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8 User Experience (UX) design LinkedIn does wrong

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With over 700 million users and monthly active users (MAU) of over 300 million, LinkedIn is one of the top social media platforms. In today’s world of social media overload, LinkedIn has been able to carve a unique niche for itself in the form of “networking for professionals”. However, LinkedIn’s user experience (UX) has not evolved much over the years and LinkedIn has been winning primarily because of lack of decent competition. If LinkedIn focus more on its UX game, will it be able to better tackle the growing competition from Indeed, Glassdoor and other similar platforms? Will it be able to drive more engagement and user growth? Let’s discuss the top 8 user experience (UX) design that LinkedIn does wrong.

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Top 10 Product Management Skills

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What does it take to be a good Product Manager? This is a question that has troubled mankind for decades(maybe). Product Management as a domain is still evolving and is one of the few domains which has not yet been transformed into an exact science. You think of ‘Marketing’ and immediately Philip Kotler’s name comes to mind as a marketing leader. Investment enthusiasts have got a great deal to learn from Warren Buffett and his investment principles. Core tech world has got their Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg etc. But when it comes to Product Management, there is no general consensus on a ‘leader’ of the domain. And thus, there are no role models / benchmarks for aspiring Product Managers to follow and learn from. So, let’s discuss the top 10 Product Management skills that every Product Manager must be good at (in no specific order).

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Product Delight – The journey from Good to Great Products

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We, as product managers, put in a lot of effort in terms doing market research, competitive reviews or taking user feedback to come up with the best version of our product for our customers. But, it is also true that everybody does these things and probably that’s the reason why 80% of most of the products look exactly similar to the competition (some sort of Nash equilibrium equivalent of the Product management world). For e.g. – majority of the apps in the ecommerce industry look similar. And in such a scenario, how can we expect loyalty from our customers? How can we expect them to be our brand ambassadors in their local circle of influence? The answer lies in “Product Delight”.

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What if the Avengers were Product Manager?

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A Product Manager has one of the most broadest and vaguest job description ever. There are product managers with completely different set of skills and still equally successful. There are companies where product managers are just a “cog in the wheel” and then there are companies where product managers are “the wheel”. We, as product managers, often like to think of ourselves as “the CEO of the Product” or “the one wearing multiple hats” and many other similar buzzwords. In our own world, we are nothing less than a superhero. So, let’s take this fantasy a step forward and figure out “What if the Avengers were Product Manager?”

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Top 9 User Experience (UX) design Twitter does wrong

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With a total user base of 1.3 billion comprising of monthly active users (MAU) of 330 million and daily active users (DAU) of 145 million, Twitter is one of the top social media platforms. Twitter became a hit soon after it’s launch because it brought a radical shift in the content game. You no more need to write 1000s words long blogs/articles to get your point across and don’t need to worry about getting decent exposure. Twitter made everybody a content creator. However, user experience (UX) is not considered to be one of Twitter’s forte and one can say that Twitter is winning the game primarily on the basis of content and engagement. What if Twitter ups its UX game? Could it drive more engagement and user growth? Let’s discuss the top 9 user experience designs that Twitter does wrong.

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Top 5 Product management tools every Product Manager must be good at

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In the current digital and remote working age, we are increasingly reliant on a lot of digital tools to get our job done. Companies are now migrating to digital solutions for processes that have been manual for decades. With time, these tools have evolved from just being a helping hand to an absolute must in their field. Different teams have their own unique requirements and thus their own set of favourite tools. Let’s discuss the top 5 product management tools that every Product Manager must be good at.

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5 User Experience (UX) design Instagram does wrong

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Instagram is the 6th most popular social network in the world and we spend a good amount of time daily on Instagram. Instagram is often praised for its UX design which has made it a hit among youngsters. However, there are quite a few UX design principles / standards that Instagram breaks regularly. Is this something that differentiates Instagram from the rest or is this a missed opportunity by Instagram? Let’s discuss the 5 User Experience design that Instagram does wrong.

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Gmail issues – Why Gmail Why??

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Gmail probably is “the” most used email client all over the world. However, even with it’s countless advantages, Gmail also has its fair share of feature gaps and user experience issues. But we still keep using it, being fully aware of these known issues and hoping that it’ll soon be fixed in the upcoming updates. And when these issues don’t get fixed, then over a period of time they start annoying you a lot more than they normally should and makes you go “Why Gmail Why??”. Highlighting a few such issues below –

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Lord Krishna – The best Product Manager ever

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First of all, apologies for the clickbaitish title. However, i do believe that Lord Krishna was a great product manager (if not the best) and there is a lot to be learned about Product management from Lord Krishna and his life.

1. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita – “The” best PRD ever

It is a well established opinion that Shrimad Bhagavad Gita has answers to all the problems of life. This is akin to the concept of PRD (Product requirement document) in the Product Management world.

When Arjun (i.e. the Developer) was having doubts about performing his duties as a warrior (i.e. Product development) in the battlefield (i.e. Sprint), he reached out to Lord Krishna (i.e. the Product Manager) and Lord Krishna guided him by reciting verses which later constituted Shrimad Bhagavad Gita (i.e. the PRD)

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Thus, we can say that Shrimad Bhagavad Gita is the best and the most detailed PRD ever created by the best Product Manager ever.

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How Covid-19 permanently changed the course of Product Management?

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The Covid-19 pandemic is for sure gonna be “the” most defining moment of most of our lives. It has forced us to change/rethink every big and small aspect of our life. However, here i am just gonna focus on how Covid-19 has permanently changed the course of Product Management.

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Work From Home

This is one of the biggest impact Covid-19 has made on almost every business and profession across the world. Pre Covid there was more or less a general consensus that work from home decreases productivity. Many companies as a policy didn’t even allowed work from home for its employees.

However, due to Covid-19 and the worldwide lockdowns that followed, companies were forced to allow extended work from home policy.

And just like that, the myth got busted. Companies realized that there is no significant impact on productivity due to work from home. This was even more prominent in the Tech domain and as a result, some companies like Twitter and Slack have even gone ahead with the bold move of permanent work from home.

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