IHR Playbooks

“So They Lied to You”

A playbook about the eight stages of a study and the lie waiting at each: clients lie about needs, respondents about behaviour, numbers about causes, AI about a bit of everything — and most of all you lie to yourself.

Length
81 pages
Format
online edition for reading on desktop and mobile
Templates
a pack of 7 working documents — downloadable
Access
no time limit while the book is on the site

$49 + applicable taxes, paid by the buyer

English edition

Eight stages. At each one the conclusion can break.

Pick a stage to see its most common mistake and what the playbook does about it.

Who the playbook helps, and how

Pick your role — we show the situation you are probably in right now and the playbook stages that work on it.

People know more than 180 ways to lie to themselves. Here are the 50 I meet most often.

Every one of them has shown up in a real research project. Hover — or tap — a word.

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Hover a word — click to open.

Start on your own

81 pages, the English edition read on the site, seven templates. $49 + applicable taxes.

IHR Playbooks

The first fifteen pages — no sign-up

The introduction and the start of stage one: what a study is, how it breaks, and why a route is needed here. Fifteen pages out of eighty-one.

Questions

What is the playbook?

A practical route through eight research stages — from request to decision — with real anonymised cases, honest numbers and the mistakes textbooks leave out. 81 pages. Read online in your profile on the site, in English.

What do I get after paying?

Access to the playbook in your profile — desktop and mobile, English edition. Separately, a downloadable pack of seven working templates. Access has no time limit for as long as the book remains available on the site. If we ever discontinue it, we will give 12 months’ notice and send you a PDF edition.

Can I download the playbook?

No. The playbook is sold as access on the site, not as a file. The pack of seven templates can be downloaded.

Do I need to be a researcher?

No. The playbook is written for people who make or propose decisions based on research and data: product managers, designers, marketers, managers, founders. For researchers — words for the room.

On how many devices can I read?

One computer and one mobile device at the same time. Language is switched in the profile. Access has no time limit for as long as the book remains available on the site. If we ever discontinue it, we will give 12 months’ notice and send you a PDF edition.

Can I get a refund?

If something does not open, write to us and we fix it. Payment and refund requests go to Paddle at paddle.net: within 14 days of purchase, if access was not provided, a payment error occurred or the product changed. Refunds for a change of mind are not supported; Paddle decides any other request under its Refund Policy. Details in section 6 of the Terms.

Is there team access or a printed edition?

No printed edition in English. For team access write to ihr.institute@gmail.com — we’ll discuss.

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