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My latest interactions column, Some Different Approaches to Making Stuff, has just been published.

I propose an incomplete framework for how companies go about making stuff (products, services, miscellaneous). In characterizing this as incomplete, I hope to hear about other approaches that will flesh out the framework.

  1. Be a Genius and Get It Right
  2. Be a Genius and Get It Wrong
  3. Don’t Ask Customers If This Is What They Want
  4. Do Whatever Any Customer Asks
  5. Understand Needs and Design to Them

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