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Innovating in ambiguity: turning your moonshots into actionable goals 
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 5/12/25 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 5/12/25

Innovating in ambiguity: turning your moonshots into actionable goals 

Innovation is messy: how do you move from vision to action when the path is not clear? Read my tips to lead through uncertainty and driving growth.

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My Three Takeaways from Product at Heart 2024
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 9/19/24 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 9/19/24

My Three Takeaways from Product at Heart 2024

Going beyond productxplaing, understanding product ops, and reflecting on innovation. Here are my takeaways

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Customer-Focused vs. Disruption-Driven: Identifying Your Innovation Drivers
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 6/6/24 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 6/6/24

Customer-Focused vs. Disruption-Driven: Identifying Your Innovation Drivers

Identify what drives your innovation—solving customer problems or staying ahead of disruptions.

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Dogmas: can your company unspoken truths limit its innovation?
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 3/21/24 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 3/21/24

Dogmas: can your company unspoken truths limit its innovation?

Do you ever stop to question the unspoken truths that surround you?

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(Tech) trends and more from Almedalen week 2022
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/7/22 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/7/22

(Tech) trends and more from Almedalen week 2022

Where are Sweden and its tech heading? Here are some trends I picked up during the Almedalen week.

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Remote ways of working: Asynchronous ideation
Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 12/7/21 Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 12/7/21

Remote ways of working: Asynchronous ideation

We value diversity in so many ways in product development, yet the most common practice is still to put everyone in the same ”ideation box”. If it sounds really wrong, it is because it is. Here is how we changed how we ideate thanks to the constraints of remote work.

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Quantity>Quality: a case for broadening your ideas and do not obsess with one
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 4/7/21 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 4/7/21

Quantity>Quality: a case for broadening your ideas and do not obsess with one

In product development is not about quantity or quality, is it about embracing that quantity will bring the quality of ideas you need.

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4 thoughts about innovation
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 12/16/20 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 12/16/20

4 thoughts about innovation

4 spot-on ideas to challenge our capability of innovating every day.

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Where does innovation come from?
Books reviews, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 8/14/20 Books reviews, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 8/14/20

Where does innovation come from?

I recently read ”Always day one - how the tech titans plan to stay on top forever” by Alex Kantrowitz. While reading I really started to reflect on the quality a leader is supposed to have and on what society depicts success as.

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