Designing for Behavior Change, Stephen Wendel
Designing for Behavior Change, Stephen Wendel
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Designing for Behavior Change
Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics 2nd Edition

Author: Stephen Wendel

Narrator: Danny Hughes

Unabridged: 12 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 07/25/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Designers and managers hope their products become essential for users—integrated into their lives like Instagram, Lyft, and others have become. Such deep integration isn't accidental: it's a process of careful design and iterative learning, especially for technology companies. This guide shows you how to apply behavioral science—research that supports many products—to help your users achieve their goals using your product.

In this updated edition, Stephen Wendel, head of behavioral science at Morningstar, takes you step-by-step through the process of incorporating behavioral science into product design and development. Product managers, UX and interaction designers, and data analysts will learn a simple and effective approach for identifying target users and behaviors, building the product, and gauging its effectiveness.

● Learn the three main strategies to help people change behavior

● Identify behaviors your target audience seeks to change—and obstacles that stand in their way

● Develop effective designs that are enjoyable to use

● Measure your product's impact and learn ways to improve it

● Combine behavioral science with data science to pinpoint problems and test potential solutions

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nir on December 17, 2013

This book should be on the desk of every product designer and innovator. It is a thoughtful guidebook without all the fluff and impractical advice of academic texts. Designing for Behavior Change is well researched and well written.......more

Goodreads review by Niklas on July 29, 2018

Started off with a couple of concepts that were new to me. I’ve made a lot of highlights during the first 150 pages but after those pages the book turned south. A more condensed version would be welcomed!......more

Goodreads review by Ahmad on October 08, 2017

Book covers how the mind makes decision, how to design products that leverage that knowledge, and how to test and refine those product over time. Author believes that behavior occurs only when three elements converge at the same moment: motivation, ability, and a trigger. Author provides a step-by-s......more

Goodreads review by Lucas on October 06, 2020

This book offers a very useful framework for applying behavior sciences in design work, and the CREATE acronym is something I'll definitely get value from every day. The reason I'm giving a lower score is I don't think the editing is very elegant. I feel like it could be a much shorter book, with be......more

Goodreads review by Madhur on July 08, 2022

I have been seriously living under a rock being totally clueless that such a field guide for behavior change even existed. Very few books do justice to the topic and this one is really a 'field guide' as it provides concrete steps rather than just theory. The book itself is a pretty intense read, mo......more