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From Cost Center to Revenue Generator: Redefining the Value of Product
From Cost Center to Revenue Generator: Redefining the Value of Product
Ship products that deliver strategic wins, prove the value of Product, and secure key alliances with executive leadership.
Jay Melone
May 9, 2023
Product Discovery is a Waste
Product Discovery is a Waste
That’s what I told myself in order to avoid discovery for a new product I’m building for New Haircut.
Jay Melone
Apr 21, 2023
Designing the opening
Designing the opening
How to start your meetings, workshops, and conversations with intention.
Jay Melone
Apr 21, 2020
Not introversion, but anxiety
Not introversion, but anxiety
Rumbling with discomfort to discover my most meaningful work as a facilitator.
Jay Melone
Feb 13, 2020
Problem Framing: Top 8 FAQs
Problem Framing: Top 8 FAQs
Over the years of refining our Problem Framing process, we’ve heard lots of great questions that helped us shape our approach. Here, we…
Jay Melone
Feb 5, 2020
Creating Network Effects with Enterprise Design Sprints
Creating Network Effects with Enterprise Design Sprints
When I ran my first few Design Sprints I was very naive. I thought the process alone would guide us; that everyone would fall in love with…
Lee Duncan
Oct 21, 2019
Building trust in innovation
Building trust in innovation
As designers and innovators, why are we so quick to practice empathy & compassion with our users but not our fellow team members? The real…
Jay Melone
Oct 9, 2019
Facilitating remote design sprints
Facilitating remote design sprints
Stories, tools, resources for facilitators and innovation teams hoping to begin running remote design sprints. Plus, a new option to…
Jay Melone
Aug 13, 2019
Design sprint checklist
Design sprint checklist
After nearly 3 years of training individuals, teams, and organizations on design sprints, 1 thing I’ve learned is that you can never…
Jay Melone
Jan 11, 2019
It’s OK to like design thinking
It’s OK to like design thinking
The most important lesson I’ve learned about design thinking that’s helped me appreciate it’s real value.
Jay Melone
Nov 27, 2018
Unrecap of Google Sprint Conference ‘18
Unrecap of Google Sprint Conference ‘18
Instead of writing a recap, I decided to share a story about my personal relationship with design sprints and how the conference provided…
Jay Melone
Oct 5, 2018
Problem Framing v2: Part 4 of 4
Problem Framing v2: Part 4 of 4
In Part 1 of this series on problem framing, we covered Step 1 of 5 — Problem Discovery.
Jay Melone
Sep 12, 2018
Problem Framing v2: Part 3 of 4
Problem Framing v2: Part 3 of 4
In Part 1 of this series on problem framing, we covered Step 1 of 5 — Problem Discovery.
Jay Melone
Sep 5, 2018
Problem Framing v2: Part 2 of 4
Problem Framing v2: Part 2 of 4
In Part 1 of this series, we covered Step 1 of 5 — Problem Discovery — of our Problem Framing process.
Jay Melone
Aug 21, 2018
Problem Framing v2: Part 1 of 4
Problem Framing v2: Part 1 of 4
A walkthrough of the design thinking process we use inside New Haircut to discover, prioritize, and humanize critical business…
Jay Melone
Aug 7, 2018
Enterprise design sprints
Enterprise design sprints
How to successfully introduce and implement sprints inside corporate environments.
Jay Melone
Jun 29, 2018
Tips for a Designer in a Design Sprint
Tips for a Designer in a Design Sprint
My first experience with a Design Sprint was very confusing. I didn’t know exactly what to expect and how my role as the designer would be…
Ileana Marcut
Jun 4, 2018
Agile magicfesto
Agile magicfesto
Agile was never meant to be the silver bullet that consultants claim it to be or that which revenue-obsessed executives bet the farm on.
Jay Melone
May 3, 2018
Product ping pong
Product ping pong
Three things product leaders can do to evolve from endless discussions about changing priorities and # of shipped features, to building…
Jay Melone
Apr 8, 2018
Proving the value of design sprints to executives
Proving the value of design sprints to executives
13 things you can do to get senior leadership to say yes to design sprints…and subsequently make yourself one of the most highly sought…
Jay Melone
Mar 24, 2018
What happens before a design sprint? v2
What happens before a design sprint? v2
One of our most liked and shared articles from last year, attempted to answer the most popular question we hear when helping teams run…
Jay Melone
Mar 12, 2018
Problem Framing Foundations
Problem Framing Foundations
How to spend 1 day getting your team aligned around a big, important problem, before plunging into prototypes and MVPs.
Jay Melone
Feb 15, 2018
My distributed team is more efficient than your colocated team
My distributed team is more efficient than your colocated team
How some companies thrive with completely dispersed workforces while others flounder with last-century control policies like punch-clocks.
Jay Melone
Feb 5, 2018
CEOs + digital product development
CEOs + digital product development
Two things you must do as a CEO if you want to help your product development teams build scalable technology businesses (not just an app).
Jay Melone
Jan 15, 2018
Google’s Sprint Conference
Google’s Sprint Conference
Google Design hosted the first ever Sprint Conference this past week in San Francisco (#SprintCon17). The conference brought together the…
Jay Melone
Dec 1, 2017
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