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What are the outcomes and capabilities I\u2019d like to continuously deliver as product John Cutler? At the high level, I want to 1)<\/strong> inspire more rewarding work experiences for individual contributors, 2)<\/strong> create better products and services, and 3)<\/strong> generate positive, long-term economic outcomes for organizations and their customers.<\/p>\n There are many \u201chows\u201d available to drive those outcomes. I\u2019m never going to be an organizational psychologist or a technical coach (unless I have a big win and can go back to school). But the circles in the venn diagram do overlap<\/em> around understanding team dynamics, relating to individual contributors, outcome-driven product development, UX research, and systems thinking. So that is where I have decided to do my\u00a0work.<\/p>\n Over the years I\u2019ve built up some convictions based on my albeit biased work experiences, reading, researching, and talking to thinkers in the space. I\u2019m operating on the assumption that the outcomes below will drive the higher-level outcomes above. It\u2019s important to challenge those assumptions and keep looking at the data (as Google did with their Project Aristotle<\/a>).<\/p>\n So when it comes to the How\/What (in my current role, with my writing\/speaking, and all future roles), I am striving to move the following needles:<\/p>\n The Why is that I see so many crappy products out there (and wasted effort), and I see so many builders and designers working on the front-lines feeling disconnected from the impact of their work. I also see so many companies falling into the trap of over-fitting for short-term economic gains vs. long term economic outcomes. They may limp along, but in the process they become crappy places to work. And I believe there are better ways to approach this. That\u2019s where my passion\u00a0is.<\/p>\n So that\u2019s the product of John\u2026warts and weirdness and all. How about the product of\u00a0You?!<\/p>\n For the next post\u00a0\u2026 the UX of the product of\u00a0You!<\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Applying product thinking to your work and personal\u00a0mission Do you think of yourself as a product? Lately, I have been experimenting with thinking of myself as a product, and it has been a rewarding experience. I\u2019ll be the guinea pig here, but I\u2019d love to hear more about the product of\u00a0You! What &\u00a0Who What are… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-user-experience"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tThe How\u00a0Overlap<\/h4>\n
Operating How Assumptions<\/h4>\n
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