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User Research

7 posts
  • Mindsets

Empathy vs. Sympathy: Developing True Understanding of Users

understanding users through empathy
Helping you distinguish empathy from sympathy unlocks deeper user understanding—discover how fostering true connection can transform your approach.
  • Design Thinking Team
  • December 8, 2025
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  • Process

From Insights to Roadmap: Turning Research Findings Into Features

research to actionable features
Just unlocking your research insights can transform your product, but understanding the next steps is key to turning findings into actionable features.
  • Design Thinking Team
  • November 17, 2025
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  • UX Research

Proto‑Personas: When Time Is Tight but You Need Direction

quick guidance for limited time
When time is limited, proto-personas offer quick, practical insights that keep your team user-focused—discover how to develop them efficiently.
  • Max Smart
  • September 6, 2025
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  • UX Research

Bias‑Busting Usability Tests: Recruiting Beyond the Usual Suspects

diverse user testing recruitment
Fostering inclusive usability testing requires expanding recruitment efforts to uncover hidden biases and ensure truly representative insights.
  • Max Smart
  • August 19, 2025
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  • Business Design

Unlocking “Jobs to Be Done” Without Fancy Surveys

simple methods for jtbd
Learning how to uncover customer “Jobs to Be Done” without fancy surveys reveals simple, powerful insights that can transform your approach—if you know where to look.
  • Max Smart
  • August 8, 2025
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  • UX Research

Micro‑Ethnography: Observing User Habits in 15 Minutes or Less

quick user behavior insights
I explore how micro-ethnography reveals user habits in just 15 minutes, unlocking quick insights that can transform your understanding—if you’re ready to see beyond the surface.
  • Max Smart
  • August 1, 2025
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  • UX Research

Beyond Personas: Crafting Archetypes That Drive Product Decisions

creating effective user archetypes
Creating authentic archetypes that influence product decisions requires deeper insight—discover how to go beyond traditional personas and unlock true user understanding.
  • Max Smart
  • July 17, 2025
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  • Prototyping

Co-Creation Prototypes: Building Solutions With Users, Not Just for Them

For fostering innovative solutions, co-creation prototypes involve users…
  • Design Thinking Team
  • January 10, 2026
prototype fidelity selection
  • Prototyping

Low-Fi or Hi-Fi? Choosing the Right Prototype Fidelity Each Time

Prototyping fidelity decisions impact your design process; discover how to choose the…
  • Design Thinking Team
  • January 9, 2026
effective prototype feedback strategies
  • Prototyping

Prototype Testing 101: Getting Feedback That Improves Your Design

Want to master prototype testing and gather feedback that transforms your…
  • Design Thinking Team
  • January 9, 2026
validate ideas with pretotyping
  • Prototyping

Pretotyping: Faking It Before Making It to Validate Ideas

Keen to validate your ideas quickly and cheaply? Discover how pretotyping can help you…
  • Design Thinking Team
  • January 9, 2026
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