Innovation is not magic; it’s technique medium.com/p/9b3c81a41877

On dedication and love for the invisible work. www.doc.cc/syntax/craft

Am I going to wake up at 5am to watch the final of a sport I don’t know anything about? Yes I am. #winterolympics #milanocortina

Admiring the Olympics #crosscountry women. They are #tough.

There are a ton of great presentation tips in this talk. Matt Abrahams focuses on both what you present and how you present it. Solid advice for new and seasoned presenters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsr4yrSAIAQ&ab_channel=StanfordGraduateSchoolofBusiness

This article on Minimum Viable Ethnography by Erica Hall is such a treasure. She explains how simple revelatory ethnographic research can be. I highly recommend you give her approach a try. Read Erika’s Article: https://medium.com/mule-design/minimum-viable-ethnography-a047e9358df0

fellas, is it a good sign when the Queen has to join the army reserves?

like this is absurd, get over yourselves

I was a White House staffer. When having a lunch with anyone who worked at law firm, corp, embassy, *newspaper* I had to document that I'd paid exactly my share of the bill. ("No free lunch" policy.) At some formal event dinners, had to calculate fair-market cost of my serving, and reimburse it

Hang on, I had missed the fact that the AI Skills Hub cost £4m. mahadk.com/posts/ai-ski... If this wasn't tax payers' money it would be quite funny. Also, can only assume PWC spent some time rolling around in gold because they did NOT spend it on building this

The stages of problem-solving, in descending order of difficulty: —create a system where the problem can't occur (hardest) —anticipate and prevent the problem (hard) —solve the problem (medium) —bandaid the problem (easy) —do nothing, lie about having solved the problem in job interviews (easiest)

Five concerts you’ve seen with women lead singers: Lisa Hannigan Trousdale Gordi Highasakite Fly My Pretties

Making a complicated design based on vibes and bringing it to a stakeholder to ask "hey what do you think?" is the behavior of a junior UX designer, and wastes everyone's time until they are trained out of it. With the power of generative AI, now everyone in your company can be that junior designer

We begin with a simple but consequential premise; whatever an organizational unit actually achieves at a meaningful level—meaning; surviving, scaling or winning, is the output of its defacto strategy. Not its stated strategy. open.substack.com/pub/theedpro...

Priscilla Johnson, who was Microsoft’s director of water strategy from 2017 until 2020 and has consulted for the company since then, siad when she presented ideas for more efficient water use, her manager "basically said, ‘How am I going to justify a more expensive data center?’”

This is also interesting: Rep Jamie Raskin is demanding that Pam Bondi and DOJ reveal who precisely was responsible for the decision that FBI won't investigate ICE murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. A Dem House can use subpoena power to ferret this out: newrepublic.com/article/2057...

Great PMs pull great teams together: • Respect the expertise, passion and skills of others • Stretch those around them to do their best work • Facilitate a multi-disciplinary approach When you work this way, your product isn't limited by your own capabilities. 4/5

copy and paste the bunny and then put something else in his hand (\_/) (°-°) />🍀< Lucky

I think it's pretty remarkable how, despite the trillions of dollars we've spent and the century of constant campaigning we've been subjected to in order convince us otherwise, some part of us *still knows* that car dependency is a terrible way to live, and most people still don't want it.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell 1984

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.

this is just conservatism, no understanding of the systems they benefit from and constant false victimhood

More people should know about the day 90% of Icelandic women went on strike, forcing real political change towards gender equality: www.bbc.com/news/magazin...

Most PMs don’t invest enough in launches. Yes—sometimes a quiet rollout is exactly right. Ship, watch, learn. But when a feature really matters, a soft launch leaves value on the table. A proper 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 turns product work into real impact by: • Being explicit about 𝘸𝘩𝘰 it’s for 1/7

B) Customer Journey Mapping • What stages do customers move through? • Where do they interact with your product? • What emotions arise at each stage? • Use this to identify improvement opportunities 🆓 Template: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-prod... 8/10

B) Opportunity Solution Trees • Visualise strategy as a tree • Objective → opportunities → solutions → assumptions • Design experiments to validate assumptions 🆓 Guide: www.hustlebadger.com/what-do-prod... 4/10

Sitting in a small coffee shop and listening to music feels wonderful. Opening a new board game and punching out the cardboard pieces feels wonderful. Eating popcorn in a theatre as they turn down the lights and the movie starts feels wonderful.

Simplicity isn’t just about making things easier—it’s about making them work. When you declutter your product process, you set the stage for creativity to flourish and for solutions to surface. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Am5kz #productmanagement #no_chaos

I've been writing about the Eaton Fire and our aftermath for a year. If you can support this work, please go to my Patreon and subscribe for even a few bucks a month. It's a big help, because time spent fighting with the mortgage company is time I can't write. patreon.com/MikeRothschild

Everyone should watch Senator Mark Kelly's brutal video response to the corrupt Trump/Hegseth effort to punish him. As @leahlitman.bsky.social says on the pod: "They are saying it is illegal to encourage people to follow the law." Leah explains this all brilliantly: newrepublic.com/article/2049...

Trying to cram user research into a 2-3 week sprint? Spoiler: you can’t without cutting corners. In my FITC UX 2023 talk, I explain why ongoing research is key to understanding users and innovating. Watch “Conducting Research In An Agile Environment”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGU9rTutZA

What makes an app delightful buff.ly/3WBQLcj

Over 30 selfie thread 54 and only just getting started

You know what AI can’t do? Service Design — or any task that lives in the gaps between systems, people, power, and context.

While some cities still say, “That would never work here,” others are setting aside excuses and turning ambition into action—reclaiming streets, reimagining mobility, and shaping safer, more inclusive public spaces. These are 35 cities in 20 countries we visited this year that are leading the way.🧵

new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity

We built this city / on rocks and loam

"Productivity without connection equals emptiness," says Loyola University management professor Michelle Johnston.

Agile isn’t dead, it’s evolving—AI reshapes how we learn, iterate. Allan Kelly argues agile endures via learning, feedback and sociotechnical thinking—in product teams, even as methods shift. Read the original piece: www.allankelly.net/archives/105... #Agile #ProductManagement

Coding is only half the job. Understanding customers is the other half. You don’t need to be a marketer, just someone who builds with people in mind. It changes everything. ♻️ 📌 🔔 #SWE #Product #Engineering #buildinpublic

Let's focus on our users. When we understand them, projects run smoothly, and results improve. Becoming true experts on our users helps us create better products and achieve our goals. https://articles.centercentre.com/its-time-we-seriously-talk-about-users-and-experiences/

Peter Yang's perspective on product management: 1️⃣ Building will be a baseline expectation of product managers 2️⃣ For the first time ever, ICs who use AI tools can have more leverage than people managers 3️⃣ Successful product managers will have "just figure it out" energy buff.ly/Pfqu1GE

Wanna cry? Watch this

"A system is an interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something" — Donella Meadows #AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 5: Characterizing Systems www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...

'Drawing [isn’t] just for “artists” [..]. Think of it as a way of observing the world and learning' — Anne Quito #AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 1: Draw a Bicycle (and sketch a key mechanism) www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...

"Part of Lucasfilm’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, a newly restored version of the classic Star Wars (1977) theatrical release — later renamed Star Wars: A New Hope — will play in theaters for a limited time." www.starwars.com/news/star-wa... I AM SAT

Frank Gehry's first big project in New York City was this building. I worked there for ~7 years. The place was insane. The walls curved, and came together at odd angles. The rooms were the strangest sizes. You'd find a balcony or whole other wing to a floor where you'd least expect it. It ruled. RIP