Germinating ideas...

Germinating ideas...

The Greenhouse

Be Strong

Douglas Gastich | April 23, 2025

Martial artists know this simple truth: you cannot be strong in two places at once. But there are ways to work within this rule to apply and project strength in all directions.

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More budding thoughts /

  • The Agile Art of Brushstrokes

    Mariah Howard | June 5, 2023

    By embracing a hypothesis-driven perspective and an agile brushstrokes approach to product management, we can navigate the uncertainty and derisk user and business outcomes.

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  • Yes or No to No-Code?

    Douglas Gastich | April 3, 2023

    We live in a golden age of software. These no-code tools are democratizing app development. AI and code generation tools are making traditional software development easier than ever. And chances are there is already a library or integration out there for your particular business need.

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  • How we Design Sprint at Germinate

    Mariah Howard | March 9, 2023

    Excited to announce that Germinate is now certified by AJ&Smart in Design Sprint 2.0!

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  • Do You Double Diamond?

    Douglas Gastich | June 8, 2021

    I am a big fan of double diamonds. The snowy steep kind, and the gnarly dirt kind. And now, the business process kind. An old friend (a ski buddy, of course) introduced me to the idea. I grokked it immediately. It gave me words and structure - context to help make sense of seeming chaos.

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