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Subscription Fatigue Is Real
Why You’re Losing Customers to Your Own Business Model The promise of subscriptions once felt like a revolution—a steady revenue stream...

Paul Peterson
Feb 253 min read
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Leveraging Catalytic Customers to Drive FinTech Innovation
The FinTech industry thrives on disruption. Every year, new players challenge incumbents, regulations shift, and consumer expectations...

Paul Peterson
Feb 194 min read
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It's Not What You Do, It's How You Fit
In tech product management, the emphasis is often on building something new , something better , something that outperforms competitors...

Paul Peterson
Feb 173 min read
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Reimagining Advertising: How Media Companies Can Adapt to a Changing Landscape
For decades, advertising has been the financial backbone of the media industry, funding investigative journalism, cultural criticism, and...

Paul Peterson
Feb 164 min read
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How Catalytic Customers Elevate Retail and E-Commerce InsightsÂ
Given the sheer volume of data generated by shoppers online, it can be tempting for retail and e-commerce marketers and product teams to...

Paul Peterson
Feb 164 min read
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Your B2B Customers Aren’t Emotionless Automatons
Why B2B Innovation Needs to Take Customer Emotions Seriously  For years, B2B marketing and product development have been guided by a...

Paul Peterson
Feb 123 min read
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Don’t Test for Success. Aim to Fail Instead.
Designing Product Research To Expose Product Flaws In product development, testing is often approached as a process to validate success....

Paul Peterson
Feb 83 min read
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What We Mean When We Talk About Innovation
Innovation is often misconceived as the singular act of creating and launching new products. In reality, it is a complex, multifaceted...

Paul Peterson
Feb 74 min read
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Why Being "Customer-Centric" Isn’t Enough
For years, the mantra of "customer-centricity" has dominated boardrooms, product meetings, and marketing strategies. The idea is simple:...

Paul Peterson
Feb 53 min read
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Inclusive Innovation: A Moral Imperative That's Also Good For Business
We cannot in good conscience stay on the sidelines as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives come under intense fire. Across...

Paul Peterson
Feb 43 min read
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When You Should Avoid Catalytic Customers. Seriously.
We obviously believe that the Catalytic Customer framework is a powerful tool for driving innovation and improving products, enabling...

Paul Peterson
Feb 44 min read
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Time to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
As most product managers know all too well, the pressure to "play it safe" is pervasive. After all, stakeholders demand measurable...

Paul Peterson
Jan 313 min read
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The Innovation-Adoption Gap: Why Great Ideas Struggle to Take Hold
Innovation moves fast. Adoption is slower. This fundamental mismatch is why so many groundbreaking ideas, technologies, and products...

Paul Peterson
Jan 292 min read
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A Little Sanity for Uncertain Times
In times of political and economic uncertainty such as we are experiencing right now, businesses face an environment of heightened, even...

Paul Peterson
Jan 273 min read
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The Silent Crisis of Lapsing Customers: How to Spot the Problem and Stop It Early
In a world of subscription fatigue, fierce competition, and evolving customer expectations, lapsing customers are the silent killers of...

Paul Peterson
Jan 263 min read
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Your Smartest Critics Might Just Be Your Strongest Allies
In the the disciplines of product innovation and marketing, feedback can feel like a double-edged sword. On one side, there’s praise and...

Paul Peterson
Jan 203 min read
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What Catalytic Customers Look Like in the Real World
In earlier posts, we’ve defined the concept of Catalytic Customers – those highly involved, experienced customers in a category who are...

Paul Peterson
Jan 194 min read
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Rolling Up Our Sleeves. Doing the Hard Work of Identifying Your Catalytic Customers
The ability to identify and engage Catalytic Customers can profoundly shape an organization’s approach to innovation and market...

Paul Peterson
Jan 184 min read
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The Hidden Costs of Tech Debt
Technical debt (or "tech debt") is regularly discussed in engineering circles, but product teams and business leaders are increasingly...

Paul Peterson
Jan 173 min read
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A Future Powered by Catalytic Customers? Think About It.
Imagine a world where every successful business (and the product management teams they employ) has fully embraced the power of Catalytic...

Paul Peterson
Jan 173 min read
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