From the department of “Captain Obvious”, this article in HBR makes the case that teams who share about their lives are stronger for it. Of course they are. How many times have you made that first impression judgement of a person, only to later revise your opinion when you learned more about the person? Sharing our lives allows us to see how our teammates are the same as us, to see where we have shared experiences. This results in increased empathy. Hearing about the details of our coworkers ou…
When it comes to teaching my kids about distraction and the digital life, I'm trying my best not to be a hypocrite.
Justin Jackson makes the case that, while market fit is very important for anyone building a product, it’s not the only consideration. He states that one should first ensure the product fits the founder. If there is not fit there, the problem shows itself every day: > Serving an audience you don’t like is one of the worst feelings in the world. You have to show up every day and answer their emails, fix their bugs, reset their passwords. To do customer research you need hang out with them a lot.…
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Creating is messy, no matter what you're working style is like.
It’s hard to know where to start with this piece. It’s classic Rands. But it also hits close to home after discussing the validity of product managers [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/are-pms-needed] recently. There are so many quotable bits from this essay, but let me share those that caught my attention. Image courtesy of the Wildbit blog [http://wildbit.com/blog/2016/05/11/how-we-built-a-product-vision-and-roadmap]. First, he wisely takes the time to frame the discussion. What is the differ…
It's taken some time for certain industries to adopt to change. But banking is one that is improving.
Bethany Heck gives a long, in-depth explanation of why it can be acceptable to go against the widely held opinion of “do not use too many fonts” in a design. She starts by recognizing there is a reason this specific guideline came to be: > We can all point to questionable designs that use an excessive number of typefaces. You can sense when a designer is trying to compensate for a deficiency by throwing more typefaces into a piece. But she goes on to give good advice for this “rule” (which can…