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…Jul 5, 20222Jul 5, 20222
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…Jul 14, 20212Jul 14, 20212
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…Jun 13, 20201Jun 13, 20201
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…Apr 21, 202011Apr 21, 202011
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…Mar 15, 2020Mar 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…Feb 26, 20201Feb 26, 20201
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…Sep 10, 2019Sep 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…Sep 3, 2019Sep 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…Aug 27, 2019Aug 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…Mar 23, 20194Mar 23, 20194