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    How to Read a Mental Model Diagram

    How to Read a Mental Model Diagram

    Do gap analysis; find strengths & weaknesses. Get clarity on what you want to support, what to put off until later, and what to skip.
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    Indi Young
    Dec 7, 2018
    Describing Personas

    Describing Personas

    Some of our problems with bias in software are rooted in the way we design for demographic personas. This needs to change.
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    Indi Young
    Mar 14, 2016
    User Needs Are Too Shallow for Innovation

    User Needs Are Too Shallow for Innovation

    deeper sociological, problem-facing purposes have the stronger potential for innovation
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    Indi Young
    Aug 7, 2020
    Persuading Stakeholders / Pitching Problem Space Research
    A Powerful Lens: People’s Purpose

    A Powerful Lens: People’s Purpose

    Purpose is a way of framing how you look at something that brings so much more clarity of perception. When I say, “purpose,” I mean what a…
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    Indi Young
    Jan 29, 2021
    Yes to Problem Space Research

    Yes to Problem Space Research

    organizations are starving for knowledge, and they think everything is fine
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    Indi Young
    Aug 7, 2020
    Why Do Organizations Avoid Qualitative Research

    Why Do Organizations Avoid Qualitative Research

    (and how to change that)
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    Indi Young
    Aug 6, 2020
    Loath to Waste Time

    Loath to Waste Time

    It’s hard to identify if your team is just producing what should be produced, it’s embarrassing to realize it, so no one wants to discus…
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    Indi Young
    May 14, 2018
    Finding Budget

    Finding Budget

    How do we increase the proportion of money spent on design research?
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    Indi Young
    May 14, 2018
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