Introducing Jam – a new way for you and your friends to share the queue and choose what’s playing together. spotify.link/jam

Empathy also expands the scope of what you design for: Both the perceptions and the realities of your users.

If Spotify were starting today, it might not succeed. Why? Because of Apple's innovation barriers, says Daniel Ek. Learn more: spoti.fi/46EIwzc

Spotify DJ: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 | TIME time.com/collection/bes…

So proud of the work our personalization team does here.

"0-to-1" creators/leaders at big tech co's know how/when to bring in the "1-to-10" teams.

What a shot.

The more things change, the more they stay the same. 🏒 ❄️ 📍 Boston Public Garden 🗓️ 1930 - 2025

Now you can Airbnb more than an Airbnb

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Every product shipped at a big tech company is the sum of data + debates + decisions I’ve been testing “AI agents as coworkers” in Cursor to simulate this Takeaways: 1. Product management is about to be reinvented 2. Chatting with AI still feels like the command line era

Spotify’s AI DJ began as a prototype with a generic voice that sounded like FM radio. We almost shipped that. It would’ve failed. The push for craft gave it the unique voice and personality of our coworker Xavier. Engineers built it. UX Writers made it matter. AI without

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Every person in tech will feel how AI changes product management. For example: Pre-AI: Set up hours of back-to-back meetings to “align” with stakeholders Post-AI: Train your agents and models to simulate discussions and feedback in seconds

Spotify made personalized playlists for every user so that you didn’t need to curate music. Someone needs to make personalized context for every user so that you don’t need to prompt chats.

Product managers and designers I love working with: - Creative - Decisive - Storytellers - Open minded - Think like marketers - Obsessed with users - Pushes team on craft - Doesn’t defer to metrics - Never hides behind process - Crystal clear on the problem

Inspo board 🤔

Vibe coding is the new product management. Training and tuning models is the new coding.