The Learners Podcast

How can you turn research into less of a tactical practice, and more of a strategic one? If there's one company that's figured it out, it's Slack.In this talk, Christina Janzer and Michael Massimi share their vision for research with us, and how it's allowed them to stay on the inside of the decision curve of major company initiatives at Slack.

Sometimes we need to take a step back to take a step forward. Like waaaay back.In this talk, Noam suggests we think back to when we were kids to rediscover some unwritten rules about research. To see everything with fresh eyes again, and return to our paths of growth. What do you think?

Most researchers work in the private sector, but if you've used government services lately, you know quite well that the public sector is in dire need of our skills as well.Mithula Naik, who heads up research for the Canadian Digital Service, outlines her approach to pushing for positive change in government services as a research leader.

Returning for her second year in a row, Vivianne Castillo puts out the call for UX Researchers everywhere to do some deep self-reflection. Vivianne reminds us that not only do we have the capacity to do good, but to do harm, especially to our participants.By not doing deep and thoughtful work on ourselves, we risk hurting those we're trying to help. Join Vivianne for an intense and important conversation about the work we need to do to become great researchers.

As one of the faster growing fields of work, Research Ops is on the rise! But what is ReOps? Who does ReOps? Am I ReOps?Listen as Kate Towsey, founder of the ResearchOps Community, answers these questions and more.