#41: Connecting Discovery and Strategy: Insights and Tactics with Teresa Torres

We often talk about strategy diagnosis and insights as if they were something we go through in isolation when defining the direction of our product.

However, those insights come (or should come) from our discovery efforts. Unfortunately, this connection is often missing, and to be fair, it can be pretty messy.

That’s why I had a wonderful conversation with Teresa Torres, one of the top voices on product discovery, and we went deep into the hard questions of connecting these two worlds:

• How involved should leaders be in Discovery?

• How do we validate our strategic assumptions with users?

• How do discovery at different levels interconnect?

and much more. Teresa shared multiple tips on tactics to overcome the typical pitfalls.

Where to Find Teresa’s Work

• Product Talk - Hundreds of valuable articles and resources.

• Product Talk Academy - All training options.

• Continuous Discovery Habits book

• To join the product leaders’ monthly sessions, email support@producttalk.org