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The keys to a successful product knowledge transfer: part 2
In part 1 of Luke’s knowledge transfer series, he delved into the three keys to successful knowledge transfer in product management. In this second part, he offers an example of a knowledge transfer plan template — one you can copy and paste to send out today. Plus, we’ll examine three of the most popular knowledge-based solutions, and how to get the most out of them. Read more »
A case study: Creating a relay design sprint in a remote setting
How can you achieve a relay design sprint in an all-remote setting? I have tried it a few times already and would like to share my learnings with you to avoid my mistakes in this post. Read more »
Lessons from onboarding mobile-app users
An average smartphone user has 40 apps installed on their mobile phone, taking just two taps to pull your users away from your app and into another. The truth is that getting a user to download your app is only a small part of the battle. Read more »
Refreshing the Mind the Product brand for the next decade
Over the coming days, weeks, and months you’ll notice that our brand has received a bit of a makeover. In this post, we’ll reveal how we’ve chosen to elevate our beloved venn, brand colours, and more. Mind the Product started as ProductTank in 2010 – a simple meetup with just 25 people in the back Read more »
Making Hard Product Decisions for All the Right Reasons
As product managers, it’s our job to think responsibly as we design and build products for our users. In this ProductTank Dublin talk, two speakers, Gibson Biddle and Kevin Devine, touch on this topic in different ways. Gibson Biddle talks us through some ‘wicked hard’ decisions and reveals the steps you should take to ensure Read more »
Is it Time to Invest in Redesigning my Digital Product?
Is it time to invest in redesigning my digital product? It is a question that many product leaders need to answer. This is an article to help you make the decisions by giving you contextual information and concrete examples. Some design activities can be applied as iterative improvements, like changing certain user flows to increase Read more »
The Importance of Empathy, By Jack Sheppard
In this MTP Engage Manchester talk, Jack Sheppard, then Product Designer at 11FS gives us a lesson on empathy and its importance in the world of product. He shares some guidance on how empathy can make better product managers. His key points include: What empathy is Where empathy comes from The effect of modern life Read more »
MTP Prioritised: AMA with Scott Berkun
In this AMA, bestselling author and popular speaker, Scott Berkun, delivered an energetic session that got us all thinking differently about design. Here you can watch it all again, or read on for the overview. Scott’s the author of eight books, including The Dance of The Possible, The Myths of Innovation, Confessions of a Public Read more »
How Design Makes the World by Scott Berkun - Free Chapter!
In his latest book, How Design Makes The World, Scott Berkun discusses how we can all use the power of good design to think more critically about everything we make and use. Here, he provides an exclusive excerpt – Chapter 3: What is Good? Get more with membership: As a Mind the Product member you Read more »
Read Chapters 1-3 of How Design Makes the World by Scott Berkun
In his latest book, How Design Makes The World, Scott Berkun discusses how we can all use the power of good design to think more critically about everything we make and use. Here you can read Chapters 1-3: Everything Has a Design Building vs. Designing What is Good? And there’s more! As a Mind the Read more »