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Aurelius Podcast

Architecture & Design

Industry experts discussing design and product strategy. Hear from leaders how they are solving the right problems and building products and features that matter most.

Location:

United States

Description:

Industry experts discussing design and product strategy. Hear from leaders how they are solving the right problems and building products and features that matter most.

Twitter:

@aureliuslab

Language:

English

Contact:

(612) 293-0844


Episodes

Episode 67: Customer Feedback with Janna Bastow

3/19/2024
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 67 highlights with Janna Bastow: - Using UX research to inform product roadmaps - Stories about how to avoid major code and product rollbacks by simply conducting good UX research - Using customer needs to truly innovate and avoid building a better competitive copycat product - How to avoid building a Frankenstein product

Duration:00:55:36

Episode 66: Shadow Design with Audrey Crane

2/28/2024
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 66 highlights with Audrey Crane: - Defining Shadow Design and its potential impact on your organization - Audrey and her team’s research study on Shadow Design - Shadow IT and it’s correlation to Shadow Design - Risks and implications of Shadow Design in the product development process - How to uncover if Shadow Design is happening at your company

Duration:00:44:10

Episode 65: The ROI of UX Research with Ruby Pryor

2/1/2024
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 65 highlights with Ruby Pryor: - Defining the ROI of UX and UX Research - The case for building confidence in speaking about UX Research in terms of dollars - Understanding how certain recommendations you make impact the fundamental business model of where you work - Business models, understanding them and how UX Research work fits into them - Examples of how to determine and communicate the ROI of UX research - How to calculate the ROI of UX and research

Duration:00:50:00

Episode 64: Contextual Surveys, AI and the Human Touch in UX Research with Ryan Glasgow

1/9/2024
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 64 highlights with Ryan Glasgow: - The story of Sprig and the gap Ryan identified in user research and market research tools - Problems and challenges with typical surveys for product research - Effectiveness and application of in-context survey research - AI in UX research and the true value a human brings as a researcher - Concerns and tips for using AI in customer research analysis - A founders perspective on customer research and the power of in-context research

Duration:00:44:46

Episode 63: UX Maturity with Darren Hood

12/18/2023
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 63 highlights with Darren Hood: - UX Maturity: what UX maturity looks like at the organization and individual level - How UX maturity level impacts the planning and effectiveness of UX work - Tips for assessing your personal, team and organizational UX maturity - The impact of UX maturity on leadership and the hiring process - Challenges and the state of UX maturity as an industry in 2023 - Darren’s steps for assessing and improving your own UX maturity

Duration:00:51:30

Episode 62: The Reality and Challenges of Being a Design Leader with Jesse James Garrett

11/17/2023
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 62 highlights with Jesse James Garrett: - Discussing The Elements of User Experience and its impact - Defining and communicating the value proposition of design - What being a design executive and design leader actually looks like - Steps for success in a design leadership role - The importance relationship building in design leadership

Duration:00:51:15

Episode 61: Navigating the UX/CX Landscape: Balancing Speed, Quality, & Empowerment w/ Debbie Levitt

10/20/2023
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 61 highlights with Debbie Levitt: - Differences and similarities between CX and UX - How the UX industry has shifted and where it’s going - Tips for opening conversations with cross functional teams about UX Research - How to handle conversations where people mislabel terms in UX - How does UX fit into the Agile process

Duration:00:48:44

Episode 60 - The Current and Future Role of AI in UX Research with Cheryl Platz

10/6/2023
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 60 highlights with Cheryl Platz: - What is AI, Machine Learning and how will it impact UX Research - What AI is currently good at and how it really works - Surprising ways you’re probably already using AI for UX Research today - Ethical considerations in the application of AI for UX Research - The impact of AI on the current UX job market - The future of UX Research and AI

Duration:00:46:15

Episode 59 - Navigating the Challenges of UX in Real World Business Situations with Joe Natoli

9/12/2023
Aurelius Podcast - Episode 59 highlights with Joe Natoli: - The importance of getting personal to influence decisions - Getting buy in for UX Research from stakeholders and other teams - Soft skills for making a bigger impact with research and insights - How new UX Researchers can bridge the gap in the disconnect between the learning environment and real world situations at big companies

Duration:00:52:28

Episode 58 - From Detective to UX Researcher: Embracing Strategic Insights with Ari Zelmanow

8/18/2023
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

Duration:00:49:56

Episode 57 with Phil Hesketh on UX Research & Consent

10/4/2021
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

Duration:00:43:42

Episode 56 with Scott Berkun on How Design Makes the World

7/28/2021
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

Duration:00:47:22

Episode 55 with Donna Spencer on Presenting UX Design & Research to Stakeholders

7/7/2021
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

Duration:00:39:08

Episode 54 with Mary Formanek on UX Deceptive Patterns & Sharing UX Insight on TikTok

6/16/2021
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

Duration:00:35:58

Episode 53 with Vivianne Castillo on What it Means to Be Human Centered

6/2/2021
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

Duration:00:51:05

Episode 52 with Roy Olende on ResearchOps & Scaling UX Research

5/19/2021
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

Duration:00:41:13

Episode 51 with Timothy Bardlavens on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in UX

5/5/2021
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

Duration:00:39:33

Episode 50 with Jon Kolko on Design Thinking & UX Research Analysis

4/22/2021
Show highlights: - Sense-making and user research synthesis - How to find hidden insights in the research data you collect - Avoiding product backlog rot by simply reacting to things you hear about from customers - Steps to take for a better UX research process - Doing UX, research and sense-making better with product management - Should UX researchers be doing design too? - How to get into (or better at) UX, research and design

Duration:00:49:23

Episode 49 with Nate Bolt on Remote Research, Impact & Social Responsibility

4/8/2021
Show highlights: - Social impact of UX and research work - Remote research tips, tricks and challenges - The future of UX research in a post-pandemic world - Can you prove the ROI of UX research? - Balancing the need for delivering a great story from the research and keeping good rigor in your study - How to deal with people who don’t believe the findings from your research

Duration:00:41:50

Episode 48 with Erin Casali on UX & Design Leadership

3/25/2021
Episode highlights: - Design leadership and what it means to be a UX manager - Differences between being an individual contributor and manager/leader - Tips and tricks to being an awesome UX design/research leader - Strategies for providing feedback and criticism effectively - Common challenges for folks transitioning from team member to team leader

Duration:00:37:47