Product Learning Needs a Decision Revisit

The qualifying independent-analysis signal came from Simon Willison: Simon Willison on Technical Blogging. <p><strong><a href="https://writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-willison-on-technical-blogging">Simon Willison on Technical Blogging</a></strong></p> I was interviewed by Cynthia Dunlop for her "Write that blog!" series back in January, but I just realized I never linked to the interview from my own blog!</p> <p>It includes my answers to the following questions:</p> <ul> <li>Why did you start blogging – and why do you continue?</li> <li>What has been the most surprising impact of blogging for you?</li> <li>What blog post are you most proud of and why?</li> <li>What post was the most difficult to write and how did you tackle it?</li> <li>Any lessons learned that you want to share with the community?</li> <li>Your advice for people just getting started with blogging?</li> <li>A few blogs that It was published inside the briefing window and passed the source-quality, source-cap, topic-cooldown, and coverage gates. The interpretation below is a product decision to test, not a claim that the source alone proves the outcome.

Teams remember outcomes more clearly than the assumptions that produced them. That hindsight bias makes weak decisions look inevitable and prevents reusable learning.

Reopen one decision memo. Compare the prediction, confidence, counter-signal, and expected evidence with what happened. Change one reusable rule and name where it should be applied next.

Review one decision from two weeks ago and write a prediction-versus-evidence note plus one operating rule you will change.