A Q&A with master UX Researcher Ovetta Sampson on making the impossible, possible — As the Design Lead and Design Researcher at IDEO, Ovetta Sampson works to amplify the voice of people while inspiring design. Following her passion for people, data and design, she focuses on the intersectionality of humanity and technology including artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and IoT products and services.

A Q&A with Behzod Sirjani of Slack on bringing everyone to the research table — We’re only a few days away from the 2019 Strive UX Research Conference and the anticipation is building! As one last hoorah, we’re excited to share a pre-conference conversation we’ve had with all-star Researcher Behzod Sirjani. Behzod Sirjani is a Senior Researcher at Slack, who focuses on understanding what work…

A Q&A with Airbnb’s Mandy Owen on championing and scaling research both inside and outside the building — Research has been baked into Airbnb’s design process from the company’s inception. From the early days of 2009, when Founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia flew to New York to meet hosts face-to-face to discover pain points, to today, Airbnb has proven to be a company propelled by insights. …

A Q&A on building trust both inside and outside our organizations — As the 2019 UXR Conference approaches in June, we are extremely excited to share some pre-conference conversations with our speakers. Our next speaker preview is with UX Researchers Nicole Hill & Ling Hu. Nicole Hill is a Senior UX Researcher at Groupon and has worked on some of Groupon’s most…

A Q&A with Kristina Rostorotsky of Loblaw Digital who shares some sneak peeks about her talk in the Research Through Design track — As we gear up for the 2019 UXR Conference in June, we are super excited to share some pre-conference conversations with our speakers! The first speaker preview is with Kristina Rostorotsky of Loblaw Digital. Kristina is a Senior Product Designer at Loblaw, where she helps build digital products and services…

#ama with seasoned UX researcher, Noam Segal on the North Star of research — Before the 2019 UX Research Conference in June, UXRC will be a hosting a series of Ask Me Anything conversations (#AMA) with some of our Conference speakers. We want to give UXR’s the opportunity to pick the brains of some research greats through our Slack community! The first AMA was…

Meet our #UXRConf sponsors: Tedde van Gelderen of Akendi shares how his team is training product people using real world projects — In 2007, Tedde van Gelderen opened Akendi — a research, design and training company that not only does user research and UX design projects in the B2B and G2C markets, but also certifies practitioners in the field wanting to gain a more holistic understanding of the entire design process.

Meet our #UXRConf sponsors: Jas Shukla and Jeremy Bailey of FreshBooks share how their customer-centred team uses research to drive growth — In 2002, FreshBooks CEO, Michael McDerment had a vision of a world where no one had to learn accounting. He was on a mission to reshape the world for small business owners by creating a product that addressed one of their biggest pain points: taking care of their finances. He…

Part 2 of our meetup live-blog from Inclusive UX Research: The Inclusive Design Research Centre team talks co-design — Our second talk of the night is with Sepideh Shahi, Cheryl Li and Dana Ayotte of the Inclusive Design Research Centre. Who is giving this talk? Sepideh Shahi- Senior Inclusive Designer at the IDRC Cheryl Li- Inclusive Designer at the IDRC Dana Ayotte- Senior Inclusive Designer at the IDRC (remotely…