Use, usability, meaning – one of the more useful frameworks I’ve come across

One of the most useful classes I took in graduate school was Needfinding with Michael Barry. One framework he taught to analysis both product innovation and adoption is use, usability, meaning. Consider a chair. Think of the crazy variety that exists. Why would a person choose one chair over another? Use, pretty straightforward, they are serve the primary use of resting your butt down. Usability,…