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Appreciation: expand your influence and lead with authenticity

Whether you aim to become a leader or want to transform your workplace into an environment you enjoy.
Oct 10, 2024 · 11 min read

User research participant recruiting for startup engineers and PMs

Designing for product-market fit when you have limited time, money and expertise for understanding user needs. Scrappy UX for startup engineers and PMs.
Sep 24, 2024 · 9 min read

Design thinking your way to startup MVP

A story about the benefits of design thinking and practical examples of how design thinking can be used to create MVPs in startup environments.
May 20, 2024 · 9 min read

The failed million-dollar MVP

Explore the pitfalls of traditional executive-led product development versus a team-led approach with lessons from real-world experiences.
Mar 27, 2024 · 8 min read

AITA at work?

Suppressing our emotions causes us to become inadvertent a-holes at work because they leak and leads us to act in ways that create toxic workplaces.
Mar 7, 2024 · 5 min read

10 ways to piss off your designer without even trying

Common situations at startups and established companies that frustrate designers and make them seem hard to work with to engineers and product managers.
Feb 28, 2024 · 7 min read

Top 10 mistakes startups make in user research (without a designer)

Early-stage startup teams consisting of only founders and engineers without a researcher or designer make these basic mistakes in approaching user research.
Feb 19, 2024 · 6 min read

Success in new product development is unlikely…so?

Partnering with founders and product leaders in startup ventures to coach their teams in new product development, team communication and product design, unleashing their potential to power company growth.
Jan 23, 2024 · 2 min read