Four benefits of learning research skills for product designers
Product designers often form the interface between a dedicated research team and engineering teams that build the features users want. Learning research not only enables them to do their own research, but also helps them take research from being informative to impactful.
How to train non-researchers to do user research
Training non-researchers to do research is a key lever in democratizing research. Learn the most important lessons the Thumbtack research team learned while training 180 participants from 4 orgs across the company.
Making strategic impact with research - Slowing down research to make the team move faster
To have more impact as a function, researchers need to be deliberate about when to move fast and when to slow down. Learn how the research team at Thumbtack manages this conundrum, and makes more impact on the product as a result.
Stories of Qualitative Research - Phil Gordon, Head of UX Research at Skillshare
We chatted with Phil Gordon, who has built an amazing UX research career at companies like Skillshare, Uber, Spotify and Thumbtack, etc. Phil generously shared with us lessons he learned along the way, including how to build trust and make impact as a qualitative researcher.
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Tacos & Taxes - Breaking silos to create a true customer-obsessed organization
Intuit is known for its culture of customer obsession. Seasoned designer researchers, Joanna Vodopivec and Guy Viner, talked about their best practices of breaking silos with "Tacos & Taxes" watch parties, and using video storytelling to make the voice of customers heard by the entire organization.
Journey Mapping 💕 Storytelling — lessons from a decade of practice
Journey Maps can be extremely helpful to align an organization around customer needs. Learn from Jim Tincher, Mapper in Chief at Heart of the Customer, how to avoid the basic mistakes of journey mapping, and how video storytelling & journey mapping can create powerful impact together.
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Democratizing the research process without losing control
When democratizing research, researchers struggle with finding the balance between advancing the larger research strategy, and helping teammates perform their own scrappy and tactical research. In this article, we cover three tensions, and how great research teams (like the Rapid Research Team at Google) have found the right balance between them.
5 Myths about democratizing research debunked by the Stripe Research Team
Democratizing research is a polarizing topic in the research community. Learn how the research team at Stripe created a successful democratized research practice and debunked some common myths about democratization.
6 Best Dovetail Alternatives in 2024
If Dovetail’s feature limits are holding you back, check out the 6 best Dovetail alternatives in 2024 and find a research tool better suited to your needs.
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