Product Studio is an intensive, hands-on consulting workshop focused on digital innovation. It teaches skills to identify, evaluate, and scale innovative solutions effectively. Emphasizing entrepreneurial leadership, the workshop encourages exploration, experimentation, and learning from failures. Participants tackle real-world Product Challenges from companies, developing and validating new product ideas with a diverse team and company advisor. This experiential approach equips participants to innovate and grow ventures in a dynamic environment.
Product Studio
Role: Business & Product co-lead
Project Date: Fall 2023
Problem: How might we help software development teams to build trust and create collaborative communications with their business counterparts?
Skills used: product management, problem scoping, KPI defining, prototyping, a/b testing, leadership, presentation
The Process
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The process starts with companies presenting a "How might we..." challenge to us. These challenges address real-world problems and invite us to create innovative solutions.
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Diverse teams are assembled from students across various disciplines at Cornell Tech, including MBA, engineering, computer science, law, and information systems. This cross-disciplinary approach fosters peer learning and innovation. Each team is supported by a Company Advisor from the challenge-issuing company, providing guidance and insights throughout the project.
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Teams apply their classroom-learned skills to conduct user research, formulate strategies, and develop and test prototypes that address their assigned company's challenge.
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The culmination of efforts is a presentation to key stakeholders, where we share findings and demonstrate our proposed solutions.
The Company
Monkeytech is a company that specializes in creating digital experiences by transforming technology ideas into reality. Established in 2012 by graduates from Mamram, film, and digital art disciplines, the company excels in blending creative solutions with advanced technology and user experience. Monkeytech operates on a "team as a service" model, providing senior-level development and product teams for long-term collaboration with fast-moving tech companies. With a team of 50 professionals, Monkeytech has a proven track record of building successful teams for clients worldwide. The company prides itself on its creative and agile approach, open professional communication, and commitment to adopting the latest practices to deliver outstanding products.
The Potential Solutions
The Tested Solution
Solutions were narrowed down to one feasible solution and then assessed for risks
The Risks
The “Grace” solution was assessed for potential riskiness and threats
The Experiment
The Prototype
Determined a solution for business and developer stakeholder synergy by developing internal communication & collaboration tool to enhance enterprise productivity (customized OpenAI integrated frontend + web extension
