No plan survives contact with the real world

Proponent for doing retrospectives

Design lead on monetization team

Business design

Business strategy

Innovation

Design thinking

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Kind of like System Design

Focus on important metrics

Could use more examples of actual metrics that can be misleading

Proponent for thinking about possible futures in a probabilistic way

The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed

Don’t bet on one future

The new tech, more “speaker” types have shared their LinkedIn QR codes at the end of their presentations

Ben Shown Blink UX on the art of crafting a compelling product north star

located in Inman Square

As concept car

High fidelity

Grand vision

As manifesto

Light weight

As Trojan horse

Perfect one element to inspire continuation

Golden path

Pick one user story

Use your Product North Star and derive steps to achieve it

Startups vs companies

Founders can bring energy and inspiration to companies that are often feeling stagnant growth or declining

Easy to get burned by optimism in startups