An In-Depth Look into Framing Problems (recording from group mentorship session)

Learn how to frame problems, define opportunities, and write good testable statements.

Hello, Ambitious Designers!

I just wanted to share the link for the recording of this week’s group mentorship session. We had an in-depth collaborative workshop on converting generic design prompts into real high-value business problems, derive opportunities (HMWs), and create good hypotheses that inform specific design experiments. 

You can find the recording link (uploaded to Youtube) here and the Figma file for reference here.

The last 20-30 minutes of the session was open Q&A. We discussed many topics such as imposter syndrome, product thinking resources, introducing new processes into teams, and working with PMs.

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Career series

• How to Create the Luck Required for a Successful Career

• How to Become a 99th Percentile Designer

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Product thinking series

• Understanding the Product Market

• How to Find Great Markets as a Designer

• How to Evaluate Product Ideas (coming soon)

• How to Evaluate Product Market Fit (coming soon)

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• How I got into Design (0 experience to landing a 6-figure job in 12 months)

• Six Exercises to Overcome Skill Plateau as a Designer

• You’re Doing Gamification Wrong: Dual Loops Explained

• How to Get Started with Motion Design in 8 Minutes

• Interaction Design is More than just User Flows and Clicks

• A Startup’s Guide to Making Products More Valuable and Attractive to Customers

• How to Drive Product Focus with the Right Mission & Vision

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