Influences

Product Thinkers

The people whose ideas have shaped how I think about product, design, and building software.

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Teresa Torres

Author, Continuous Discovery Habits

Teresa changed how I think about discovery. Her Opportunity Solution Tree framework gave me a practical way to connect business outcomes to customer needs, and her emphasis on continuous interviewing pushed me to stay close to users rather than relying on assumptions. Her work made discovery feel less like a phase and more like a habit.

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Chris Spiek & Bob Moesta

Jobs-to-be-Done Practitioners

The Switch framework and forces of progress model completely reframed how I understand why people change products. Instead of asking what features users want, I learned to look at the push, pull, anxiety, and habit forces behind every decision. Their interview techniques are some of the most useful tools in my kit.

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Ryan Singer

Author, Shape Up

Shape Up gave me a vocabulary for the tension between too much upfront design and too little structure. The concepts of appetite, breadboarding, and fat marker sketches changed how I scope work and communicate with engineers. Ryan showed me that good process is about setting boundaries, not writing specs.

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Christopher Alexander

Architect & Design Theorist

Alexander's idea that good design comes from patterns — solutions that emerge from real human needs — resonated deeply with how I approach product work. A Pattern Language showed me that the best designs feel inevitable because they're rooted in how people actually live and work. His thinking bridges architecture, software, and product in a way that keeps me grounded.

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