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Discover the Better Bets Canvas, a tool inspired by Annie Duke's Thinking in Bets, helping product leaders tackle everyday challenges effectively.

By designing a system to learn, not just do, Bill Walsh changed football’s approach to confronting challenges. Those of us in the digital product industry can learn from this unconventional approach, even off the football field. This mindset will help you make decisions in complex situations, give you a greater perspective on your challenges, and remind you that outcomes-driven development — not just delivery — is the most important part of winning whatever game you’re playing.

We've found that different clients aren’t always ready to build and they also don’t know exactly what to do in order to realize a particular opportunity. There’s a lot of hard work that goes into making a great product before you start making the product. So why don't more internal teams do this kind of exploratory work? Plenty of teams do, and it's fantastic. But there are plenty of good, understandable reasons why teams & leaders don't get into this on their own.

Our product experts share their perspective on five central questions around design sprints, including value for clients, biggest challenges, takeaways from their experiences and more.

We’ve worked to define what it takes to craft a team of individuals that are truly passionate about learning. What we’ve found is that you must work to make it a habit. It requires a continuous “loop” of attention, testing, and reflection. This article will cover our approach to learning and adaptation.

Your team's North Star is an orientation aid that helps you understand where you are and set your instruments for the journey. Learn how to calibrate your team for the road ahead with this template.

Justin Mertes walks through the 2.5 hour Feature Sprint that helped Vera identify their MVP and grow to be a mobile app with nearly 10K downloads.

Discover our 6-day remote Design Sprint with the Kudelski team: tools used, process overview, and working across three time zones.

Learn how to make your meetings more like a Design Sprint meeting with these exercises, ensuring everyone is heard, decisions are made and the team is engaged.

Learn how Growfish can help you make learning the center of your Sprint Retros, including examples and our experience with it in the past.

Product Manager and Design Sprint Facilitator Justin Mertes outlines the 5 steps to becoming a confident design sprint facilitator based on his experience.