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Measure What Matters? Sure. But Don’t Forget What You Can’t Measure.
“Measure what matters.” It’s one of those phrases that’s become so widely accepted in business that it no longer gets questioned. A...
Paul Peterson
2 days ago2 min read
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How to Develop More Effective User Stories
In Agile product development, User Stories are a cornerstone for delivering features that delight users and drive business growth. But...
Paul Peterson
Mar 283 min read
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The Research Bottleneck Is Slowing Your Best Ideas
In fast-moving product organizations, timely decision-making is often the difference between momentum and missed opportunity. Too...
Paul Peterson
Mar 243 min read
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Designing for Real People in a Synthetic Age
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in product development—powering everything from personalization engines to...
Paul Peterson
Mar 233 min read
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Why the best ideas often fail in testing (and how to change that).
Many product managers and their research colleagues have a love-hate relationship with concept testing. When done well, it can flag weak...
Paul Peterson
Mar 163 min read
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The Collapse of Traditional Market Research—and What Comes Next
Market research is in crisis. Response rates are plummeting. Fraud is rampant. AI-generated survey responses are muddying data. Consumers...
Paul Peterson
Mar 44 min read
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Integrating Catalytic Customer Insights into Segmentation and Persona Development
For seasoned insights professionals, segmentation and persona development are foundational tools—part of the baseline repertoire we draw...
Paul Peterson
Mar 33 min read
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Don’t Test for Success. Aim to Fail Instead.
Designing Product Research To Expose Product Flaws In product development, testing is often approached as a process to validate success....
Paul Peterson
Feb 83 min read
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Rolling Up Our Sleeves. Doing the Hard Work of Identifying Your Catalytic Customers
The ability to identify and engage Catalytic Customers can profoundly shape an organization’s approach to innovation and market...
Paul Peterson
Jan 184 min read
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Exploring the Potential for Digital Twins in Innovation
For product managers driving innovation, staying ahead of the curve means (at least in part) embracing cutting-edge tools and the latest...
Paul Peterson
Jan 143 min read
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Engage. Listen. Innovate. Building High-Impact Customer Advisory Boards
At CoinJar Insights & Strategy, we’ve seen firsthand how meaningful it can be to engage your most invested customers. One of the best...
Paul Peterson
Jan 133 min read
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Approaching Co-Creation with Purpose
Co-creation. It’s a concept that’s been hyped to death before most companies have even figured out how to do it properly. It gets talked...
Paul Peterson
Jan 114 min read
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There’s More to Research in the Digital Age than UX Research
In our digital-first world, user experience (UX) research has become a cornerstone of product development. Companies obsess over testing...
Paul Peterson
Jan 64 min read
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Look Deeper: How Catalytic Customers Revolutionize JTBD Insights
When product teams embark on jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) investigations, they aim to uncover the underlying motivations driving customer...
Paul Peterson
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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The Future of Insights Is (Probably) Hybrid—Are You Ready?
In a world where AI-enabled insights tools are emerging at lightning speed and rapidly moving into the mainstream, the opportunities for...
Paul Peterson
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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How Catalytic Customer Insights Transform Buyer Journey Mapping
Buyer journey mapping has rapidly grown in importance and popularity as a cornerstone of modern customer experience strategy. Companies...
Paul Peterson
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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Observing Catalytic Customers in their Native Habitat
Harnessing Digital Ethnography to Capture Catalytic Customer Insights We've written a lot about the importance of understanding the...
Paul Peterson
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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The 3 Biggest Mistakes in Customer Feedback and How to Avoid Them
Customer feedback is the lifeblood of meaningful innovation. It guides effective product planning, informs resonant marketing strategies,...
Paul Peterson
Jul 16, 20243 min read
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