Want to Improve Your Memory? A Decade-Long Stanford Study Suggests You Should Stop Doing This 1 Thing
Inc.
2 min read · 405 saves · 2019-08-20 · Researchers find that spending less time multitasking may be the key to improving cognitive performance and memory.
Ten Years On, Foursquare Is Now Checking In to You
New York Magazine
6 min read · 286 saves · 2019-08-27 · The company has become a data-harvesting success story – and is still trying to figure out whether that’s “cool or creepy.”
Why can’t we agree on what’s true anymore?
The Guardian
~16 min read · 387 saves · 2019-09-19 · William Davies · The long read: It’s not about foreign trolls, filter bubbles or fake news. Technology encourages us to believe we can all have first-hand access to the ‘real’ facts – and now we can’t stop fighting…
Revealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions
Guardian Environment
6 min read · 381 saves · 2019-10-09 · New data shows how fossil fuel companies have driven climate crisis despite industry knowing dangers
Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 work skill of the future—but most fail to realize it
CNBC
5 min read · 504 saves · 2019-10-09 · The skill you most need at work is one that also helps you at home, says psychology expert and best-selling author Nir Eyal.
16 Great Books for Anyone Who Wants to Get Ahead in Life
Inc.
8 min read · 390 saves · 2019-10-14 · When you read non-fiction penned by smart people who've learned important lessons you can accelerate your own path to wisdom and success.
The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program
Vox
20+ min read · 296 saves · 2019-05-03 · An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever.
Google Spent Years Studying Effective Bosses. Now They Teach New Managers These 6 Things
Inc.
2 min read · 276 saves · From 2017 · The transition to management requires a transformation of thought.
Branding is dead, CX design is king
Fast Company
5 min read · 380 saves · 2019-12-13 · The days of crafting brands without incorporating a CX design mindset are drawing to a close.
Product vs. Feature Teams
svpg.com
7 min read · 260 saves · 2019-08-29 · Marty Cagan · This article is certain to upset many people. I’m sorry for that, but the degree of ongoing noise and confusion surrounding the role of product at tech companies is only getting worse. Moreover, I see…
Mental models for designers
dropbox.design
6 min read · 329 saves · 2019-12-12 · Curious about product design at Dropbox? Here’s a look at tools we use for solving problems, making decisions, and communicating ideas.
It’s time to stop designing “minimum viable products”
Fast Company
4 min read · 257 saves · 2019-11-20 · John Maeda · John Maeda reveals how companies such as Google have heightened what users expect from products in an excerpt from his new book, “How to Speak Machine.”
100 Stats On Digital Transformation And Customer Experience
Forbes
6 min read · 230 saves · 2019-12-16 · Here are 100 stats on digital transformation written to help you make the business case for undergoing one at your company.
Dear Designer: The Road Back
ModusMag
~17 min read · 104 saves · 2019-12-11 · Mike Monteiro · What we need to do to get this industry back on track
Impact Mapping: How to focus on outcomes in product management
Miro
1 min read · 20 saves · 2019-12-11 · Aligning work around outcomes instead of just chasing the next product feature idea.
Killt eure Innovation-Labs!
t3n Magazin
4 min read · 31 saves · 2019-11-30 · Fast jeder ernst zu nehmende deutsche Konzern hat eins und auch der Mittelstand zieht nach: Warum sind Innovation-Labs oftmals mehr Schein ...
Why Focus On Customer Experience? Here’s Why.
Forbes
2 min read · 76 saves · 2019-10-14 · The truth is, many executives are privately skeptical about the value of customer experience differentiation. The results of one study could change that.
Curiosity Depends on What You Already Know
Nautilus Magazine
8 min read · 181 saves · 2019-10-02 · Humans have a drive to eat. We have a drive to drink. We have a drive to reproduce. Curiosity is no different, says George Loewenstein,…
Turns out it doesn’t take 10,000 hours to become an expert
Quartz
1 min read · 134 saves · 2019-09-08 · Olivia Goldhill · The popularity of the 10,000-hour rule says more about the hope it promises than any rigorous science.
How To Help Agile Teams Create Products Customers Actually Want
strategyzer.com
3 min read · 70 saves · 2019-09-25 · Large organisations are “becoming Agile” one after the other, fuelled by hopes of higher employee engagement and more efficient product development.
How to motivate employees? Don’t.
Know Your Team
8 min read · 109 saves · 2019-09-07 · Claire Lew · Wondering how to motivate your team? Here are 6 ways to motivate your employees that doesn't kill the intrinsic employee motivation that they already have.
181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit
Harvard Business Review
4 min read · 73 saves · 2019-08-20 · The Business Roundtable’s new letter could mark a turning point.
New Study: Open Offices Kill Teamwork
Inc.
1 min read · 19 saves · From 2018 · People don't like to have serious conversations in public, it turns out.
