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Hooked - How to build habit-forming products
by Nir Eyal with Ryan Hoover
This book is another of my Jedi Master readings. Divided in 4 parts, it explains the fundamentals of the Hook Model. The trigger- the spark of behaviour, the action- the behaviour done in anticipation of an reward, the reward-the element that will fill users with dopamine for satisfying their cravings, last but not least, the investment - the effort user puts into the product in order to make it 'theirs'.
Maximize your potential: grow your expertise, take bold risks & build an incredible career
by Edited by Jocelyn K. Glei and Foreword by Scott Belsky
Key takeaways of this book: allow yourself to fail, but learn from it. Seek for feedback in the process to reduce misconception. And learn to explore by doing and trying. No one achieve success in the first run, it's a matter of trying, testing and exposing your solution. I love that they keep telling the reader to "work with intention". The intention is the essence of the craft you are creating.
Make your mark: The creative's guide to building a business with impact
Edited by Jocelyn K. Glei and Foreword by Scott Belsky
This book is about how to define, build, share and lead your product to create a sustainable business impact. How do we define a product? By it’s purpose and intention. How do we build? By starting to craft the solution and iterate until you mastered it. How do we share an unfinished product? Simply bring your customers along. Ask them to participate in the crafting of your idea. And how do we lead a product? By building a team of leaders. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to build a product from scratch. Very inspiring.
Manage your day-to-day: build your routine, find your focus & sharpen your creative mind
Edited by Jocelyn K. Glei and Foreword by Scott Belsky
Two important points can summarize in this book: 1- build yourself a routine and 2- use different methodologies to unlock your creativity. It gives advices for anyone who doesn’t know how “to constantly be creative”.
Lean UX
by Jeff Gothelf with Josh Seiden
Lean UX is based on three foundations: Design Thinking, Agile software development and Lean Startup. The idea of Lean UX “ is not create a deliverable”, as the book would describe it, but rather focus on the creation of outcomes. Outcomes are not features. Outcome is “a signal we seek from the market to help us validate or invalidate our hypotheses”. Very handy book to improve any product you have in hand, but I find it hard to change the structure of a company to adapt to this methodology. Nonetheless, the main idea and the intention of this book are definitely worth the reading.
This is Service Design Thinking
by 23 authors from global service design community
If you are learning about Design Thinking, this is the perfect book to start with. The book is divided in three parts: first, you have an introduction on Service Design Thinking, second is about the methods and the tools and finally the last part is the integration of Design Thinking in different user cases such as the creation of an application, a redesign for a bank or a hospital. This book is my Jedi Master of design. Every time, I feel lost, this book is always around to give me some hints.
Show your work
by Austin Kleon, a writer who draw
After making better work, it's time to share and show the results in an honest and humble way. Austin taught me in this book a golden rule: "By letting go of ours egos and sharing our process, we allow for possibility of people having an ongoing connection with us and our work [...]" see something familiar? Yes, we are talking about process! Design is all about the process.
Steal like an artist
by Austin Kleon, a writer who draw
Inspiring book about how to unlock your creativity with 10 simple rules. It helped me start building my world as a designer and reinvent myself to make better work. I loved it!
