Thought and reflections on product design and strategy, hiring, collaboration and team culture

Product management

• Decision-making: driven by opinion vs driven by data↗
• How to combine qualitative and quantitative insights↗
• Experimentation guide for product designers and managers↗
• Winning the battle for creativity↗

Design

• Should I spend more time on my UI?↗
• Product discovery — what can we learn from House MD? ↗
• A simpler way of articulating the product design process↗

Hiring

• Why we should take portfolios way less seriously↗
• Hiring Your First Product Designer: A No-Nonsense Guide to Product Design Skills↗
• How to understand and explain design roles in 1 minute↗
• How to assess product design skills↗
• How to make your portfolio stand out↗

Team dynamics

• How to make complex decisions in product and dev teams↗
• How not to run a brainstorm: 5 mistakes to avoid↗
• One word to save months of development↗
• The subtle art of not giving your opinion↗
• The two sides of design feedback↗
• How to manage bike-shedding in product teams↗