You don't usually get this at a tech conference #OpenUKCop26

Here’s the way to close an amazing in person “heads up” thinking day in Glasgow at #openukcop26 … big thanks to the organisers! OpenUK

How Fintech Is Unbundling Banking And What That Means For Financial Incl... youtu.be/PqszLxflrT4 via YouTube

Approximately three billion people, almost 40% of the world’s population, cannot afford a healthy diet and another one billion people would join their ranks should further unpredictable events reduce incomes by one-third, the United Nations food agency said. 🔗: uncdf.link/09i

I'm checking out the #DesignThinking #toolkits that Jay Melone | Profit Ladder and New Haircut created... Check them out here 👉 bit.ly/DT-toolkits #facilitator #DesignSprint #ProblemFraming #ProblemPrioritization #ux #hcd #innovation #templates #mural #miro #invision

If you saw me on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, that viral clip was from this China in Africa explainer from BBC News Africa. The brilliant Vincent Ni and I did it in London in 2019 (expertly produced by Leyla Najafli) but it’s even more relevant today

If you want to greatly improve your product’s quality & shipping pace, create an environment in which engineers care deeply about customers & have the agency to influence product decisions. This will easily make >10X long-term impact than any new product process, tool, or tactics

Following the Ukrainian #opensource developers’ call organised by den the dev 👨‍💻 #OpenUK set up #community contribution link to British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal redcross.org.uk/opensource and contributed £1k & Scottish Tech Army matched £1k. Please share/ give #StandWithUkraine️

Small long-lived teams with end-to-end responsibility seems to be a common message during #QConLondon

A subtle but important tell regarding a company’s product culture is whether it is *possible* to start a new thing without first allocating a PM to it. If a few engineers and/or a designer either cannot start a new project or are not allowed to do it, that is rarely a good sign.

Thinking deeply about the #DigitalDivide after a conversation on #TheDrTechShow So much of what we do works because of the internet, and doesn't work without...

This is joyous.

Just a few notes to myself (a driven & ambitious person): 1) Kings are overrated and usually unhappy. It is much better to be kingmaker. 2) Eventually, everyone realizes that they don’t want to be Elon Musk or Steve Jobs. How quickly do you want to get there? 3) Legacy is

I have found Deep Product Managers are better strategists for their detailed execution. They don’t make it about strategy OR execution. With good prioritization, they do strategy AND execution. Their deep project management drives deep strategic insight.

This is an example of why design matters so much for inclusion… the right words make all the difference to customers. A big part of our M-PESA design principles when sms was our core customer UX…

The secret to engaging stakeholders might just be found in an unexpected blend of storytelling, psychology, and diplomacy.

TL;DR? Stuffing generative models into absolutely everything comes with a significant cost to the planet, and we should use fine-tuned models in cases when tasks are well-defined. 👩🏼‍💻 Alternative titles we explored include "InferNO" and "Think before you GPT" 😂

Simon Wardley blew my mind a long time ago with Wardley Maps for strategy His latest post on measurement is a gem. I broke it down into maxims you should save and review before each project:

Identity, privacy, automation, security... by themselves, these are often "grudge buys" driven by a compliance need or a drive for efficiency. But viewed collectively, they are part of a wave of *empowerment technologies* including personal AI and digital agents - (1/2)