# Throwing curveballs: Shopify's secret for staying ahead of the game

DevFeed: [Throwing curveballs: Shopify's secret for staying ahead of the game](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/throwing-curveballs-shopify-s-secret-for-staying-ahead-of-the-game-10164.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/throwing-curveballs-shopifys-secret-for-staying-ahead-of-the-game/>)

Author: Suzanne LaBarre

Published: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [Template](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/template.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

Tags: [creativity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/creativity.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how Shopify encourages teams to challenge established processes and take larger creative risks. It focuses on using FigJam templates to clarify problems, opportunities, metrics, assumptions, dependencies, and proposed solutions during product planning.

## Source excerpt

By shaking up business as usual, managers encourage their teams to think bigger.