Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation November 19, 2025 Spotify uses hybrid recommender systems to drive longer listening and reduce churn. Spotify’s own research shows that personalized playlists (like Discover Weekly, Daily Mix,… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation November 19, 2025 Introduction In today’s world, a “one size fits all” business model can be detrimental to success. Every company aims to make you believe their… Continue Reading
Error Handling as a Retention Strategy November 19, 2025 Across Slack, Uber, and consumer banking apps, error handling isn’t just part of UX; it’s a revenue-protection strategy. Each product encounters different high-stakes failure… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation November 19, 2025 Spotify A large part of Spotify’s personalization comes from the playlists and mixes they provide. These are based on songs, artists, and genres the… Continue Reading
BUSINESS: Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot? November 19, 2025 I don’t think PulsePoint should immediately deploy a fully customer facing generative AI salesbot yet. I think the smarter move is to integrate AI… Continue Reading
BUSINESS: Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot? November 18, 2025 Intro The issue Jeannie and her company face is only going to grow more common in the upcoming months and years. Like with any… Continue Reading
Product Sense Pushups: Personalization Strategies — Customization vs. Automation November 18, 2025 Spotify uses personalization to increase listening time, its core business metric. They optimize the entire home page UI around user personalization, using phrasing like… Continue Reading
Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot? November 18, 2025 Jeannie shouldn’t wait on gen AI—but she also shouldn’t deploy a fully autonomous, customer-facing salesbot tomorrow. Instead, she should green-light AI now in tightly… Continue Reading
Error States and Recovery: Comparing Slack, Uber, and banking apps November 18, 2025 Errors are inevitable—but how products handle them determines whether users churn, retry, or lose trust entirely. Comparing Slack, Uber, and major mobile banking apps… Continue Reading