Post on 22-Jan-2018
FINDING YOUR TRUE NORTH
Productized — October 2015
Lars Rosengren @larsrose
Anatomy for Good Product Development
Lars Rosengren @larsrose
Product Lead @Ustwo
LARS
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Lars Rosengren @larsrose
Product Lead @Ustwo
LARS
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I care about… People
Sustainability
Crafts & Culture
Photography
WE’RE A DIGITAL PRODUCT STUDIO
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JOURNEY
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Part 1: Failures
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CONFUSED…
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A GRAND VISION
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BAD DESIGN?
DISTRACTIONS
ENVIZIO LABS
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CALIFORNIA Mobile payments (~2009) Partner with Wells Fargo & Target Well balanced team
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CONTEXT
FORGOT TO ASK ‘WHY’…
LEARNINGS
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LEARNINGSVentures funnel passion & dedication
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LEARNINGSVentures funnel passion & dedicationIt’s fragile
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LEARNINGSVentures funnel passion & dedicationIt’s fragile The ‘why’ matters more than ‘what’
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JOURNEYPart 2: Inspirations
JAPAN
Calligraphy by Ishizaki Keisui
I've never once hated this job. I fell in love with my work and gave my life to it. Even though I'm eighty five years old, I don't feel like retiring. That's how I feel.
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DESIGN
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— Bringing a Point of View
“ You have to care!… You cannot do superior work, if you are indifferent”
— William Albert Allard
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“ Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money.
Money is an important part of a company’s existence, if the company is any good.
But a result is not cause. We have to go deeper and find the real reason for our being.
— David Packard
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PURPOSE MATTERS
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PURPOSE MATTERS
Purpose can be the goal
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PURPOSE MATTERS
Purpose can be the goal Point-of-view
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PURPOSE MATTERS
Purpose can be the goal Point-of-viewOur reason for being
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— Raison d’être
“ Invest As much time in designing your business as you do in designing your product..
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WHY ARE YOU IN BUSINESS?
DOES YOUR CUSTOMER CARE?
PEOPLE & CULTURE
VENTURE CORPORATION
PURPOSEPEOPLE
CULTURE
Navigating your True north
PRODUCT
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AgileCanvases Product/Market fit
WHAT & HOW?
STRATEGY & VISIONPURPOSE
PURPOSE… BUT HOW?
PURPOSE… BUT HOW?
Ask yourself ‘why?’, not only ‘what?’
PURPOSE… BUT HOW?
Ask yourself ‘why?’, not only ‘what?’Have a point of view
PURPOSE… BUT HOW?
Ask yourself ‘why?’, not only ‘what?’Have a point of viewShow that you care …about something
FRAMEWORKS
Lean Startup Scrum Communication Tools etc.
“ What defines great teams is not avoiding drama, but how you interact with drama.
— David Storkholm
DRAMA
Define who you are Align team around why
PURPOSEPEOPLE
CULTURE
PURPOSE
FRAMEWORKS
DRAMA
SHAPE YOUR BUSINESS LEAD YOUR PRODUCT
“ Life’s too short to build something that nobody wants. - Ash Maurya
“Life is short, so make everything you build matter - Lars