The first impression I had reading Teresa Torres’ Continuous Discovery Habits is that it’s inspiring. But what makes it valuable is how practical it feels once you get into it.
Teresa Torres isn’t just telling you to build products around customer needs. She gives you a set of repeatable techniques, habits you can integrate into your work right away.
Here are a few that really stuck with me:
1. Story Mapping
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You’ll often find Inspired sitting at the top of product management reading lists.
It took me a while to get to it, but I finally did.
The book doesn’t dive deep into specific techniques or frameworks. Instead, it offers a broad view of how strong product companies operate.
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In his book Stolen Focus, Johann Hari shares an interesting idea:
“Every time a new medium comes along—whether it’s the invention of the printed book, or TV, or Twitter—it makes you see things differently.”
And that’s something we can clearly see over time. The way we communicate on different platforms changes — not just because of the cultural shift, but because of the features that these platforms introduce.
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