Hello product people!
We share valuable bookmarks with valued friends most of the time β that is why we were inspired to share our top bookmarks with you every month.
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(P.S. Thanks for your nice words on the first issue. We truly appreciate your support π)
The past two years have felt like two decades β and the pandemic isnβt over yet.
From rethinking remote work policies to acknowledging the unintended impact of the products we build, designers in 2022 have a unique opportunity to rebuild our practice with a new perspective, incorporating all weβve learned since the start of the pandemic.
ππ» Read UX Collectiveβs yearly report β The State of UX in 2022
Wes is co-founder of Maven, the platform for cohort-based courses. Giving feedback is a huge part of our job as product people.
Wes calls this feedback framework Strategy vs Self-Expression:
Strategy = Anything that contributes to potential behavior change
Self-expression = Everything else you should not say
Feedback conversations should be about strategy, not self-expression.
ππ» Read more about her framework for feedback that creates behavior change.
If Comic Sans showed up at a house party, would it be welcome or shown the door?
In this episode of Wireframe with Khoi Vinh, the team parties down with a wild array of fonts, good and bad, to learn about the rise of novelty typefaces like Comic Sans and the proliferation of the now all-too-familiar geometric sans serif typeface.
ππ» Listen to the podcast
Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.
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Itβs a great book especially for product people β as we need to prioritize things that really matter.
ππ» Read the book
Joseph Campbell was an American writer. The Monomyth is a term coined by him. Commonly referred to as "The Hero's Journey," it examines the stages of the hero who goes on an adventure, faces a crisis and wins, then returns victorious.
As team Producter, we created a pack for launching your new product or feature! Problem Sizing, Go-to-Market, Stakeholder Mapping, and more templates..
We hope the kit will ease your product launch as a product manager ππ»
ππ» Download the free product launch kit