Product Talk · Teresa TorresFeb 18, 2014
Feb 18, 2014 · 8 min
“It’s easy to talk about idea management. It’s much harder to do it in practice. Including everyone in idea generation in a way that is productive takes effort. Collecting feedback on each idea can be tedious. But we know involving everyone in idea evaluation leads to better outcomes.”
Product Talk · Teresa TorresFeb 13, 2014
Feb 13, 2014 · 3 min
Torres argues that many good ideas begin as seemingly infeasible or bad ideas, and that their value often emerges through hard work and reframing. She proposes evaluating ideas first against the team's vision and…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresJan 23, 2014
Jan 23, 2014 · 7 min
Teresa Torres argues that product builders make constant decisions, but human judgment is error-prone, so teams should deliberately design decision-making processes. She identifies eight critical decisions in building…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresOct 17, 2013
Oct 17, 2013 · 3 min
Teresa Torres wraps a 3-month blog series inspired by Chip and Dan Heath's book Decisive, connecting its decision-making research to product work. Her posts argue that product teams should be prepared to be wrong, ask…
Product Talk · Teresa TorresOct 15, 2013
Oct 15, 2013
Teresa Torres argues that product managers often make quick, gut-based calls when colleagues ask for features or details, and that the way decisions are made matters as much as the decisions themselves. Drawing on…