The Product Model

#151 of weekly news across Product, UX, Design and Dev

This week we take a look at bad decision makers, user behaviour across surfaces, Spotify Design ways of working and programming with ChatGPT

Enabling the Team

iYell: A Startup's Thorough Pursuit of Organizational Development by Yuji Yamada

Yell prioritizes "culture" over "business". This approach has led to significant business growth and low employee turnover.

Pick Promise Over Proof by David Heinemeier Hansson

Giving new employees challenging tasks can reveal their true capabilities. There is a risk of failure but the impact is often less than we believe. 

Product Direction

OKRs & B2B Companies by Jeff Gothelf

B2B companies often struggle with OKRs because it's not clear whose behavior we want to change. Here's how to fix that.


Dealing With Bad Decision Makers by Paul Boag

Understand your stakeholder priorities and demonstrate how their choices could negatively impact these priorities.

Continuous Discovery

How You Can Create Non-Obvious UX Research Insights by Soyeon Lee

Stakeholder interviews, in-depth and multidimensional research, allowing ample time for analysis, storytelling, and rethinking 'I knew it' feedback.


API, CLI, GUI, oh my! Understanding User Behavior Across Surfaces by Aakanksha Parameshwar and Hayley Yudelman
Users often switch between interfaces and their choice depends on their goal, proficiency, and product maturity.

Continuous Design

The Insider’s Guide To Evangelizing Good Design by Scott Berkin
By being an ambassador rather than an evangelist, understanding the local culture, and using a wiser approach to influence you can build allies and win trust.


Spotify Ways of Working | Figma Community by Spotify

A deep dive into how Spotify structure its Figma files to enable discoverability, manageability, sustainability and autonomous usage.

Continuous Delivery

Intersection of Technology and People by Benjamen Pyle

The decision for serverless is about more than technology it is about the intersection of technology and people

Real-Real-World Programming with ChatGPTby Philip Guo

Using AI in real-world programming tasks highlights its tendency to default to outdated or sub-optimal solutions but it is great for diagnosing problems.

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