Sebastien Phlix

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An Actionable Guide to Product Discovery: the Workflow I’ve Used at Typeform & N26

There’s a lot of theory out there about product discovery. What’s less clear is how product discovery can work in a real product manager’s day-to-day. There aren’t many examples of actual “end-to”end” product discovery workflows, so I decided to share mine.

Jul 22, 2020 — 15 min read


How to Say No

Being good at saying No is a fundamental skill for anyone, and especially for PMs. I summarize the “positive No” framework in this post, including a tangible example of saying No to a feature request.

Published in HackerNoon.com — Sep 18, 2018 — 5 min read


4 essential questions to ask before you prioritize product ideas

This post shares a framework we’ve used at Typeform to evaluate new product ideas: the “opportunity analysis” document.

Published in HackerNoon.com — Jun 4, 2018 — 6 min read


How to Make New Habits Stick

Struggling to keep up healthy new habits? Here are 10 tips to help you reach your goals, based on scientific research.

Published on Medium — Mar 15, 2018 — 7 min read


6 Tips for Product Managers to Work Better with UX Designers

Lessons learned at Typeform.

Published in Noteworthy — Dec 13, 2017 — 7 min read


The Typeform Product Playbook

A graphic representation of our product process at Typeform. Several companies have adopted parts of the playbook after we published this article.

Published in Product Coalition — Oct 11, 2017 — 6 min read


How to stop forgetting what you read

My approach to the four levels of reading and note-taking. It’s because of this process that you’ll find 300+ articles and around 50 books summarized on my website.

Published on Medium — Sep 5, 2017 — 7 min read


A practical guide to learning the basics of web programming

How you can learn to code for free as a ‘non-technical person.’ Recommended by +5k people on Medium.

Published on Medium — Aug 9, 2017 — 6 min read