Discovery is a capability, not a phase

The useful part

The judgment layer most discovery practice leaves unexplored Image created by Author using DALL-E 3 You can measure what happened with a product after you released it. What most discovery practice never examines, and has no frame for examining, is whether the human reasoning that produced it was sound. The short game is operational: activities to run, outputs to produce, delivery to feed.

How it works

• The long game is developmental: how makers get better at deciding what is worth building.
• Image created by Author using DALL-E 3 What the Discovery Judgment Framework introduces Most discovery practice is conceived as a set of activities: things to run, inputs to gather, outputs to produce,...

Details worth keeping

AI has made the short game dramatically more efficient. The long game requires a different frame and capabilty.