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Riffception: A Riff on Riffs

Discover the power of the "riff"—a quick, untemplatized writing approach to unblock your creativity and accelerate work. Learn how prioritizing content over perfection can help you share ideas more effectively, especially for Type A perfectionists. Get riffing today!

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Building Cross-Functional Teams in Product Management, Design and UX

Creating impactful user-facing products demands robust collaboration across product management, design, and UX research teams. However, the structure of these teams often introduces processes and power dynamics that hinder such collaboration. In this webinar, I aim to give product managers, designers, and UX researchers involved in user-facing projects insights and practical tools to foster a more collaborative, innovative, and productive team environment.

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Empathy for Product Managers

In "Articulating Design Decisions," Tom Greever emphasizes the often-overlooked need for product designers to have empathy towards stakeholders. Discover why understanding the deeper emotions and motivations of stakeholders is similarly crucial for Product Managers. Learn how building authentic, empathetic relationships with stakeholders can lead to superior product development and a more cohesive work environment.

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Even in this world, more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way.