Stop building solutions nobody wants: 5 tactical ways to uncover what matters

"We need an app!" the CEO announced before we'd even identified the problem. After years at a digital agency watching clients waste thousands on unwanted solutions, I discovered these 5 simple tactics that reveal what customers actually want.

Three powerful tactics to discover hidden innovation opportunities

Discover the three-step process that helped a struggling café boost revenue by 40% while their competitors wasted thousands on solutions nobody wanted.

The Money-Making Filter: How to transform your business ideas into actual market winners

Discover a three-part system for identifying your most promising business ideas with greater accuracy than gut instinct alone.

How to test big ideas without losing your shirt

"That's our third failed product launch this year," I remember a former colleague lamenting as we reviewed another expensive innovation flop. Their team had spent six months and nearly £500,000 developing a new feature their customers "definitely wanted"—only to see...

The secret to Pip Decks: a high rate of “insights per minute”

You could say the ipm (insights per minute) of a book is somewhere between 0.1 - 0.0001. With a blog post like this, the ipm might be closer to 0.2 But with Pip Decks, and how we’ve distilled everything down...

How to get started with User Story Mapping (UX Video Tutorial)

Tom shows us how to get started with User Story Mapping to make collaborating on user experiences intuitive and coherent. (A must watch!)

How to build and test great prototypes

Read how to set up your prototype for success, and avoid testing them like an amateur.

Why are we addicted to meetings?

Meetings rarely produce meaningful design work. And most, if not all, meetings are a waste of time. So why do we have them?

Are you a Comfortable or Vulnerable Designer?

Two designers. One has three years of experience. The other has 10 years of experience. Who is the better designer?

How to stop being a know-it-all designer

As a designer, you might think you know best. But when you drop your opinion and guide your team towards validating assumptions - you take on the position of facilitator. A far more impactful role.

The simple method I used to validate my product idea

When I had the idea for Workshop Tactics, I wasted a load of time doing the wrong thing. It turns out, there is a simple and effective way to tell if you should keep going with an idea. Read to...

How to ensure stakeholders don’t value design

At any UX design conference, this inevitable question always makes an appearance: "How do you get stakeholders to value design?". Here are six ways to ensure that status-quo doesn't change.

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