John Cutler offers great insights you can use everyday.
I enjoy reading John Cutler’s writing for his diagrams and insight into product development. He is so knowledgeable and provides actionable ideas you can use in your work too.
Go look at his substack archive The Beautiful Mess, and you’re sure to see something useful. I find his diagrams especially useful. He’s also provided some informal survey results too. As his work takes shows him what is going on in many different companies, he offers a unique perspective on what he sees working and what not working.
You can also follow him on BlueSky, and LinkedIn if you prefer.
There is so much here that you can use regularly. Follow your current interest to learn more on the topic, and see what someone who’s thought deep and long about the topic.
Look up the terms and abbreviations you don’t know to learn more.
Trust his experience. Be sceptical too, if you prefer, and then compare what he writes to your experience, and discuss his ideas with others too.
This is how you learn.
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