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Products: ideas and frameworks explained

A collection of ideas, frameworks and techniques related to Products, explained clearly so they are easy to understand and share.

Pyrrhic saving concept showing shoppers leaving a megastore with an overloaded trolley under deal signs, captioned “If we save any more money, we’ll be ruined” – spending more to save money examplePyrrhic Saving: "Saving" money by spending moreThe 5 Gift Guide for Christmas: for a meaningful Christmas with less stuff. Showing the 5 categories "Something: I want, I need, to wear, to read, to do."The 5 Gift Guide for ChristmasThe automation paradox explanation, or paradox of automation, summary with a hiker choosing their phone in place of a physical map and then getting lost in a landscape when there's no signalThe Automation ParadoxSell painkillers, not vitamins illustration: showing two stores, one for vitamins with just one customer and vague future benefits, next to a busy store selling painkillers with a queue of people seeking "relief now!"Painkillers and vitaminsWishcycling: someone wonders about whether something can go in the recycling — followed by the effect on each part of the recycling chain afterWishcyclingChindogu example: A t-shirt with a labelled grid on the back could be a useful tool to guide someone to the exact coordinates you'd like your back scratched. ChindoguThe customer value chain illustration: a concave up, decreasing line graph shows the different elements of competitive advantage at play as a new product or market evolves over time. The customer value chainA back sleeper lying on 1 pillow, and a side sleeper enjoying 2 pillowsBack sleepers, side sleepersWhat is the Betty Crocker effect explained with an illustration about adding an eggThe Betty Crocker EffectChindogu: unuseless inventionsWhat is The Generalised Peter Principle explained: the example of an overloaded car shows that anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging situations until it failsThe Generalised Peter PrincipleDark and light are the keys to one-way mirrors

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