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Rethinking deadlines
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/27/24 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/27/24

Rethinking deadlines

Can deadlines be used as not just commitment tools but also as facilitators of creativity?

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Applied product principles: achieving decision making at scale
Latest, Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/26/23 Latest, Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/26/23

Applied product principles: achieving decision making at scale

A concrete example of how we used  product principles to streamline decisions in a growing product organization.

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My 4 insights from Property Portal Watch 2023
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 10/9/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 10/9/23

My 4 insights from Property Portal Watch 2023

Innovation through convenience, tech, and acquisitions: my key lessons from the PPW23 conference.

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Streamlining decisions: a framework
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/17/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/17/23

Streamlining decisions: a framework

Can you point out who is needed to take a decision in your organization?

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3 lessons I take with me from Product at heart
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/7/23 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/7/23

3 lessons I take with me from Product at heart

My takeaway from the hipest conference in Europe.

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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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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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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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3 lessons I take with me from MTPCON 2022
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 10/27/22 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 10/27/22

3 lessons I take with me from MTPCON 2022

These are my takeaways from the 10th edition of Mind the Product.

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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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(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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The importance of discovering solutions beyond opportunities - Our learnings with the Opportunity Solution tree
Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 5/10/22 Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 5/10/22

The importance of discovering solutions beyond opportunities - Our learnings with the Opportunity Solution tree

Working with Teresa Torres' opportunity solution tree, one key learning for me has been that creating the space for discovering solutions is at least as important as creating the space to discover opportunities.

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4 overlooked product skills to focus on 2022
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/18/22 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 1/18/22

4 overlooked product skills to focus on 2022

Everyone talks about discovery, ability to prioritize, business acumen, as important skills to master for PMs. I believe that beyond that there are 4 areas that are fundamental to succeed with any product.

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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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Motivated reasoning: what it is and why you should talk about it with your product teams
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/23/21 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/23/21

Motivated reasoning: what it is and why you should talk about it with your product teams

While reading about motivated reasoning and the fact that we see the world as we want it to be and not how it is, I couldn’t help but wonder: Could group dynamics in strong and independent product teams feed tribalism that leads us to bias product decisions?

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About Focus
Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/2/21 Latest, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 11/2/21

About Focus

Focus is about saying no to good opportunities, not to bad ones. But how do you actually put that in practice?

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About frameworks and when to use them
Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 9/7/21 Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 9/7/21

About frameworks and when to use them

I reflected on frameworks and summarize what worked well and what didn’t for us. Because the key is to not fall in love with one but to mix them all.


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How can we be really inclusive in our product choices?
Product Development Francesca Cortesi 8/17/21 Product Development Francesca Cortesi 8/17/21

How can we be really inclusive in our product choices?

What do you choose for your product: speed of delivery or inclusiveness? And is there a way to have both?

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Concrete tips to make remote meetings work
Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/27/21 Product In Practice, Product Development Francesca Cortesi 7/27/21

Concrete tips to make remote meetings work

478 days after we started to work fully remote, it is interesting to reflect on how physical distance has transformed our meeting habits in the Hemnet product organization.

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The importance of failures - why mistakes are key for product excellence
Product Development, Product In Practice Francesca Cortesi 6/30/21 Product Development, Product In Practice Francesca Cortesi 6/30/21

The importance of failures - why mistakes are key for product excellence

Why mistakes are the key to success and how to teach your product organization to make them.

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