The User Research Strategist: UXR | Impact | AI

👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

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In this episode, I discuss the recent posts I’ve been seeing on LinkedIn about layoffs and thinking about how we can approach some of these challenging situations together with an open, empathetic mindset

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👋 Hey, Nikki here! Welcome to this month’s ✨ free podcast ✨ of User Research Academy. Each week I tackle reader questions about the ins and outs of user research through my podcast and share super concrete tips and examples on user research methods, approaches, careers, or situations.

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In this episode, I discuss a slightly different approach to tracking impact at your organization by examining how your research can impact individual colleagues and decision-making.

Formulas I mentioned:

* (time saved) x (employee cost) x (# of employees) = cost savings

* (# of errors) x (avg. repair time) x (employee cost) x (# of employees) = cost savings

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In this episode, I talk through different approaches you can use to practice your user research skills in low-stakes environments to feel more confident using different methodologies

Resources:

Whiteboard challenge prompts

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In this episode, I talk through the question of, when you are working with skilled PMs (or other stakeholders), who is meant to own discovery work?

Article with levels of support

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In part two of this episode, I talk about the other five top mistakes I have made as a user researcher and how I shifted them into learnings

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In part one of this episode, I talk about five (out of the ten) top mistakes I have made as a user researcher and how I shifted them into learnings

Resources:

- Treat stakeholders like users ebook

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In this episode, I talk through how to think about creating research questions and then how that can help you choose an appropriate method!

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In this episode, I answer a question about what to do if you need to conduct a field study in someone's home and also strategies if, for whatever reason, you aren't able to visit them in their home!

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In this episode, I talk about recent UXR lay-offs and my recommendations for staying competitive in a tough market

Resources:

- Prioritizing user research projects

- Workshop facilitation webinar

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In this episode, I answer a question/concern I have been hearing about a lot: will AI take over our job as user researchers? Spoiler: no :) listen to learn why!

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