March 27, 2019 36:53 E11

#11 - Integrating Research Faster with John Cutler

John Cutler is a man of many talents. He’s a product development champion, team whisperer, and now, podcast guest on Awkward Silences! Erin and JH talked to John about just-in-time research, promoting healthy team practices, and integrating research faster.

Highlights

[3:22] Start together, work together, finish together
[7:50] Consistently integrate your ideas
[9:02] Continuous design, rather than design then build
[10:16] Create a backlog of learning goals
[11:30] Integrate research faster
[17:32] Finding a working balance for you and your team
[18:10] The dangers of defensive dogma
[35:02] Critiquing your research process

Creators and Guests

Host

Erin May

Senior VP of Marketing & Growth at User Interviews

Host

John-Henry Forster

Former SVP of Product at User Interviews and long-time co-host (now at Skedda)

Guest

John Cutler

John is a product development nut who loves wrangling complex problems and answering the why with qual/quant data. Currently the Senior Director, Product Enablement at Toast, he previously led product education at Amplitude.