The 15 best product discovery talks to help you build better products

When I started building new products about 20 years ago, product management was a role that you ‘learnt on the job.’ It was hard to find best practice and actionable advice.

Today, it’s a completely different story. There are some amazing product and innovation experts out there, who thankfully are happy to share their knowledge and experiences with the rest of us.

In no particular order, these are the talks and people that have helped shape the way I think about product discovery. Please add in the comments any that you think I have missed.

1. Design Sprints by Jake Knapp

In this talk, Jake shares his career experiences at Microsoft, Google, and startups and how the same product development process played out every time. Too much upfront product development based on internal decision making and a lack of customer empathy and testing. Jake introduces the concept of Design Sprints that enable you to make rapid progress on your product idea in just 5 days.