Insights Blog

Research tactics, product discovery frameworks, and user interview guides from the GetWhys team.

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Research
Why Most Customer Interviews Fail to Drive Product Decisions

Most research gets shelved because findings never translate into concrete next steps. Here is what separates interviews that change roadmaps from those that don't.

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AI & Insights
How AI Thematic Analysis Is Changing User Research

Thematic analysis used to take days. AI now does it in minutes — but the real value is in how it changes what you can afford to study.

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Frameworks
A Practical Guide to Jobs-to-Be-Done Research

JTBD is powerful but poorly understood. This guide walks through how to run a JTBD study that actually informs product strategy.

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Productivity
Synthesizing UX Research in Hours, Not Weeks

Research synthesis does not have to be the bottleneck it has always been. Here are the methods and tools that compress the cycle without cutting corners.

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Strategy
Building a Continuous Discovery Habit in Your Team

Continuous discovery sounds great in theory. Making it stick in a shipping-focused team requires more than good intentions — it requires a system.

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Research
7 Common Survey Analysis Mistakes That Distort Insights

Survey data is only as useful as the analysis behind it. These seven errors show up repeatedly — and each one quietly corrupts your conclusions.

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Methodology
How to Tag and Categorize User Feedback at Scale

When feedback volumes grow, manual tagging breaks down. Here is a scalable approach that preserves nuance without requiring a research analyst for every ticket.

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Strategy
Product Discovery Tactics for Remote-First Teams

Running discovery when your team and users are distributed requires different norms. These tactics were tested across fully remote research programs.

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Business
Measuring the Business Impact of User Research

Research impact is notoriously hard to quantify — but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Here are the metrics teams are actually using to make the case internally.

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Tutorial
From Raw Interview Notes to Insight Report: A Step-by-Step

A practical walkthrough of the entire synthesis process — from messy transcript to shareable report — with templates and decision points at each stage.