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Say hello to dscout’s AI-powered Analysis! ✨ Looking to speed up the analysis of your research, without making a quality tradeoff? Our AI Analysis generates summaries, identifies themes, and categorizes topics—so you can focus on extracting insights and driving impactful change. Learn more about it here: https://lnkd.in/g5Ped7jn

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If stakeholders keep resisting or avoiding calls for research outright, it might be worth going rogue. As long as you start small. From our experience with researchers, most organizations are tolerant enough that running an unsanctioned 10-participant project on a key issue is worth the potential blowback. There are obvious risks with this approach, and it helps to have some social capital ready for withdrawal. But if the impact of a quick and dirty research engagement speaks for itself, asking for forgiveness afterward can be a savvier play than waiting... And waiting… And waiting some more... for permission while poorly informed products keep shipping. 💡 When taking this chance, try writing questions likely to produce hyper-relevant short open-ended and selfie-style video answers. The goal with the responses isn't to create an enormous change overnight. But if they're startling enough, they can help create enough doubt in an influential assumption about customer behavior that further inquiry becomes a no-brainer.

There's TALKING about AI. And then there's USING AI. 🤖 Most people are doing the former while still trying to figure out the latter. Thankfully, Yaron Cohen isn't "most people." From designing test studies to strategic foresight and storyboarding, he broke down two tactical use cases with Nathan Reiff for applying GenAI to your own research. P.S. Our new AI analysis tools officially launched today in-platform. Just sayin'.

Imagine walking into a whiteboarding session where the board's already full. Imagine the trends in participant responses identified before ever sifting through them. Imagine making more sense of your moderated sessions with summaries automatically generated from key points in your conversations. If you're the chef, our AI functionality is your sous chef—helping you remove the busy work, keep the value work, and take your insights to the next level. Learn more about what our responsible AI brings to the table, and stay tuned for new features coming to our platform soon 👀 https://lnkd.in/g5Ped7jn

It's time to dismantle "us vs them" for researchers and designers. Here are some assumptions worth reframing: ❌ assumption: designers are a threat to researchers ✅ new perspective: designers are crucial research advocates ❌ assumption: designers need simple tools with guardrails to succeed ✅ new perspective: designers are experts at using complex tools ❌ assumption: designers only do research because it's "democratized" ✅ new perspective: research is a fundamental aspect of the design process The narratives we've constructed around researchers vs designers is that researchers are *allowing* designers to come into the fold. And this has left designers feeling like imposters who aren't trusted. It's not too late for us to question this narrative, stare our orthodoxies down, and ask ourselves: What are we trying to protect? What are we scared of losing or breaking? Taylor K. explores this idea more fully here 👉 https://bit.ly/3xOslU6

Case study: The nimble team that made Headspace's new AI-powered journal, Ebb, conducted deep listening to Headspace members before anything was built. The team was rigorous. Waves of generative design research, concept testing, and evaluative research (shoutout to dscout for being a helpful research tool). The team felt it was important for Ebb to be a safe and inclusive space, a reflective home, and a meaningful one. And it is! We've heard these asks from our members for a while, that Ebb now responds to: 🔸a two-way conversation between members and the Headspace app vs. one-way listening to teachers 🔸a space to reflect in before or after meditating 🔸a space to prepare for what you might want to talk about with your therapist/counselor/coach 🔸guidance to exactly the mindful activity that will be good next, now that the Headspace content library is so large Ebb is currently in pilot mode but hopefully coming soon to more Headspace members worldwide. 👏🏻 Priyanka Marawar Leah Braunstein Matthew Chester, Ph.D. William Kearns, PhD Lauren Allik Crystal Small Sandy Sanchez Dani Balenson #genAI #meditation #mindfulness #mentalhealth

We still can't get over how much fun we had at Figma's #Config2024! Our very own Lauren Madura and Alfo Medeiros put together their thoughts on the event. Below, they share some of their favorite sessions, the features they're looking forward to, and their overall feelings about the conference.

“My secret weapon is usability. It can be very strategic and a quick way to demonstrate ROI for research. When I joined Cash, one of the top priorities was product quality. So creating a usability program helped address this.” Elysa Stein and Julie Marie Norvaisas sat down to discuss specific ways to tie user research to business impact. See what strategies they recommend, how you can apply them to your teams, and try some quick impact wins (see usability above 😄 ) https://lnkd.in/gVpTnFrN

We had an AWESOME time at #Config2024 by Figma! Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by our booth, attended the Leadership Happy Hour, and all those currently rocking #PeopleNerds swag and cat socks on their travels home. Couldn't have asked for a better week in San Francisco! 🎉 🎨