10 2022 February
Countdown: How a Simple List Can Transform Your Product
Subscribe now Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Countdown is an early Facebook tradition that Andrew Bosworth and Mike Schroepfer started over a decade ago....
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How Painted Doors Can Be a Powerful Tool in Testing and Decision Making
Image courtesy of Sol y Luz Photography A painted door is an architectural design element. The designer creates an image of a door where none...
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What I Learned About Empathy
My dad with my sister and I (in the ‘70s in NYC) My father passed away ten years ago. Most of the time, when I...
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Subscribe now Photo by Jilbert Ebrahimi on Unsplash You have been lied to — not by others, but by yourself. We allow myths about ourselves...
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Are You a Maker or a Taker?
Subscribe now While many things that happen in your life, good and bad, are outside of your control, how you choose to respond to them...
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Increase Your Effectiveness by Adding Good Friction in Your Life
Subscribe now Photo by Erick Zajac on Unsplash The Facebook Payments team was testing ways to improve conversion. Someone suggested adding a zip code request...
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Increase Your Effectiveness by Reducing the Friction in Your Life
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash One of our children complains about doing chores, especially dishwashing. This particular child drags their feet, making it as...
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Leveraging Post-Mortems to Understand the Past and Build Better in the Future
Subscribe now Photo by Michael Skok on Unsplash A man dies in his sleep of unknown causes. Why? An autopsy is performed. He died of...
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Leveraging Pre-Mortems to Unlock Better Product and Career Outcomes
Photo by Jai Patil from Pexels There’s a tradition in tech development of writing out the press release before you start the project. That way,...
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