Aurelius Podcast

Cheryl Platz, UX researcher and expert in AI, discusses the impact of AI on UX Research, including its current capabilities, surprising applications, ethical considerations, and the future of the job market. They also explore the dangers of using fictional personas in user research and the challenges and opportunities AI brings to UX researchers.

Joe Natoli, a veteran in the field of UX research, discusses the challenges newcomers face, including the disconnect between education and industry realities. He emphasizes the importance of understanding personal motivations and collaborating for greater impact. The podcast also highlights the challenges of implementing UX research in the real world, presenting research results effectively, and the importance of collaboration and communication in UX.

Aurelius Podcast - Episode 58 highlights with Ari Zelmanow: - Being a strategic researcher and what that means - Learning how businesses work to speak that language and connect UX research to what matters across the organization - UX Research Democratization and Ari's thoughts about it - The role of UX research, how it's evolving and thoughts about how UX and research can adapt be more valuable

Episode 57 highlights: - UX Research consent - GDPR and UX Research - How to gain proper consent with your participants of user research - What are the rights of potential participants of UX research - The ethics of informed consent

Show highlights: - An overview of Scott’s new book, How Design Makes the World - Remote work for design, UX and product teams - How to create a workplace for UX professionals to get their best work done - How to explain the value of design to executives and stakeholders - What to do when your product managers, executives and engineers “just don’t get” design - Builder culture, what it is and how to work within it to promote higher quality UX - Effects of industrialization on building products and how it translates to software management culture

Highlights from this episode: - The history and evolution of UX - How to present UX and design work - Empathy for stakeholders and customers/users - Using stakeholder expertise to improve your UX design and research - Being an orchestrator and not a hero UX pro

Show highlights: - How Mary got started on Tik Tok and began sharing UX knowledge there - Deceptive UX patterns, what they are and how to avoid them - Consent and interaction design to avoid building in deceptive design patterns - Examples from popular sites that use deceptive UX patterns

Show Highlights: - What it means to be human centered in your professional and personal life - Hmnty Cntrd, their mission and the work Vivianne and her team are doing - How Vivianne went from being a grief counselor and doing trauma studies to becoming a UX researcher - What does it really mean to be empathetic - The role of diversity, equity and inclusion in UX and research work - Tips for self care and improving yourself as a UX professional and person - Doing and beginning the personal work for doing your best professional work

Show highlights: - “Zoom” levels of research and what they mean - Figuring out when to do certain types of research and which methods to use - Ways to avoid wasting resources and repeating research - What’s the difference between UX Research and ResearchOps? - How to you know when you need a dedicated ResearchOps person

Show highlights: - Diversity, equity and inclusion in UX and tech culture - Ways to recognize how tools and systems are directly contributing to inequity in our society and work - Stories and examples of how our society created inequities and how to recognize the connections to the work we do - Tips for doing more equitable UX and design research - Working to identify your own thoughts, actions and behavior to help create a more just and equitable world for all