
#169 - Summer Throwback: Eniola Abioye on Breaking into User Research
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, were we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week, Eniola Abioye, UX Researcher at Meta, discusses what it takes to break into the user research...
26 Jun 202551min

#168 - Summer Throwback: Amy Chess on Asking Better Questions
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week features Amy Chess (then at Amazon) unpacking arguably the most important research skill: ask...
12 Jun 202540min

#167 - Summer Throwback: Teresa Torres on Continuous Discovery Methods
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week brings back an evergreen conversation with Product Talk's Teresa Torres on continuous discove...
29 Mai 202542min

#166 - Summer Throwback: Erika Hall on Why Surveys (Almost Always) Suck
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week features a conversation with Erika Hall on the misuses of surveys. They're overused, often sh...
15 Mai 202543min

#165 - High Impact Research on Embedded Teams with Hannah Ghidey of Etsy
Embedded research teams—where UXRs are dedicated to a single product area—are popular. The proximity to design, product, and engineering stakeholders increases subject-matter expertise and user insigh...
23 Apr 202535min

#164 - UX Lessons from a Decade Researching AI with Jess Holbrook of Microsoft
Much of the conversation around AI in UX involves how it will shape and change researchers' work. Today's guest, Jess Holbrook, who leads UX research for Microsoft AI, has been thinking a lot about ho...
9 Apr 202549min

#163 - Creating Mindful Product Experiences with Jay Vidyarthi of Still Ape
In this episode, Erin and Ben chat with Jay Vidyarthi, designer, author, and founder at Still Ape. Jay is a leading thinker around designing mindful product experiences. He's also published a new book...
26 Mar 202548min

#162 - Empowering PwDR Using Research Education with Daniel Gottlieb of Microsoft
Many research activities are completed by non-researchers, but whose work is benefited from user insights. Generally, these folks—designers, PMs, developers, among others—are called "PwDR" or "people ...
12 Mar 202548min






















