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Thu Aug 25

  • Product Thinking

Building Better Products with the Product Thinking Playbook

Thoughtworks aims to build better products, and the Product Thinking Playbook is how we do it. Like any good product, the Product Thinking Playbook constantly evolves, guiding us when designing new projects for better team alignment, pivoting projects to yield better results, and learning new techniques to become better product practitioners. Learn more about our Product Thinking Playbook and what it can do for your product vision.

Building Better Products with the Product Thinking Playbook

Thu Feb 2

  • Product Thinking,
  • Strategy

Field Guide to a Product Mind: Social Proof

The Social Proof principle suggests when a person finds themselves in an unfamiliar situation where they’re unsure of the correct course of action, they will often look to those around them for prompts and clues on how to behave properly. In this Field Guide to a Product Mind: Social Proof, discover what causes it, social proof in action and ways this constant and powerful influence plays out in our lives.

Field Guide to a Product Mind: Social Proof

Fri Jan 20

  • Culture

Thoughtworker Spotlight: Jason Zheng

Who better than Jason Zheng to jazz (or should we say, Jepsen, as in Carly Rae) us up this January? Whether he's delivering product impact to our clients or coaching and mentoring future generations of engineers, his skill, dedication and passion always shine. When he's not busy wearing iconic nature landmarks shirts (or looking for new ones to add to his collections), you'll find Jason cooking up new recipes, gaming with friends, or savouring in the runner's high. Now, can you guess what his favourite product is? Here's a hint: he can spend hours with it and has not parted with them even after discontinuation, buying multiple pairs as backup.

Thoughtworker Spotlight: Jason Zheng

Wed Jan 11

  • Culture,
  • Product Thinking,
  • Software Development

Tammy’s 2023 Outlook: The Year of More

We’re welcoming 2023 as the year of more. As an exciting time of transitions, growth and continuing to deliver impact, hear what Tammy Chiasson, Managing Director of Thoughtworks Canada, envisions for our people, partners and methods in 2023.

Tammy’s 2023 Outlook: The Year of More

Fri Dec 2

  • Culture

Thoughtworker Spotlight: Chris Russo

Endless, boundless, limitless; words to describe Chris Russo’s creativity. As our Content Marketing Manager, he proves every single day that the pen is mightier than the sword. He has inspired so many Thoughtworkers to share their voice and perspectives through our content, that we even created a secret-not-so-secret society for everyone he’s collaborated with known as the 4P (you’ll have to join the team to find out what it stands for!). Besides being a very avid reader, Chris enjoys spending time with his two boys and partner going on hikes, exploring new towns, and cooking up a storm in their kitchen trying new culinary styles.

Thoughtworker Spotlight: Chris Russo

Thu Dec 1

  • Culture,
  • Product Thinking,
  • Software Development

Global Day of Coderetreat Toronto 2022

Earlier this month, we hosted Global Day of Coderetreat (GDCR) at our Toronto office. After a three-year hiatus, we wanted to re-awaken some of the community enthusiasm when we hosted the event for the first time back in 2019. This year we planned for a larger event which turned out to be a really good thing as we nearly doubled our attendance. And in case you were wodering, this is how we did it.

Global Day of Coderetreat Toronto 2022

Tue Nov 29

  • Software Development,
  • Strategy

Art of Controlled Burn in Engineering Management

The idea of a Controlled Burn is simple; create a small fire that you fully control. The assumption is that were you to do nothing, a much larger disaster would occur. In agile, no team likes disruptions; rather, everyone prefers to work like well-oiled machines. This begs the question - can we apply a strategy that looks very similar to firefighters and utilizes controlled disruptions rather than waiting for a full-blown disaster to occur?

Art of Controlled Burn in Engineering Management

Fri Nov 18

  • Culture

Thoughtworker Spotlight: Karen Hinks

What can you say about Karen Hinks, Client Service Manager here at Thoughtworks? A lot, quite frankly. She has the type of tenacity that makes you believe she can do anything and go anywhere and the type of loyalty that lets you know she'll always be right where you need her to be. Although her career has spanned industries and verticals, people have always been at the centre of what she does, and her ability to make anyone she speaks to feel like they are the only person in the world is partly why she excels. When she's not trying to sneak vegetables into her son's food, exploring her new home on the east coast, or wishing one of her favourite products (she has two; I told you there was a lot) was the Jetson character it resembles (can you guess what it is?), you'll find her walking her two-year-old beagle; either towards or away from a donair.

Thoughtworker Spotlight: Karen Hinks