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Bryan Zmijewski on Jul 12, 2026 · 11 minute read

What We're Learning Building AI Workflows

Radar started as a Friday experiment. Two weeks later it's a working news publication for product and design leaders, built almost entirely on AI automation. It watches 60+ sources, ranks stories, and generates articles, images, headlines, and summaries on its own.

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Stop Outsourcing the Definition of Success
Bryan Zmijewski on Jul 10, 2026 · 12 minute read

Stop Outsourcing the Definition of Success
Design’s Unit of Work is Changing
Bryan Zmijewski on Jul 8, 2026 · 11 minute read

Design’s Unit of Work is Changing
Radar: Building a design and product newsroom that runs itself on loops
Bryan Zmijewski on Jul 4, 2026 · 8 minute read

Radar: Building a design and product newsroom that runs itself on loops
6 Lies Ecommerce Leaders Tell Themselves
Bryan Zmijewski on Jan 20, 2026 · 12 minute read

6 Lies Ecommerce Leaders Tell Themselves
Why Financial Products Work but Still Lose Trust
Bryan Zmijewski on Dec 19, 2025 · 14 minute read

Why Financial Products Work but Still Lose Trust
What Financial Websites Get Wrong (And What the Best Teams Do Differently)
Bryan Zmijewski on Dec 4, 2025 · 11 minute read

What Financial Websites Get Wrong (And What the Best Teams Do Differently)
System thinking is the core of successful continuous discovery.
Bryan Zmijewski on Feb 22, 2024 · 3 minute read

System thinking is the core of successful continuous discovery.
I come from the capital D design camp.
Bryan Zmijewski on Feb 22, 2024 · 3 minute read

I come from the capital D design camp.
“B2B customers expect the same experience that B2C customers have.”
Bryan Zmijewski on Feb 22, 2024 · 2 minute read

“B2B customers expect the same experience that B2C customers have.”
Design, with or without research, is still guessing.
Bryan Zmijewski on Feb 21, 2024 · 3 minute read

Design, with or without research, is still guessing.
Product strategy is filled with a bewildering assortment of research jargon.
Bryan Zmijewski on Feb 21, 2024 · 1 minute read

Product strategy is filled with a bewildering assortment of research jargon.
AB tests are where product ideas go to die.
Bryan Zmijewski on Feb 21, 2024 · 2 minute read

AB tests are where product ideas go to die.
Sort it Out with Card Sort
Bryan Zmijewski on Sep 3, 2020 · 3 minute read

Sort it Out with Card Sort
Point Allocation
Shawna Moser on Aug 13, 2020 · 4 minute read

Point Allocation
Make an Awesome List
Shawna Moser on Aug 4, 2020 · 11 minute read

Make an Awesome List

A Journey of Development ⛰
Shawna Moser on Jul 28, 2020 · 6 minute read

A Journey of Development ⛰
Meet MaxDiff
Shawna Moser on Jul 9, 2020 · 2 minute read

Meet MaxDiff
User Research, Whether You're a Researcher or Not
Shawna Moser on Jul 8, 2020 · 12 minute read

User Research, Whether You're a Researcher or Not
You Can’t Design Without a Growth Mindset
Bryan Zmijewski on Jun 20, 2018 · 16 minute read

You Can’t Design Without a Growth Mindset
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