One Year Designing at WhatsApp

Jeff Bezos stopped by our office yesterday and spent about 90 minutes with us talking product strategy. Before he left, he spent about 45 minutes taking general Q&A from everyone at the office. During one of his answers, he shared an enlightened observation about people who are “right …

«the smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved.»

Intercom's Des Traynor at Business of Software Conference 2013, Boston, MA talking about why Product strategy is mostly about saying no. Funny, thought provoking…

Do you understand what planning and executing a product development strategy truly entails? In this helpful article, product development expert Vince Law works to clarify the concept of “strategic thinking.” Law explains strategy’s importance and offers a practical framework that contextualizes and defines strategy within the overall product development timeline. Law also offers general and specific examples of the framework and thus, strategic thinking, in action. getAbstract recommends this article to project leaders looking to better understand how to develop and execute strategy. 

«Mission: This is a statement that describes the problem you are setting out to solve, typically including who you are solving it for.»

Anytime a company consistently ships product faster than the average, people will assume they are doing something heroic.

«Great product companies have four things in common: a clear product vision; a product strategy; a set of priorities; and a way to measure outcomes.»

We usually post about design inspiration and we tend to focus on the visual side of things. We also understand that design is form plus function in harmony. So for this post we'd love to share a UX…