by KarynZ | Nov 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
You can see the negative turbulence on the horizon. You know you need to do something, but right now, you and your team can’t seem to generate anything fresh or useful. You are in a brainstorming rut, and the pressure is mounting. Faced with this pressure,...
by KarynZ | Nov 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Talking to product managers about doing “design research” is a little like lecturing your kid about doing homework: eyes glaze over, focus shifts, the body language closes up. But it’s conversation product managers need to engage in, according to the 2018 State of...
by KarynZ | Nov 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
In my journey through the world of digital product design and technology, I’ve seen that there are three ways innovation happens: The Hero Way – This is an amazingly charismatic and visionary leader (think Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison) who drives...
by KarynZ | Nov 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Ideas, not money, is the real currency in business. But the big challenge is knowing what ideas to develop into new products and services and when. “Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward: They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”...
by KarynZ | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Build Empathy to Avoid the Product Death Cycle See if this is familiar to you: You have a hot idea for a new, pivot or redesigned or app You design and build it You launch it and it’s not nearly as successful as you thought it would be You are not alone....
