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How do you balance innovation with user needs?
Balancing new ideas with practical user needs is a common dilemma that impacts product relevance and usability.
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Sophia Watt
By continuously gathering user feedback and iterating on solutions, ensuring innovations align with actual user needs and enhance their experience.
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I balance innovation with user needs by actively listening to user feedback and testing new ideas to ensure they enhance the user experience 🧩
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I start by setting clear goals for my product and try to find which of them align more with users need and are innovative as well.
I kind of divide users into two groups:
1. Users who LOVE your product: I try to improve the things they already love (e.g. if they love how fast your product is, I try to make it even faster)
2. Users who are interested, but don't love it yet: This is where innovation comes in. What's missing? What would make them love your product? And then I go and build that. Which should switch this group to group #1.
Balancing innovation with user needs is like finding the sweet spot between adding sprinkles on your ice cream without compromising the cone's structural integrity!
Strike a balance by listening to your users’ needs and then innovating to solve their problems in unexpected ways.