Elezea by Rian van der Merwe - RSS Feed https://elezea.com/2013/07/benefits-of-product-mistakes/ A personal blog about product, technology, and interesting things that are worth sharing. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The benefits of product mistakes https://elezea.com/2013/07/benefits-of-product-mistakes/ Tue, 16 Jul 2013 07:58:30 +0000 Rian van der Merwe https://elezea.com/?p=4307 John Ciancutti explains how Netflix uses data to make product decisions in How We Determine Product Success:

It can be frustrating to be in a product development environment where force of personality or hierarchy determines product outcomes. At Netflix the focus on customer value makes a teachable moment of those times one guesses wrong. My product intuition is vastly better today for the benefit of my mistakes.

It’s a great read on the importance of listening like you’re wrong when you develop products.



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