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A place for Writings about Evidence-Based Design

  • CS 177 Human Centered Product Management
    • CS177 Human Centered Product Management Syllabus
      • Lecture 5B- Agile and Storymapping
    • Lecture 1A | Introduction to Human-Centered Product Management
      • What do you want from CS177
      • 1A Welcome to CS 177: Human-Centered Product Management 1
    • Lecture 1B | Human-Centered Product Management
      • 1B Strategy for Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 2A | Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 2B | Human-Centered Product Management
    • Lecture 3A – Markets & Tech Stack
    • Lecture 3B — Guest and Value Proposition
    • Lecture 4B – Participatory Roadmaps & Case Study
    • Lecture 5a– Agile, User Stories and User Story Mapping
  • CS247B Design for Behavior Change
    • 1A Introducing Design for Behavior Change
    • 1B Norms, Models, Brainstorm, Screeners
    • 2A Norms and Study Guide
    • 2B Ethics, Persuasion and B=MAT
    • 3A Secondary Research and Theories of Behavior Change
    • 3B Switch, Fraud,
  • Product Management Library
  • The How and Why of Sketchnotes
    • Glossary for Design Techniques
CS247B Design for Behavior Change

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Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation

November 15, 2025

Spotify (listening time) Spotify’s personalization investments hinge on listening time. It also has a 30-second rule where a stream only counts if a track…

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SoundSpot One-Pager

November 15, 2025

Description: What is it?SoundSpot is a social music-streaming platform that combines listening with connection. Rather than just offering playlists and playback, SoundSpot enables users…

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BUSINESS: What should PulsePoint do?

November 15, 2025

Core tensions between innovation and cost structure There’s a lot of tough considerations to make around this case study and whether or not an…

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Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation

November 15, 2025

Spotify (goal: more listening time)Spotify learns what you like—artists, songs, moods—and builds playlists (Discover Weekly, Daily Mix) that feel made for you. When the…

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Protected: Crisis Management —  Error States and Recovery

November 15, 2025

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CASE STUDY: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics) – Lour Drick

November 14, 2025

After reading this case study about Susan Kim navigating an ethical dilemma at her internship, it’s clear how complicated these decisions can be for…

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The Importance of Representing Yourself

November 14, 2025

Value Alignment When Creating As I am currently learning in Human-Centered Product Management, it is extremely important to be designing products at a company…

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Fixing It When You Mess Up

November 14, 2025

Crisis Management Trust is a significant driver for revenue. In fact, in some cases, trust can be the deciding factor for consumers deciding between…

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Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot?

November 14, 2025

PulsePoint’s dilemma over whether to launch a generative AI salesbot isn’t really about technology — it’s about strategy, risk tolerance, and trust. After reading…

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CASE STUDY: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up (Internship Ethics) – Lour Drick

November 14, 2025

Intro The HBR article presents a case study on Susan, a Zantech intern tasked with an ethically and morally dubious mission from her manager….

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