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The tools we use: Challenging dogma in the design process

Intercom, Inc.

In a recent talk at UX London , I discussed some lessons learned while growing the design team at Intercom, reflecting on the technology industry’s obsession with tools, and pointed out how our sense of tools as objects or apps blinds us to the reality that the processes we adopt and develop are also, in effect, tools.

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Erika Hall on the importance of conversation in design

Intercom, Inc.

With so many moving parts in the creation process, from visual design to content or front-end development, what’s the one universal model all of these can apply to ensure the interaction in the end is more human and humane than machine-like? I know the workshops at Mule Design have taken off. Conversation is the original interface.

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10 key lessons SaaStock18 attendees picked up

SaaStock

Black Holes: these are ideas that take up a lot of company effort while offering poor ROI. Work on developing your brand. When done correctly, it’s a perfect way to enhance your user onboarding. He’d been in SaaS since 2001 and had worked in every role from salesperson, leader, founder, and CEO. Avoid them at all costs.

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Engineering Customer Success Processes for Maximum Impact

Valuize Consulting

Perhaps it was fueled by all of the strategic expertise, funding and time required to develop a category-leading customer success strategy—one that transforms your company’s revenue retention and expansion metrics. A good example is a training session as part of your onboarding process. Or perhaps not.

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PODCAST 139: The Science of Becoming a Better Sales Leader with Luke Rogers

Sales Hacker

How to build a more diverse team [24:50]. Through that, he went to university where he studied AI and cybernetics, ultimately leading big teams in EMEA for AppDynamics. Learn how modern sales teams with deals, win deals now. Modern sales teams, winning deals using 6sense. Show Introduction [00:09]. Sam’s Corner [34:03].

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