You get polite answers
Move from opinions to behavior.
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See what you will learn
Talk to users without leading the witness.
A daily course for founders, PMs, and operators who need cleaner questions and stronger signal from customer conversations.
Download Cadence free from the App Store, or request free Android testing access.
30 short lessons. Day 1 is ready.
- Best for
- Founder & business
- Prerequisites
- No formal prerequisites
- Course length
- 30 daily lessons
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Total learning time
- About 5 hours in total
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
Every lesson connects to a conversation, decision, or habit you can change between lessons.
You accidentally pitch
Ask before explaining your idea.
You need product evidence
Synthesize patterns, risks, and next tests.
You are validating a bet
Know whether the conversation changed what you believe.
Inside the course
Your first three days are already mapped.
The course follows a daily sequence, so the next practical move is waiting when you come back.
Question quality
Ask about behavior, stakes, and workarounds.
Signal detection
Separate pain from curiosity and praise.
Conversation control
Keep discovery from becoming a demo too early.
Synthesis
Turn notes into decisions and next questions.
Course preview
30 short lessons
Evidence-Driven User Conversations
Day 1
Treat Warm Feedback as a Starting Point
Recognize when a friendly response needs more context without dismissing or decoding the participant.
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Day 2
Ask What Happens After Yes
Follow a positive response with questions about context, current behavior, and voluntary next steps.
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Day 3
Test Whether Praise Connects to a Need
Test whether a positive comment connects to a concrete experience, need, or outcome.
Course arc
From vague intention to repeatable moves.
Cadence turns the course into a returnable habit: short lesson, quick check, review, and the next useful step.
01 / 04Avoid false signal
See why compliments mislead.
Ask about behavior
Use recent examples and current workarounds.
Probe stakes
Understand urgency, cost, and constraints.
Synthesize the pattern
Decide what to test next.
Full syllabus
30 lessons, arranged as one clear path.
Plan and run respectful user conversations, ask neutral questions about real behavior, and interpret qualitative evidence without mind-reading or false certainty. Finish with a bounded research readout that supports a real decision.
Module 01
Read Evidence With Respect
Treat warm, vague, negative, or hesitant responses as starting points for inquiry rather than verdicts about the participant.
- Day 1 Treat Warm Feedback as a Starting Point
- Day 2 Ask What Happens After Yes
- Day 3 Test Whether Praise Connects to a Need
- Day 4 Turn Complaints Into Testable Friction
- Day 5 Understand Stakes Without Pressure
- Day 6 Checkpoint: How Strong Is the Evidence?
Module 02
Ask Neutral Questions
Build questions that invite context, recent examples, choices, and consequences without steering or pressuring.
- Day 7 Ask for Examples, Not Opinions
- Day 8 Get Users to Describe What They Did
- Day 9 Surface Preferences With Neutral Comparisons
- Day 10 Probe Without Steering the Answer
Module 03
Triangulate Without Mind-Reading
Compare words, actions, context, workarounds, and stakes while keeping alternative explanations visible.
- Day 11 Review: Where Evidence Got Thin
- Day 12 Compare Words With Actions
- Day 13 Treat Workarounds as Clues
- Day 14 Do Not Guess From Silence
- Day 15 Cross-Check Words, Actions, Stakes
Module 04
Plan an Ethical Interview
Define the decision, recruit relevant participants, handle consent and privacy, and prepare a flexible guide.
- Day 16 Define the Decision and Research Question
- Day 17 Recruit Relevant Participants
- Day 18 Handle Consent, Privacy, and Recording
- Day 19 Build a Flexible Interview Guide
- Day 20 Run a Complete Practice Interview
Module 05
Conduct and Synthesize
Facilitate accessible conversations, preserve context, separate observation from interpretation, and find bounded patterns.
- Day 21 Facilitate for Access and Difference
- Day 22 Separate Observation From Interpretation
- Day 23 Preserve Context and Disconfirming Cases
- Day 24 Find Patterns Without Fake Precision
- Day 25 Triangulate Beyond Interviews
Module 06
Decide With Appropriate Confidence
Triangulate evidence, report limitations and disconfirming cases, and choose the next decision or test.
- Day 26 Write Bounded Findings
- Day 27 Decide Whether More Research Is Needed
- Day 28 Choose the Decision or Next Test
- Day 29 Assemble the Research Readout
- Day 30 Checkpoint: Is the Decision Responsible?
How learning works
Read, listen, check your understanding, then keep going.
Short daily lessons
Each lesson is designed around about 10 minutes of focused learning.
Reading and audio
Read the lesson or play its audio when listening fits your day better.
Checks when useful
Lessons can use quizzes, written responses, or guided practice. A lesson can also teach without adding a forced exercise.
Progress and support
Track completed lessons, keep a streak, set reminders, and ask the in-lesson coach for help.
Know the limits. Cadence supports guided self-learning. It does not award an accredited degree or professional certificate, and important AI-generated claims should be checked against reliable sources.
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Course questions
What to know before you start.
Who is Evidence-Driven User Conversations for?
Every lesson connects to a conversation, decision, or habit you can change between lessons. It is listed in the founder & business part of the Cadence course library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No formal prerequisites are required. The course is designed for guided self-learning, and it is most useful when you bring a real situation or goal to the lessons.
How long does the course take?
Evidence-Driven User Conversations contains 30 lessons designed around 10 minutes each. You open lessons in sequence and can move at your own pace.
What is the learning format?
Lessons can be read or played as audio. The course includes quizzes or practical checks where the lesson calls for them, plus progress tracking and Ask Coach inside lessons.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Day 1: Treat Warm Feedback as a Starting Point
Get access and choose Evidence-Driven User Conversations. Your first practical move is ready when you open the app.
Download Cadence free from the App Store, or request free Android testing access.