Lenny’s Podcast95 min
Shreyas Doshi · Oct 31, 2024
Key learnings- Run a pre-mortem before launches by imagining the project has already failed, then surfacing tigers, paper tigers and elephants…
- Classify tasks as leverage, neutral or overhead; spend extra effort only on leverage tasks, and do less polish on neutral and…
- Beat procrastination on high-leverage work by doing a couple days of low-stakes placebo tasks first, then working from a…
Lenny’s Podcast98 min
Annie Duke · May 2, 2024
Key learnings- Make implicit judgments explicit (e.g., a hiring rubric) before using intuition; Duke cites Kahneman's work lifting hiring hit…
- Gather opinions independently and asynchronously before meetings, then use the meeting only for discussion, focusing on where…
- Reserve meetings for discussion; discovery of views should happen beforehand and decisions should be made by an accountable…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresAug 3, 2026
Aug 3, 2026 · 5 min
“Continuous Discovery Habits turns five this year. And to celebrate we are reading the book together. Each month, I am releasing an in-depth reading guide that includes: - The chapters we will be reading - A preview of the most important concepts we'll be learning about - Short videos you”
Product Talk · Teresa TorresOct 18, 2023
Oct 18, 2023 · 19 min
Teresa Torres argues that product teams should regularly test the underlying assumptions behind their ideas rather than whole solutions, so they can compare options quickly and drop weak ones early. She explains that an…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresApr 7, 2021
Apr 7, 2021 · 37 min
This final session of a three-part webinar series argues there is no single correct way to run product discovery, and that teams should instead be judged by underlying principles that fit their context. It covers two…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresDec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018 · 12 min
Teresa Torres argues that engineers should be active participants in product discovery rather than only writing code, since they contribute distinct knowledge and skills. She explains that different team members…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresSep 26, 2013
Sep 26, 2013
Teresa Torres argues that product people routinely make poor estimates because they produce single-point predictions for uncertain outcomes like build time or conversion rates. Drawing on research summarized in the…
@ttorres · Teresa Torres on X♥ 9
"It can feel like you are the lone champion pushing for change in your organization." That's why we are reading Continuous Discovery Habits together throughout 2026. 📚 The book turns five this year and many of you have bought and read it. But reading isn't the same as doing. So we are reading…