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What kind of MVPs are we building?
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 6/18/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 6/18/23

What kind of MVPs are we building?

A reflection on the value of the MVP and if and how the product community should still be working with it.

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How to becoming a better listener and making your product better
Product In Practice, Books reviews, Latest Francesca Cortesi 5/2/23 Product In Practice, Books reviews, Latest Francesca Cortesi 5/2/23

How to becoming a better listener and making your product better

In a world where the only thing we want is to be understood, what it takes to become better listeners is what we aren’t talking enough about.

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The dark side of fast delivery
Latest, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 4/3/23 Latest, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 4/3/23

The dark side of fast delivery

Don’t let speed blindside you, some procrastination will make your final product better.

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HOW TO: data driven and discovery-driven development -  Datadrivet Podcast
Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 3/27/23 Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 3/27/23

HOW TO: data driven and discovery-driven development - Datadrivet Podcast

I loved having a chat about data and discovery, with Joni and Jasmine at Scila Studio

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Transformations do not happen overnight - Product with Panash
Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 3/13/23 Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 3/13/23

Transformations do not happen overnight - Product with Panash

Transformations do not happen overnight, but they always start with a first step. Hear me talking with Axel about how we did it.

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A reflection on Marty Cagan's Product Model
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 3/6/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 3/6/23

A reflection on Marty Cagan's Product Model

My take on product transformation. Andy on why words matter.

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My main takeaways from Turn the ship around
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/19/23 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/19/23

My main takeaways from Turn the ship around

Finally, a book gave me some concrete tips and frameworks on how to get better at delegating. Turn the Ship around has super actionable tips, here are my takeaways!

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Concrete tips to start your product-lead transformation
Latest, Product Leadership, Product In Practice Francesca Cortesi 1/31/23 Latest, Product Leadership, Product In Practice Francesca Cortesi 1/31/23

Concrete tips to start your product-lead transformation

The key enablers for our product-led journey, and some hands-on examples of how you can start yours.

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How to overcome the most common challenges with discovery - Product Beats
Product In Practice, Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 1/26/23 Product In Practice, Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 1/26/23

How to overcome the most common challenges with discovery - Product Beats

Ever wondered how to overcome the most common challenges with product discovery but lacked some concrete examples? I got some practical tips for you.

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Product lessons from the McKinsey Product Academy
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/9/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/9/23

Product lessons from the McKinsey Product Academy

In the spirit of learning from the best, I attended McKinsey product Academy. A series of seminars where A-listers in product shared their ideas and thoughts on different hot topics in product. Here is what I learned.

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Opportunities roadmaps: connecting OKR planning with continuous discovery
Latest, Product In Practice Francesca Cortesi 12/5/22 Latest, Product In Practice Francesca Cortesi 12/5/22

Opportunities roadmaps: connecting OKR planning with continuous discovery

Struggling with connecting OKR planning with discovery work? Me too! But this year we are testing something new, and the impact on alignment is real. Here are some early learnings with the business opportunities roadmap.

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What we learned by working with the opportunity solution tree - Product Elevation 2022
Product In Practice, Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 11/22/22 Product In Practice, Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 11/22/22

What we learned by working with the opportunity solution tree - Product Elevation 2022

The opportunity solution tree in practice. Watch me talk about how we concretely work with Teresa Torres's framework.

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Driving product change - how to choose evolution or revolution?
Latest, Product In Practice, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 11/9/22 Latest, Product In Practice, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 11/9/22

Driving product change - how to choose evolution or revolution?

How do you drive change in product organization? Do you tend to approach it as an evolution or a revolution? These are my pros and cons, I would love to hear yours.

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Defining a customer-focused product strategy - PM Nights Lviv
Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 10/10/22 Latest, Talks & Interviews Francesca Cortesi 10/10/22

Defining a customer-focused product strategy - PM Nights Lviv

I talked about product strategy with the amazing product community in Lviv.

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I am in a book!
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/1/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 10/1/22

I am in a book!

I am super honored to have contributed to Johanna Olsson's book “Närhet trots avstånd ” with a chapter on how we changed our ways of working to adapt to hybrid work.

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An ode to pen and paper - they might be what you need to open up a conversation
Latest, Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 9/13/22 Latest, Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 9/13/22

An ode to pen and paper - they might be what you need to open up a conversation

If you are brave enough to go back to the roots, you might find the key to opening up a better conversation.

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How to decide on what to decide
Latest, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 9/6/22 Latest, Product Leadership Francesca Cortesi 9/6/22

How to decide on what to decide

The hard truth is that you can’t constantly be choosing. So how do you choose what to choose?

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My main takeaways from Loved
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 8/16/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 8/16/22

My main takeaways from Loved

Product marketing is not only a role but a mindset that needs to be adopted by product teams. You need a strategy to define how people are going to know, use, and talk about your product.

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Hemnet product development book club - spring-summer 2022
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/18/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 7/18/22

Hemnet product development book club - spring-summer 2022

Learning from the best. This is what we have been reading and discussing this spring.

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My main takeaways from The cold start problem
Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/22/22 Latest, Books reviews Francesca Cortesi 2/22/22

My main takeaways from The cold start problem

In The Cold Start Problem, Andrew Chen unpacks the dynamics of networked products. He provided me with concrete frameworks and food for thoughts. Here are my takeaways.

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