One thing product teams often underestimate is how much the design of a decision influences the decision itself. A user might have ten options available. Technically, they can choose any of them. But the way those options are ordered, grouped, labeled, and presented can make one choice feel much easier than the others. That’s the…
Experimentation is supposed to help product teams learn faster. But there is a point where running more experiments can actually make the process less useful. I’ve seen teams become so focused on experimentation that every product decision starts becoming a test. Change a button? Test it. Change a workflow? Test it. Change a message? Test…
One thing I’ve learned about positioning is that the same product can mean very different things to different customers. A product may help one customer save time, another reduce risk, and another improve collaboration. The underlying product hasn’t changed. What has changed is the problem the customer cares about. That is why strong positioning often…
One of the biggest mistakes I’ve made in user research is thinking that asking more questions would automatically lead to better insights. It doesn’t. A 60-minute interview can produce very little useful information if the questions are too broad, leading, or focused on hypothetical situations. Good research isn’t just about getting customers to talk. It’s…
Product teams rarely struggle to find information. We have customer interviews, product analytics, support tickets, market research, sales feedback, competitive analysis, and experiment results. The harder part is turning all of that information into a clear product strategy. An insight isn’t valuable simply because it is interesting. It becomes valuable when it changes how you…