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Where Do Ideas Come From?

… When you are not solving your own experiences

3d ago

cloud with rain coming down to a shape labeled “Absorb.” A label at the top reads “Build the Right … Thing” and in the midst of the rain is text saying “Opportunity to create something!”

3d ago

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Robot Mental Health

Have you ever tried to save a baby snake that was hurt by the tire of a passing car? Have you accidentally crushed the head of a lizard…

Aug 11

illustration of three autonomous, sentient “robots” representing types that exist in 2025. These are capable of sensing and responding, but they are not self-aware. They are not sapient. The first is a toilet-shaped robot, but much shorter, which as a water tank for washing the floor. The next is a lawnmower without a handle, with the label “lawn yum” on the side and grass around it. The third is a bit strawberry harvester in a field, with boxes of berries in view on a platform.

Aug 11

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Critical Thinking Requires Awareness

Awareness turns an assumption into “there is variety”

Mar 14

Maslow’s old pyramid of needs, with a new layer at the bottom called “caring for others.” This means someone takes care of another before taking care of their own physiological needs. And lots of viewers might think “women” do this, so there’s a comment next to the lowest layer of the pyramid with three faces, one of which has a mustache, saying that if you thought “women,” then you will want to read the essay.

Mar 14

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Worshipping Efficiency

It is not the only approach

Feb 18

Worshipping Efficiency

Feb 18

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Stove, Oven, or Washer?

Can different researchers find the same patterns?

Feb 18

a transcript is like an apartment, so this image shows a transcript pointing to an icon of an apartment building, which points to a floorplan of the apartment. Arrows coming from the floorplan point to various pieces of furniture like a sofa, a bed, a lamp

Feb 18

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Needs: Met and Unmet

What exactly are user needs?

Feb 18

three icons representing the three types of interior cognition: a heart in the shape of a red jewel for emotional reactions, a crystal ball for inner thinking, and a compass star for personal rules.

Feb 18

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Product Strategy & Adventure

Some orgs list what they want to achieve — their mission — and think of it as their strategy. It’s not. Strategy is about people.

Jul 26, 2024

photo of snow-covered alps jutting up above some low clouds, with green trees and a tiny road sign in the foreground

Jul 26, 2024

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Where Do the 3 Concept Types Come From?

How do we know this categorization is exhaustive of everything going on inside someone’s cognition?

Mar 28, 2024

Half of a jawbreaker candy showing a shell, two layers, and a core. Each of these four layers is labeled: Description layer (explanation, scene setting, facts), Expression layer (opinion, preference, perception, belief, attitude), Almost Cognition (generalized or implied cognition), and Interior Cognition (inner thinking, emotional reactions, guiding principles).

Mar 28, 2024

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Define Value Beyond “faster-easier-efficient-scalable”

Why does the tech world only think of value in these terms?

Jul 22, 2023

Value definition from caption as text on top of a green background

Jul 22, 2023

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Your Org’s Strategic Direction Is Based on Research

This article was written in conjunction with Kunyi Mangalam.

May 22, 2023

Illustration asks the question, “What influences org strategy?” There is a cloud at the bottom right of the illustration that surrounds a circle labeled “org strategy.” Ten arrows point to this circle, each labeled with items from the essay, such as leadership, board members, economic events, political events, etc. Two of these arrows come from “market research” and “design strategy research.” UX research (typically tactical) finds & fixes problems between solutions and people.

May 22, 2023

Indi Young

Indi Young

Qualitative data scientist, helping product teams clients find opportunities to support diversity. Books https://indiyoung.com/books/

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