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How to ask the right questions as a designer?

@FatemajRaja hosted a meetup with us a while back where she talked about how designers can ask the right questions to solve design as well as product problems.
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A THREAD ⬇️⬇️

You will automatically find the right answer when you start asking the right questions. Simple steps to ask the right questions are:

🔓Keep things open-ended
🤫Embrace silences
🤔Ask 'un-google-able' questions
👂 Truly listen

Asking the right questions is just the beginning. The next step is to start solving the problem.

Before you get too deep into solving a particular problem ask yourself:

🔮Is the problem worth solving?
🏆What will we achieve?
🧯How will it benefit the user?

Your next move is solving those problems. How do you do that easily?

📍Validate early and validate often (MVP, UT)
🧩Breakdown large goals
🪜 Design in increments

Now that you've found the solution. How do you know it's working?

Here is what Fatema's team did:

📏Set Measurable Goals
📈Predefine success metrics
🔍Actively validate post-launch

Here is a tweet by @david_perell that explains what happens when you ask beautiful/right questions.