Saswati Saha MitrainMeta ResearchManaging Your Career Without a ManagerWhen I unexpectedly found myself without a manager, I knew I needed to really take charge of my own career growth. Here’s what I learned…6 min read·Jul 5, 2022--2--2
Saswati Saha MitrainUX CollectiveNaomi Osaka and the cost of over-communicationIt’s been a month since Naomi Osaka withdrew from Roland Garros to take care of her mental health. This incident affected me enough, for…8 min read·Jul 14, 2021--2--2
Saswati Saha MitraFree Advice anyone?Today I thought of sharing a few thoughts about the declining quality of mentorship in the age of LinkedIn and why I engage with very few…5 min read·Jun 13, 2020--1--1
Saswati Saha MitrainUX CollectiveUndemocratising user researchLast week, one of my ex-colleagues from Uber, Eduardo Gomez Ruiz wrote a thought provoking piece on Training an Army of (Non) Researchers…8 min read·Apr 21, 2020--11--11
Saswati Saha MitraCoronavirus: When Technology and Communities must come TogetherIt has been two days since I started helping my community (Lambeth and Stockwell) self-organise itself to prepare for COVID-19 in London…9 min read·Mar 15, 2020----
Saswati Saha MitraSexual harassment when it is least expectedToday I had my first encounter with workplace sexual harassment. I am in my late 30s and when you encounter it for yourself for the first…4 min read·Feb 26, 2020--1--1
Saswati Saha MitraLearning through Questions: South Africa Edition Part 2Recap: Nehal Shah and I got carried away with our discussion so we had to split it in two parts. Here’s part one if you missed it. Today…10 min read·Sep 10, 2019----
Saswati Saha MitraLearn by Asking: South Africa EditionSaswati: Nehal Shah was the first hire of my career. She set the bar very high for all those who followed. The one thing I still remember…14 min read·Sep 3, 2019----
Saswati Saha MitraWhat austerity management can teach us about resource management?Last month, I read The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu. It left a strong impression on me. In the…6 min read·Aug 27, 2019----
Saswati Saha MitraResearchers as ContrariansEvery day I walk past the above image on my way to work. It reminds me of one of my favorite topics and a recurring challenge that comes…8 min read·Mar 23, 2019--4--4