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Strategic framework for discovering and designing product innovations based on Clayton Christensen's Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) theory from "Competing Against Luck". Use when you need to: (1) understand customers' true motivations, (2) design a new product or feature, (3) conduct customer discovery interviews, (4) analyze competition through the "jobs" lens, (5) diagnose why a product isn't selling or customers are churning, (6) create positioning strategy, (7) build a jobs-oriented organization.
Perform a deep competitive analysis for a solopreneur business. Use when mapping competitors in detail, finding exploitable gaps, understanding competitor strategy, benchmarking your own offering, or deciding how to position against the field. Goes deeper than the broad landscape mapping in market-research — this is focused dissection of specific competitors. Trigger on "analyze my competitors", "competitive analysis", "who are my competitors", "competitor deep-dive", "how do I beat the competition", "competitive landscape", "benchmark against competitors".
Build a go-to-market (GTM) strategy for launching a product or entering a new market. Use when planning how to reach customers, position your product, choose channels, set pricing, and execute launch. Covers market entry strategy, customer segmentation, positioning, channel strategy, and GTM execution plan. Trigger on "go-to-market", "GTM strategy", "market entry", "launch strategy", "how to reach customers", "GTM plan".
Creates a Jobs to be Done canvas capturing the functional, emotional, and social dimensions of a customer job. Use when deeply understanding customer motivations, designing for jobs, or reframing product positioning.
Use when asked to "jobs to be done", "JTBD", "why customers churn", "prep for customer interviews", "hire and fire products", or "find real competitors". Helps discover unmet needs and the context behind purchasing decisions. The Jobs to be Done framework (created by Clayton Christensen and Bob Moesta) explains why customers hire and fire products.
Use this skill when analyzing competitive landscapes, comparing features, positioning against competitors, or conducting SWOT analysis. Triggers on competitive analysis, market landscape, feature comparison, SWOT, competitor positioning, market mapping, and any task requiring competitive intelligence or strategic positioning.
Analyze what customers truly need by discovering the "job" they hire your product to do. Use when the user mentions "customer discovery", "why customers churn", "what job does this solve", "competing against luck", or "product-market fit". Covers JTBD interviews, competition analysis, and jobs-oriented roadmaps. For product positioning, see obviously-awesome. For rapid validation, see design-sprint. Trigger with 'jobs', 'to', 'be'.
Analyze your competitive landscape using Porter's Five Forces and modern frameworks—understand industry dynamics, identify strategic opportunities, and position your business for sustainable advantage. Use when: **Evaluate an industry** before entering or investing; **Understand competitive dynamics** in your market; **Identify strategic opportunities** based on industry structure; **Assess threats** from competitors, new entrants, or substitutes; **Develop positioning strategy** relative to ...
When translating product details into messaging, climb a 4-rung ladder from Feature → Product Truth → Functional Benefit → Emotional Benefit. Forces every emotional claim to have a credibility chain back to a verifiable feature, beating messaging that's either too technical (specs without meaning) or too floaty (emotion without proof).