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<li>Product sense is not something you need to be born with. It's a learned skill, just like any other PM skill.</li>
<li>You do need to develop your product sense muscle as you move up in seniority, and there are four ways to do so.</li>
</ul>

How Do I Develop Product Sense ?

<ul><li><div><span><span>As you get better at it, you will: Notice subtle things about products and people that you would have missed before </span> </span> </div> </li><li><div><span><span>Anticipate non-obvious user problems </span> </span> </div> </li><li><div><span><span>Develop higher-quality hypotheses about product experiences to build </span> </span> </div> </li><li><div><span><span>Contribute more unique insights to your team </span> </span> </div> </li><li><div><span><span>Be right more often than not about what impact a change to a flow has on metrics </span> </span> </div> </li> </ul>

How To Tell If You’re Getting Better At Product Sense 

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<li>Pay attention to micro details and ask yourself why people react to your product the way they do</li>
<li>Observe their facial expressions as they try various aspects of your product, and try to spot moments when they're hesitant, confused, excited, etc.</li>
<li>In those moments, ask open-ended questions to better understand not just how they feel but, more importantly, why</li>
</ul>

Observe People Interacting With Products

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<li>Every detail about the user experience matters</li>
<li>Spend time understanding user problems and framing them in a way that sets strong constraints for the team</li>
<li>Understand why a problem exists and frame it clearly</li>
<li>Identify enough constraints that only a few solutions will be left, streamlining the decision-making process</li>
</ul>

Learn From Great Product Thinkers

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<li>Changes in the industry create opportunities for launching new products that can address user needs in new ways.</li>
<li>There are two levels of emerging trends to keep track of: macro and micro</li>
<li>Macro: important platform shifts (e.g. web3, AR/VR, AI)</li>
<li>Micro: changes in regulations and new privacy protection laws</li>
<li>Keep an open mind about new technologies, don’t dismiss them as a fad</li>
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Be Curious About Changes In Technology And Your Domain

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<li>Product sense is the skill of consistently being able to craft products (or make changes to existing products) that have the intended impact on their users</li>
<li>It relies on (1) empathy to discover meaningful user needs and (2) creativity to come up with solutions that effectively address those needs</li>
</ul>

What Exactly Is Product Sense ?

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<li>Spend one or two hours a month trying out new products and deconstructing them to strengthen your intuition and identify common UX best practices and paradigms.</li>
<li>Observe yourself using everyday products to gain insight into people’s motivations and needs.</li>
</ul>

Deconstruct Everyday Products

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<li>Building empathy: Observe people interacting with products.</li>
<li>Deconstruct everyday products</li>
<li>Improving creativity: Learn from great product thinkers</li>
<li>Be curious about changes in technology and your domain</li>
<li>Use product sense to drive user value and business impact</li>
</ul>

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