Your weekly overview of interesting reads you might have missed + events and jobs for the experimental mind (that’s you). Everything is handpicked by me, so you don’t have to.
Hello! Welcome to the 2023 version of the Experimental Mind newsletter. New platform, same goodness. Elon Musk decided to kill Revue (Twitter’s emailtool), so I decided to move to Substack. Let me know if anything is not (yet) working.
Enjoy and have a great week!
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🔎 Interesting reads you might have missed
In Defense of the Unoptimized Life
Evan Armstrong reminds us to focus on values, not only on becoming better all the time. “When we focus too hard on being a little better every day, we destroy the ability to be inspired.”Speed is not velocity
Short article by Lukas Vermeer: ”Speed matters, but we also need to ensure that we are speeding in the right direction. Running into a wall faster is not a recipe for product success.”Course Change Management: from CRO to an Experimentation Culture
Ruben de Boer launched a course which will help you grow your organisation towards an Experimentation Culture. Get it for a reduced price now.From correlation to causation
First blog post by the people behind Causl: Nicolae Chelea & Bhav Patel.’Outcomes over Output’ discussion guide for book clubs
Great book, with only 78 pages long, an easy read. Josh Seiden created this discussion guide for book clubs. Good moment to start one.ChatGPT prompts
Knowing how to get the most out of ChatGPT is key, these prompts help.Five questions to define your product strategy
Jeff Gothelf helps you define your strategy: “if you can come up with clear, concise answers to each of these questions you’ll be able to give your team clear direction on where to focus and align their efforts on their next initiative”.
🚀 Job opportunities
More than 90 jobs on ExperimentationJobs.com! With new jobs in USA, UK, the Netherlands, France, Australia, Romania and more.
This week's featured roles:
🆕 Data Science and Insights Analyst at Airlines Reporting Corporation (USA)
🆕 Digital Experience Executive – Experimentation at Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
🆕 Growth Product Manager – Mobile at Utility Warehouse (remote, UK)
Sr. CRO Manager at IU Internationale Hochschule (remote or Hamburg, Germany)
CRO Specialist at viaBovag (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Are you hiring? Submit here
📞 Let’s talk
Would you like to talk about an experimentation related topic or simply catch up? I have now hooked up my calendar to Cal.com which makes it really easy for you to schedule a call with me. Try it out. We can talk about whatever you like.
📅 Upcoming events
17 Jan: ProductTank: Experimentation (Amsterdam)
30 Jan: Accelerating Innovation with A/B Testing (virtual)
31 Jan – 4 Feb: SUPERWEEK (Hungary)
6-8 Feb: Quantum Leap (Austin, USA & virtual)
See all experimentation related conferences & events 2023.
💬 Quote of the week
“Statistics gives you a set of tools for decision-making, but how you use them is up to you — it’ll be as individual as any other decision.” — Cassie Kozyrkov (source)
😄 Fun of the week
Iqbal Ali’s latest cartoon on the fight between baysian and frequentists.
👍 Thanks for reading
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