 The importance of a Portfoliolooking for a specific kind of workwhat to do if you don't have work you can includebarteringDribbbleBehance30:06 Sponsor: Vercel31:21 Specific interview example33:59 Is it worth having a design degree?Episode 2: Amy's Origin Story36:15 Soft Skills: Are they a good culture fit?36:32 Resources for leveling up UI / UXRefactoring UIShift NudgeLearn, Build, Teach Discord ServerBeginnerTailwind.com38:59 Picks and Plugs39:30 James's Pick: Headphone Stand, USB Charger Combo40:12 James's Plug: James Q Quick on Twitch40:24 Amy's Pick: Wireless Charger from Anker40:52 Amy's Plug: SelfTeachme Twitch ChannelWeekdays, 9am - 10am CST

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EP10. Enterprise Design Sprints at scale with Caryn Gallis. Director of Experience Design, Culture & Training at Prudential Financial.

User Flows

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 38:07

Welcome back to UserFlows Podcast on July 20, my name is Thomas Morrell and I'll be your host. This is a show where we talk UX Design and Careers. I interview other designers about their journey into the field of User Experience Design and how they've thrived in their roles. Share some tips and information you can use to advance your own career in the field.Today, I'm speaking with a past colleague, friend, and all-around amazing person. Caryn Gallis is a Director of Experience Design specializing in Culture & Training. Caryn is also a professor of design at Keen University in New Jersey. I first met Caryn in my first week working at Prudential Financial. A big project I was hired for hadn't kicked off yet, but Caryn and UserFlows podcast guest Brian Evans from episode #2 were working on putting together a training deck for the team at Prudential on how to Facilitate Design Sprints. They presented me with the idea of creating a fake project in order to use as the training material source. It was a really fun project and ultimately an amazing way for me to be introduced to Design Sprints. An activity I use often in my own design process now.For those of you who don't know, Design Sprints are a fantastic 3 - 5 day design workshop meant to take a companies ideas from zero to prototype within a very short timeframe. They are highly collaborative, fast-paced and are a great way of getting ideas in front of your audience without spending months or years building the wrong product first. They were started by ex-Google Ventures member Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz. They made their findings into a fantastic book. “Design Sprints, How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days”. For all the hype around design sprints, at least from my perspective, the hype is well deserved.Since helping Brian and Caryn create the training material for sprinting at Prudential. I was fortunate enough to go through their training program and facilitate six design sprints while at Prudential. All were hugely beneficial to the projects I was working on and a transformational moment in my own career. Having tools like this to help your team navigate through or break up continuous cycles of non-decision are a fantastic way to help your team push past where so many others get stuck.Caryn is an integrative thinker who thrives on solving the big picture while remaining focused on relevant details through every stage of the assignment. She seeks to understand the user's needs while keeping the business goals in alignment.Caryn and I discuss her career and transition from designing children's toys to UX design. What are design sprints? When to use a design sprint and possibly more importantly when not to use a design sprint. She'll take us through her process of selling Design Sprints in a large enterprise organization and how she went from a comment in an interview to scaling design sprint training to well over 500 members of her organization.She shares some great tips around keeping a Design Sprint best practices wiki. Connecting with the decider of your sprint beforehand in order to ground them in their role. She also shares some great tips and advice for new designers looking to get into the field.If you are new to the show or if you haven't already. Please subscribe to User Flows wherever you listen to Podcasts. Share this show or any of the others with your audience, friends, family, or anyone you know who's interested in a career in the field.Thank you so much for listening or reading :) and I hope you enjoy the show.TM

Sprint

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 15:13

Resenha do livro “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days (Tradução livre: “Sprint — como resolver grandes problemas e testar novas ideias em apenas cinco dias“), de Jake Knapp. O link para a resenha escrita está aqui. O link para o episódio sobre o tema no Berlim Tech Talks está aqui.

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Strategic vs. Tactical Decisions and Actions with Adam Ulery

Agile Coaches' Corner

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 28:27

This week, Dan Neumann is joined by return guest, and Senior Consultant in AgileThought's Innovate line of service, Adam Ulery! Adam is a perpetually curious, continuous learner who is always willing to encourage others to try new things (as he very often does himself). He is very focused on helping organizations clarify and meet their business outcomes, and he loves to help companies become resilient and rediscover their curiosity. In this episode, they are exploring the topic of strategic vs. tactical decisions and actions in agility. Adam explains why it is important to make this distinction; why, as leaders, we need to be focused on strategy more than tactics; the key differences between a strategic and tactical perspective; and tips, techniques, and advice for navigating strategy vs. tactics. Key Takeaways Why is it important to distinguish between strategic vs. tactical decisions and actions? With the distinction, leaders will often focus too much on the tactics and not enough on the strategy or strategic duties Organizations are often focused on the tactical details of what's happening in their business and less on the strategy — distinguishing between the two allow for a more healthy/appropriate balance Why is focusing more on tactics rather than strategy bad? What are common anti-patterns? As a leader, you shouldn't be too involved in the micro-details of what to do to fix an issue (instead, let the people closest to the work do the work) As a leader, you should be focusing on the higher-level leadership activities rather than getting granular on what the experts should be doing on a micro-level If you're too focused on the details of what your team is doing, you're slowing down the decision-making Employees that are being watched/queried by a higher-level leader are going to end up slowing down and deferring to them to make decisions where they don't need to (which eventually leads to demotivation down the line) If the leader continues to operate in this way (of micro-managing) the employees don't have the time to cultivate and nurture the competencies and higher skills needed to be self-sufficient Focusing on tactics more takes eyes off of meeting the strategic outcomes that are desired Instead of focusing on: “Does the team have the right priorities?” focus on: “Is what we're putting out to market this month aligned with our organizational goals?” Leaders should be focusing on higher-level things (i.e. business outcomes and ensuring they are aligned to the organization's strategy) Focusing on tactics as a leader also takes eyes off of improving the system in which people are working (for example: building customer loyalty by delivering what they need quickly and reliably) If leaders are focusing on embracing technical excellence and the small details of how to actually get those activities coordinated and executed on, then they're not focusing on the higher-level strategy of building customer loyalty or the long-term view If leaders are getting in the trenches and focusing on low-level things, it distracts them from being able to think about long-range goals The differences between a strategic and tactical perspective: A tactical perspective is shorter-range and a strategic perspective is longer-range If you're a leader, you add value by executing on the strategy, creating vision, and growing your people On the operational level, you add value by “doing the thing”/executing on deliverables Neither is better than the other; it's just about how you want to add value, where you're focusing, and where you want to spend your time Tips for how to navigate strategy vs. tactics: Leaders need to work on their fears associated with letting go of control and do what they need to do in order to let others take control and be self-sufficient Leaders need to enable and equip their people by making sure that they are competent and skilled before they take control (if you give control at the wrong point, you risk massive downsides) As a leader, allow your people to be accountable (and teach them how to be accountable); and as they build their skills, competencies, and they're able to take over; let them be accountable As a leader, it is your duty to make sure that everyone knows what the strategy is and that they understand it (because it is hard to align to a strategy if you don't know what it is) Do introspection, self-study, look in and analyze your own behavior and actions as a leader — are you too “in the weeds” with tactics? Mentioned in this Episode: Adam Ulery's LinkedIn Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders, by L. David Marquet Agile Coaches' Corner Ep. 135: “Exploring Velocity: What is It? How Do We Measure It? How Can We Leverage It?” Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days, by Jake Knapp Stanford d.school Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!

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Leveraging Open Source Hardware To Test New Ideas – Scott Christianson

Tech Leader Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 33:08

On this episode, I have a fun discussion with Scott Christianson. Scott is an Associate Teaching Professor of management at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri. Scott's interests are focused on the impact of emerging technology on society and human well-being. Prior to joining the college, he was a business owner with decades of experience in videoconferencing technology, project management, and information technology. “This is a great time to learn on your own.” – Scott Christianson Today on the Tech Leader Talk podcast: - How to start using open source hardware in your business - A student's project that used open source hardware to prototype a “calving collar” for cows - What Scott enjoys most about working in the academic world - New platforms for flexible learning (remote, in-person, and hybrid) Resources Mentioned: Arist (training platform): https://arist.co/ Scott's Newsletter: https://frtech.substack.com/welcome Instructables: https://www.instructables.com/ Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc/ Raspberrypi: https://www.raspberrypi.org/ Adafruit: https://www.adafruit.com/ SparkFun: https://www.sparkfun.com/ Connect with Scott: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottchristianson/ Website: https://www.christiansonjs.com/ Thanks for listening! Be sure to get your free copy of Steve's latest book, Cracking the Patent Code, and discover his proven system for identifying and protecting your most valuable inventions. Get the book at https://stevesponseller.com/book.

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Episode 40 - Re:Work - en guldgrube af organisatorisk viden

To Agility And Beyond

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 59:37

I denne episode sætter Ole og Katrine i en “oldie but goodie”. Google er besat af data. Ikke blot online men også i egen organisation. På sand ingeniørvis satte de sig tidligt for at finde ud af, hvad der kendetegner de bedst performende ledere (Project Oxygen) og excellente teams (Project Aristotle). Særligt Project Aristotle har været med til at ændre verdens opfattelse af, hvad team-performance handler om. Men vidste du, at Google også har undersøgt, hvad der skal til for at skabe forudsætninger for innovation? Hvordan man skaber effektiv kollektiv læring? Og hvad der skal til for at modgå bias omkring køn, race, seksualitet og handicap på arbejdspladsen? Alt dette er samlet i Re:Work - og med følger en guldgrube af materialer og tips og tricks.

#147 How to Use Design Thinking to Reinvent Education, Reframe Failure & Increase Your Creativity

Beyond Influential

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 81:51

Have you ever felt completely stuck trying to find a solution to a difficult problem? Problem-solving is essential to a successful brand and business—it’s how you create results in your own business, and it’s also how you create results for your clients and customers. At its core, problem-solving requires creative thinking and the ability to look at a situation in a variety of ways, which is why I crave new trusted perspectives and ideas, especially from outside of my industry. Just because “everyone” does it “this way,” doesn’t mean there isn’t a better way of doing it, which is why I am very big on collaboration and looking outside of my industry for inspiration and knowledge. The most creative thinking doesn’t happen by doing what everyone else is doing or thinking like everyone else in the industry. Enter this week’s guest, Dr. Sabba Quidwai. If you’ve ever had a creative block, or struggled to come up with a solution to a hard problem, or just wish you were more comfortable with change, you’ll want to listen to this new episode of Beyond Influential. Sabba is a Doctor of Education who coaches leaders working on transformation initiatives (like in education) to integrate design thinking practices that encourage creativity, build trust, and prepare individuals with the mindset and skills to thrive in a rapidly-changing world. She is also the host of the Sprint to Success with Design Thinking podcast, where she interviews researchers and practitioners about their stories and strategies for navigating change with design thinking and thriving in today’s world. I highly recommend you check it out because she has a very thoughtful and intentional approach to storytelling. Sabba has been particularly passionate about reinventing education to help students have the best chance of success, no matter their circumstances or background. Education may seem like a topic that’s only relevant for those who have or want children, but in reality, it has wide ranging implications for the economy, your business, and the future—and what we talk about in today’s episode applies to every industry. On Ep. 147, we cover: Reinventing education: Setting students and teachers up for success in a world that is constantly changing How to get students to think creatively & start seeing challenges as opportunities Are grades outdated? Improving how we assess student learning & achievement Inequity in education: Biases in expectations and adapting to specific student needs and circumstances Design thinking: What it is, the philosophy behind it & how it can benefit your life My new favorite brainstorming exercise and approaching problem-solving creatively Personal branding: Why it’s essential for students (and everyone else) to be doing it! Trust-building, how to create safe spaces for growth, reframing failure & more! Don't want to miss an episode (or valuable free resources!)? Get on my list here: https://www.brittanykrystle.com/subscribe Other Helpful Links: Get on the waitlist for The Clarity Course right here: https://www.brittanykrystle.com/claritywaitlist/ If you want to learn more about design thinking and problem-solving creatively, I highly recommend Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp—Sabba recommended this book to me and not only did I enjoy it, I’ve been implementing it in my business! You can find it here: https://amzn.to/3aOYa0N Want to Support the Podcast? Leaving a review on Apple Podcasts goes a long way: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-influential/id1264581842 Tag me on Instagram @brittanykrystle with your favorite takeaways from this episode! https://www.instagram.com/brittanykrystle/ To connect with Sabba: Website: https://askmsq.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/askMsQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/askMsQ Sprint to Success with Design Thinking podcast: https://askmsq.com/blog-home/category/episodes To connect with me, Brittany Krystle: Website: https://www.brittanykrystle.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittanykrystle/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/brittanykrystle/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanykrystle/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brittanykrystlexoxo/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/brittanykrystle/ Clubhouse: @brittanykrystle *Full disclosure: The link to the book is an affiliate link that takes you to Amazon.com. I will be compensated (at no extra cost to you) should you choose to purchase it. Thank you in advance (I appreciate you!) and please note that the prices change and vary over time due to Amazon marketplace changes.

004. How the Design Sprint Was Born

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 108:39

TODAY’S GUEST Jake Knapp is one of the most influential product designers living today. Formerly a product designer at Microsoft, Google, and Google Ventures, he’s the creator of the Design Sprint process, which transformed the way hundreds of enterprises and thousands of designers around the world approach new product design. He is also a bestselling author of two books, Sprint, and Make Time. EPISODE SUMMARY* In this audio conversation we discuss: Surviving covid and chaos Finding positivity in hard things Jake’s childhood and the sense of possibility What is Design? Problem-solving or gooey rainbows? What’s broken with how companies approach new products? How did the idea of the Design Sprint come about? How to explain Design Sprints to an unsuspecting person Writing a science-fiction novel, resistance And more! * You can watch the full, unedited video conversation on the Remake Podcast Members community. We also discuss: Dogs, Spiders in Thailand, Quotes on the Internet, US Presidential History, the ReMarkable Tablet, and more. EPISODE LINKS Jake Knapp’s Links

Season 1 - Episode 8: Sprinting for Unmet Needs

GuideWire

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 42:02

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and Nabil Khan with FastTraCS talk about its newest problem discovery technique. The modified sprint technique translates well to video and remote settings because it does not use shadowing. Today’s Topics Include: Methodologies: Mining and discovering unmet needs Medical Device Design: How it’s done at large academic centers Motivation: Learn effectively from others vs. bridging literacy gap to identify unmet needs Changes: No shadowing, but sprints featuring engaged providers with domain expertise Components: Providers, discussion leader, conference room, supplies to capture ideas Sprint Technique: Introduce idea and process to participants Collect names and contact information for attendees Provide training to introduce concept of unmet need Identify goal, objectives, and structure for session Brainstorm for five minutes (no talking allowed to empower providers) Participants prioritize and rank top three most compelling problems/unmet needs Provide participants with fixed number of votes to allocate for prioritized problems Goals: Increase efficiency capturing unmet needs and create new medical technologies Links and Resources: Devin Hubbard Nabil Khan Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz Google Ventures (GV): The Design Sprint Miro Zoom Ep.6 Dr. Martin Medical Device Innovation as a Provider FastTraCS GuideWire Podcast on Twitter GuideWire Podcast Quotes: Needle in a Haystack: Traditional ways of medical device innovation rely on immersion and/or shadowing. Power, Influence, Experience: We value diverse perspectives and diverse stakeholders. Working Alone, Together: Don’t control quality, but quantity of unmet needs and problems. Sprint: Activity by design is hurried to maximize time with providers and promote quick decision making.

Ep.8 Sprinting for Unmet Needs

GuideWire

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 42:02

In this episode of GuideWire, Devin Hubbard and Nabil Khan with FastTraCS talk about its newest problem discovery technique. The modified sprint technique translates well to video and remote settings because it does not use shadowing. Today’s Topics Include: Methodologies: Mining and discovering unmet needs Medical Device Design: How it’s done at large academic centers Motivation: Learn effectively from others vs. bridging literacy gap to identify unmet needs Changes: No shadowing, but sprints featuring engaged providers with domain expertise Components: Providers, discussion leader, conference room, supplies to capture ideas Sprint Technique: Introduce idea and process to participants Collect names and contact information for attendees Provide training to introduce concept of unmet need Identify goal, objectives, and structure for session Brainstorm for five minutes (no talking allowed to empower providers) Participants prioritize and rank top three most compelling problems/unmet needs Provide participants with fixed number of votes to allocate for prioritized problems Goals: Increase efficiency capturing unmet needs and create new medical technologies Links and Resources: Devin Hubbard Nabil Khan Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz Google Ventures (GV): The Design Sprint Miro Zoom Ep.6 Dr. Martin Medical Device Innovation as a Provider FastTraCS GuideWire Podcast on Twitter GuideWire Podcast Quotes: Needle in a Haystack: Traditional ways of medical device innovation rely on immersion and/or shadowing. Power, Influence, Experience: We value diverse perspectives and diverse stakeholders. Working Alone, Together: Don’t control quality, but quantity of unmet needs and problems. Sprint: Activity by design is hurried to maximize time with providers and promote quick decision making.

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 53:48

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 46:52

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 49:45