The User Research Strategist: UXR | Impact | Career
By Nikki Anderson
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Interviews with amazing user researchers to uncover concrete, actionable, and tactical advice to help you maximize your user research impact and excel in your career
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Stop being the middle person between your AI and your tools
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Stop re-explaining your frameworks to Claude every morning
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Building a user research portfolio using Claude Design
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May 28, 2026 |
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Inside Insight: Three ways I'm using Askable to close the gap between research and action
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May 21, 2026 |
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Claude CoWork + UXR Deliverables
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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UX Your Career, Not Your Resume | Sarah Doody
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Inside Insight: How I used Qualtrics' Synthetic User Panel
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Fixing the Mess No One Wants to Talk About | Berkay Peker (Jotform)
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Strategic Research in Startups | Brittany Lang (Chorus Innovations)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Inside insight: How I set up a research repository in Notion
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Jobs to Be Done Without the Dogma | Wolfram Nagel (TeamViewer)
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Pragmatism vs. Rigor: The Researcher’s Balancing Act | Raymond Tiong (Dext)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Beyond the Report | Matt Thomas (Motability Operations)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Getting Strategic with Triangulation | Brett Kurjewski (Accelerant Research)
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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How Games UXR Actually Works | Mark Cox (Lloyd's Banking Group)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Inside Insight: How I use Userbrain to set up an unmoderated test
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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The New Reality of UX Careers | Mindaugas Petrutis (Lovable)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Getting Scrappy with Product Research | John Fontenot (Terlumina, Path to Product)
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Physical Products, Brutal Honesty, and the Agency Way | Filip Cicek (Ruthless Insights)
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Connecting the Research Dots | Iwalola Sobowale (Moniepoint)
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Using AI as Your Research Intern | Ryan Glasgow (Sprig)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Researching for Real Life | Loren Flores & Kathryn Ambroze (JPMorgan Chase)
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Business-Savvy Research and Onion Layers of UX | Amanda Stockwell (Stockwell Strategy)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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The Work Research Enables | Dave Hora (Consultant)
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Reporting Without Control | Steve Jenks (MeasuringU)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Reframing Democratization | Ned Dwyer (Great Question)
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May 29, 2025 |
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Resume critique series - Part one
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May 19, 2025 |
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Inside Games User Research | Steve Bromley (Games User Research)
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May 16, 2025 |
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Inside Insight: How I use Optimal to set up a prototype test
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May 13, 2025 |
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Designing for the Real World | Erik Stoltenberg Lahm (The LEGO Group)
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May 02, 2025 |
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Making Continuous Discovery Work | Petra Kubalcik (Omio)
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Strategic vs Tactical Research Impact | Javier Bargas (Google)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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The Theater of Research | Camila Borja
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Thriving as a User Researcher in an Agency | Lucia Rubio (Haigo)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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The Power of Continuous Discovery | Prama (HubSpot)
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Freelancing in UX Research: Selling Your Skills & Finding Clients | Kamila Boudova
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The Importance of Adaptability in User Research | Anne-Charlotte Triplet (PayFit)
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Thriving in Low UX Maturity Organizations | Maureen McLennon (FM Global)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Unpacking AI’s Role in User Research and Information Architecture | Jorge Arango (Boot Studio)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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The Shift to UXR Strategy | Kate Betteridge (Constant Contact)
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Episode 93: The Future of User Research
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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The User Research Job Hunt | Dale Husband (UXR Minds Podcast)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Making Workshops Work for You and Your Team | Hannah Knowles (WorkieTicket)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Episode 87: How can I do pricing research/market research/design/PMF?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Becoming an Impactful User Researcher | Ruby Pryor (Rex, One of a Kind, Grab)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Walk-through: How I Structure a UXR Proposal
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 83: Membership Spotlight - Giulia Tumminelli on Transitioning from Product to UXR
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Episode 80: Starting a UXR Consultancy in a Low UXR Maturity Country
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Episode 78: Membership Spotlight with Marja Germans Gard on Trauma-Informed Research
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Episode 76: Membership Spotlight with Ana Villafranca on Establishing Boundaries as a Solo UXR
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Episode 73: Membership Spotlight with Vanessa Verdugo on Transitioning from Small to Large Organizations
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May 13, 2024 |
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Episode 70: Membership Spotlight with Katarzyna Majchrzak on Counseling and User Research
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Episode 66: Membership Spotlight - Harmony Mason Rowe on User Research Tooling
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 65: Grow Your Confidence as a UXR
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 61: Should I set up a continuous discovery practice?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Using JIRA as a User Researcher
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 59: Burnout
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 56: How to ask for a raise
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Episode 52: Using a limited customer base
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Episode 48: Tracking OKRs and impact as a user researcher
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode 44: Using quantitative research as a qualitative user researcher
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Episode 40: How to up-level your stakeholder management game
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Episode 39: HMW work through the tech/product layoffs
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 36: Tracking impact on colleagues as a UXR
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 35: How do I practice (new) UXR skills?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Episode 34: Who owns discovery work?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 33: Mistakes I've made as a UXR - Part Two
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Episode 32: Mistakes I've made as a UXR - Part One
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 31: Writing research questions and choosing methods
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May 29, 2023 |
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Episode 30: Conducting field studies in people's homes
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 29: How to stay competitive as a UXR
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 28: ChatGPT, Synthetic Users, & AI
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May 10, 2023 |
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Episode 27: Notetaking during research sessions
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 26: Conducting user research with limited access to customers
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 25: What comes first, the 1x1 interview or the survey?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Episode 24: How to be a shy & introverted user researcher
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 23: How to produce weekly insights (and should you really be doing that)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Should I get a Masters degree?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 21 | Does a research repository make sense?
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 20: User research in an agile environment
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 19 | What to do in downtime or if you aren't getting research requests
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 18 | Challenges within my first job as a user researcher
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 17 | Reframing impostor syndrome
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Episode 16 | What is the difference between a UX researcher, user researcher, and design researcher?
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 15: What is internal testing & when to use it
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 14: How to test font styles (and preference testing)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 13: How to approach service mapping (blueprint) workshops
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 12: Freelancing as a UXR
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 11: What are concepts tests & how to use them
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 10: How to work with a team who hasn't yet defined a problem space
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 9: What to do when you are seen as the person with all the answers
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Episode 8: Own your research process
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Helping UXR colleagues up-skill
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 6: Challenging stakeholders' plans & ideas
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Recruiting & building a b2b participant panel
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Epsiode 4 | Working cross-departmentally as a user researcher
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Episode 3: How can user researchers better work with engineers/developers
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Episode 2: How to prioritize user research projects
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 1: How to get included in stakeholder rituals & know when it's time to move on
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Episode 0: Dear Nikki Podcast Announcement
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Sep 12, 2022 |