A continuación, te explicamos cómo puedes superar los bloqueos creativos como gestor de productos.
Como gerente de producto, no eres ajeno a los desafíos de la innovación. La presión para ofrecer constantemente productos frescos e impactantes a veces puede conducir a bloqueos creativos, lo que puede ser frustrante y contraproducente. Comprender cómo navegar a través de estos períodos de estancamiento es crucial para mantener el impulso y lograr el éxito en su función. Aquí tienes una guía sobre cómo puedes superar los bloqueos creativos y mantener el flujo de tu proceso de desarrollo de productos.
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Dr.Madiha Batool Hasnain (RPh)Ambassador |President Club Awardee | Bayer | IBA
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Sid MisraProduct Leader | Sr Manager@Lowes| Director of Product Management | eCommerce & eProcurement Expert | 15+ Years…
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Aishwarya JaishankarCo- Founder & COO - Hyperface.co. I believe in the future of modern banking powered by technology. Builder
Los gerentes de producto a menudo sienten la necesidad de ser constantemente productivos, pero es importante reconocer que el tiempo de inactividad puede ser beneficioso. Tomar breves descansos para despejar la mente puede llevar a momentos de 'eureka'. Participe en actividades no relacionadas con el trabajo, como salir a caminar o practicar meditación. Estos momentos de descanso pueden proporcionar el espacio mental necesario para que florezca la creatividad. Recuerda, algunas de las mejores ideas surgen cuando no estás tratando activamente de crearlas.
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Dr.Madiha Batool Hasnain (RPh)
Ambassador |President Club Awardee | Bayer | IBA
📝Recognize that downtime is essential for idea generation. 📝Allow yourself time to disconnect and relax, without feeling guilty or unproductive. 📝Use downtime to engage in activities that stimulate creativity, such as reading, walking, or meditation. 📝Embrace the opportunity to clear your mind and come back to challenges with a fresh perspective.
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Rohit Gopinath
Product @ Jeevitam | IIM Shillong
Here are a few actionable tips to make the most of this strategy: 1. Scheduled Breaks: Incorporate regular breaks into your daily schedule. A 10-15 minute break every couple of hours can work wonders. 2. Mindfulness Practices: Engage in mindfulness or meditation exercises. Apps like Headspace or Calm can guide you through quick sessions. 3. Physical Activity: A short walk or a quick workout can rejuvenate your mind and body, sparking new ideas. 4. Creative Hobbies: Invest time in a creative hobby unrelated to work. It can stimulate different parts of your brain and boost overall creativity. 5. Framework Application: Apply frameworks like the Pomodoro Technique to structure work and downtime effectively.
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Taras Slobodian
🚀Founder & Product Manager @ Odian Technologies | Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) | Empowering Teams to Build Products That Resonate with Users & Achieve Business Goals
Creativity cannot be forced, and it is definitely will not appear in a brainstorming session. That's why it is so important to take a break regardless how much creativity the job requires. Typically, the best ideas come to mind during the time of piece and rest. For example, Elias Howe the inventor of sewing machine struggled with the design of the needle. He reportedly had a dream where he was being attacked by cannibals who were carrying spears with holes near the tips. This gave him the idea to place the eye of the needle at the point rather than the base, solving his problem.
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Sudish S.
Innovative Product Leader | Driving Growth and AI/ML-powered solutions in e-commerce and subscription services | Passionate about customer-centric Product Development
Sometimes the best ideas come when you’re not actively working. Take breaks to clear your mind—go for a walk, exercise, meditate, or pursue a hobby. For me, it's a combination of activities (walks, workouts, etc.), listening to music or podcasts, or even socializing and having conversations with others. Casual conversations can often spark new ideas and insights that structured meetings might not. Think water-cooler conversations! If you're a product leader, foster a culture where your team feels comfortable taking breaks, which can lead to fresh perspectives and renewed creativity. Embracing downtime helps refresh your mind, leading to innovative breakthroughs and sustained creativity.
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Ruchika Suri
Senior Product Manager at Publicis Sapient | Travel & Hospitality | Certified SAFe® 6 PO/PM
As a product professional, it is crucial to keep your mind refreshed. There are times when we can become overwhelmed and stuck in a rut. Therefore, it is important to have a hobby or engage in an activity to help maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Mirar fuera de tu entorno de trabajo inmediato puede ayudar a superar los bloqueos creativos. Explora productos, servicios o estrategias de diferentes industrias para obtener nuevas perspectivas. Asiste a seminarios o talleres que no estén directamente relacionados con tu campo. Leer libros o escuchar podcasts sobre creatividad e innovación también puede proporcionar nuevos ángulos e ideas que puedes adaptar y aplicar a tus propios desafíos de gestión de productos.
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Balkar Singh
Senior Product Manager@Oracle | IIM-Kozhikode | Ex-TCS, Ex- IVY (Entain Group)
creativity thrives when we broaden our perspectives and draw from diverse sources of inspiration! Whether it's a book on design thinking or a podcast on entrepreneurial strategies, these insights often spark new ideas and solutions.
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Dr.Madiha Batool Hasnain (RPh)
Ambassador |President Club Awardee | Bayer | IBA
💫Expose yourself to new experiences, industries, and technologies to spark fresh ideas. 💫Engage with customers and users to gain a deeper understanding of their needs and pain points. 💫Seek out diverse perspectives and insights from colleagues, mentors, and industry experts. 💫Explore art, design, and culture to stimulate your creative thinking and approach to problem-solving.
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Sudish S.
Innovative Product Leader | Driving Growth and AI/ML-powered solutions in e-commerce and subscription services | Passionate about customer-centric Product Development
Inspiration can come from anywhere. Here are ways I've found inspiration at work: Engage with Customers: Spending time with customers and learning from their experiences and feedback often spurs new ideas and solutions. Consume Diverse Media: Read books, listen to podcasts, watch documentaries, or attend art exhibits and museums. Diverse content can ignite creativity and offer new perspectives. Travel and Observe: Visiting new places and observing how different cultures solve problems can inspire innovative solutions and approaches. Seeking inspiration from various sources helps refresh creativity and can lead to groundbreaking product innovations.
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Rafael M Lopes, MBA, CPHIMS, CPXP
Amplifying Health Equity with Data and AI
Building strong partnerships with vendors and business partners has always proven beneficial to staying current and learning about the latest innovations and approaches. Vendors have an incentive to share strategies with you as a potential future customer at the current company or the next. Their scope of influence while working across many similar and adjacent customers expands your knowledge and inspiration exponentially.
La colaboración es una herramienta poderosa para despertar la creatividad. Interactúa con tu equipo, las partes interesadas o incluso los clientes para hacer una lluvia de ideas. Fomentar el diálogo abierto y fomentar un entorno en el que todas las sugerencias sean bienvenidas. A veces, un nuevo par de ojos o un punto de vista diferente pueden ser el catalizador para romper un bloqueo creativo. Recuerde que la colaboración se trata de construir sobre las ideas de los demás, no solo de compartirlas.
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Diana Stepner
Coaching & Product Leadership | Thrives on Developing Product People | Launching Talent & Products
Product Management is a team sport. Involve your cross functional colleagues in brainstorming. They will appreciate have the foundational context plus you will gain multiple viewpoints. Remember the facets of what makes a successful product via Marty Cagan + Teresa Torres. Desirability (product + user research), Viability (product), Feasibility (engineering), Usability (design) and Ethical (all). Involve colleagues and you cover the facets more comprehensively.
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Selvakannan A
Product Manager at Fresenius Kabi | Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapies | MedTech South Asia | Ex-Dr Reddy's | Ex-Troikaa
Mind mapping is an excellent technique to visually organize thoughts and ideas. As a product manager, you can facilitate mind mapping sessions where team members freely jot down their ideas and connect them visually. This can help in identifying patterns and relationships between different concepts, leading to innovative solutions. Tools like Balsamiq or PowerPoint can be used to create mockups and sketches, even if they are rough drafts. The act of visualizing ideas can often break down creative blocks and stimulate further creativity.
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Sree Sai Ganesh Atmuri
Product Manager at moneyview | IIM | NIT Trichy | I help businesses solve their user problems
1️⃣ 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔: Scheduling brainstorming sessions where team members could freely share their ideas without judgment, leading to innovative solutions. It is like creating a fertile ground where diverse ideas could grow and flourish. 2️⃣ 𝑳𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔: By encouraging collaboration among team members with different skill sets and backgrounds, we can tackle complex problems more creatively.
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Sudish S.
Innovative Product Leader | Driving Growth and AI/ML-powered solutions in e-commerce and subscription services | Passionate about customer-centric Product Development
As a product leader, I foster an environment where my team feels comfortable sharing ideas, including unconventional ones, often leading to breakthrough solutions. Bringing cross-functional teams together for frequent, informal brainstorming sessions encourages rapid idea exchange and sparks innovation. Collaborating with external partners, customers, and vendors provides fresh perspectives on problems. Additionally, designing and utilizing physical and virtual spaces equipped with the right tools can significantly enhance idea-sharing and creativity.
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Diana Tran
Lead Product Manager @ VISA
To overcome creative blocks as a product manager, collaborate freely with the team to leverage diverse perspectives and expertise. Engaging in open brainstorming sessions and encouraging input from the team breaks down mental barriers and fosters a dynamic creative process. This brings fresh ideas that strengthens team cohesion and morale. For example, when we faced a roadblock in developing a new feature, I organized a cross-functional workshop with engineers, designers, and marketing. Everyone could share their thoughts freely, and we uncovered a solution that integrated user feedback and technical feasibility. This collaborative effort led to a successful product enhancement. #ProductManagement #Collaboration #Innovation #Teamwork
Cuando te enfrentes a un bloqueo creativo, intenta replantear el problema que estás tratando de resolver. Míralo desde diferentes ángulos o considera cómo se vería el problema en otro contexto. Esta técnica puede ayudarte a ver nuevas soluciones que podrías haber pasado por alto antes. Al cambiar su perspectiva, puede transformar los obstáculos en oportunidades de innovación dentro de su proceso de gestión de productos.
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Jay Alikkal
SDE @ American Honda R&D
- A well defined problem is half solved so the better you understand and analyze your problem the easier the path to your solution. - reframing the problem will enable you to ask yourself the right questions for the situation.
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Dr.Madiha Batool Hasnain (RPh)
Ambassador |President Club Awardee | Bayer | IBA
- Challenge assumptions and reframe problems from different angles and perspectives. - Ask "what if" questions to explore new possibilities and solutions. - Break down complex problems into smaller, manageable parts to identify innovative solutions.
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Sree Sai Ganesh Atmuri
Product Manager at moneyview | IIM | NIT Trichy | I help businesses solve their user problems
Taking a step back and pondering over these questions helps in overcoming the creative block. - What are we trying to achieve here? - Who is this helping? - Is this important?
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Sudish S.
Innovative Product Leader | Driving Growth and AI/ML-powered solutions in e-commerce and subscription services | Passionate about customer-centric Product Development
You can utilize a popular technique such as SCAMPER to reframe problems and generate creative solutions. Here's the framework outline: Substitute: Replace elements of the problem. Combine: Merge ideas or components. Adapt: Modify existing solutions for your problem. Modify: Change scale, form, or attributes. Put to another use: Find alternative applications. Eliminate: Remove or simplify elements. Rearrange: Change order or structure. To use SCAMPER: Define the problem clearly. Apply each prompt to generate questions. Brainstorm answers, even unconventional ones. Evaluate and refine the best ideas. This method helps reframe problems by breaking free from conventional thinking, leading to innovative solutions and new perspectives.
La creación rápida de prototipos y el desarrollo iterativo pueden ayudar a superar los bloqueos creativos al cambiar el enfoque de la ideación a la acción. Crea prototipos rápidos de tus ideas y pruébalos. Este enfoque práctico puede conducir a descubrimientos y mejoras inesperados. Las iteraciones rápidas te permiten fallar rápidamente, aprender rápidamente y evolucionar tus ideas de productos en tiempo real, lo que puede ser increíblemente liberador cuando te sientes atascado.
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Sudish S.
Innovative Product Leader | Driving Growth and AI/ML-powered solutions in e-commerce and subscription services | Passionate about customer-centric Product Development
As a tinkerer/builder, I find rapid iteration a powerful strategy to overcome creative blocks. Here’s how: Prototype Fast: Create low-fidelity prototypes to quickly visualize ideas. This helps identify potential issues and sparks new insights. Engage Diverse Teams: Involve cross-functional teams in the process. Diverse perspectives can lead to innovative solutions you might not have considered. Structured Brainstorming: Conduct quick brainstorming sessions to identify as many problems as possible in 5-10 minutes. Pick the top few problems, brainstorm solutions, and move swiftly to prototyping. Gather Feedback: Once you have prototypes, get user feedback quickly. This iterative process ensures continuous improvement and innovation.
Por último, la reflexión sistemática sobre los éxitos y fracasos pasados puede proporcionar información sobre cómo superar los bloqueos creativos. Analiza lo que funcionó bien y lo que no en proyectos anteriores. Comprender los patrones en tu proceso creativo puede ayudarte a identificar las condiciones que fomentan la innovación y las que la obstaculizan. Utilice este conocimiento para crear un entorno propicio para la creatividad en sus esfuerzos actuales y futuros de gestión de productos.
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Sid Misra
Product Leader | Sr Manager@Lowes| Director of Product Management | eCommerce & eProcurement Expert | 15+ Years Experience
It is natural to hit a block when brainstorming creative solutions to customer problems. Sometimes, you may have visited the solution before, but it may not have sparked the connection in your brain. Reading what you documented days or even weeks ago can sometimes help one see simple yet elegant solutions. The best way to go about this is by writing detailed one-pagers for each problem you are trying to solve. Document the customer feedback, the potential solutions, the technical constraints, and all other relevant information you have gathered as part of the discovery process. The solution may already be in those details, and revisiting your detailed one-pagers may give you that idea that has eluded you for some time.
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Aaman Kumar Gupta
Gen AI Program Management Leader, Adobe
Review what worked and what didn’t to uncover patterns in the creative process. This insight will help identify conditions that spark innovation. Keep detailed records of customer feedback, potential solutions, and constraints. Revisiting these notes can reveal simple yet effective solutions.
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Aishwarya Jaishankar
Co- Founder & COO - Hyperface.co. I believe in the future of modern banking powered by technology. Builder
Actually get away from product management one day! Away from stand-ups and PRD. Go talk to data team or marketing team on interesting projects they are working on. Join some product-adjacent brain storming sessions. See if you can spend a day with your customer service/ sales folks. Blocks are real and you can re-energise by going back to the world where product gets used/ discussed about. And not to mention getting wider perspectives!
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Moataz Issa
Product at T-Vencubator
overcoming creative blocks involves changing your environment, seeking diverse perspectives, and allowing yourself time to think. Step away from your usual workspace and take a break to clear your mind. Engage with your team and stakeholders for fresh ideas and insights. Explore different industries and unrelated fields for inspiration. Break down the problem into smaller parts to tackle it from new angles. Set aside dedicated time for brainstorming without pressure. Lastly, ensure you're balancing work with rest and self-care to maintain mental clarity and creativity. This approach helps rejuvenate your thinking and fosters innovative solutions.
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Suyash Gupta
BITSoM Co'24 MBA | Incoming @ Accenture Strategy & Consulting
This may sound counter-intuitive, but there are several systematic ways to think creatively (google "brainstorming techniques"). For instance, the 'related worlds' method requires one to explore seemingly unrelated contexts, and find potential applications for their own product. A popular case in point are roll-on deodorants, which were created by taking inspiration from ballpoint pens; both products solve a similar problem - to spread a liquid on a surface evenly.
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