Visual, cross-cultural, impactful.

This week from People Nerds: cross-cultural design practices, how to run debriefing sessions, and a new workshop on data visualization.

Be a cross-cultural practitioner With the world more connected than ever, we need to ensure we design and research socially consciously, inclusively, and cross-culturally. Senongo Akpem, author of Cross-Cultural Design, wants to help you do just that.   THINK BROADER Finish a research session? Do this next.  Jumping into synthesis immediately after a vigorous research project can be draining for everyone involved. Instead, try debriefing sessions. They can be just the thing your team needs to internalize insights and be ready for synthesis.   LEARN MORE Harness the power of data visualization Join us for a free remote workshop on increasing research impact with data visualization. Attendees will get a walkthrough guide to data visualization and access to a workshop slack channel to further discuss the material.    GET DOWN TO VIZ-NESS More we're discussing: Lauren Isaacson has your counter-argument ready for when you're asked to set aside the "edge cases." The team at Thumbtack has some advice for when you need to massively scale your research team, without hiring any new researchers.  Kate Towsey would like to remind you to "tidy up" your user research process, with these research ops best practices.  What we're hearing:  Researchers help teams to "design the right things" and "design things right." Folks in these critical roles do too; they should be your allies. Here's the first of a four part breakdown of motivational interviewing—a clinical technique that can transform your UX research practice. Interesting piece on A List Apart about "connecting the dots" between design, product, and creative culture. dscout is a company composed of People Nerds working to make context-rich human insight an everyday habit across organizations. The dscout platform—Diary, Live, Recruit, and Express—enables remote qualitative research that brings researchers into the moments experienced and shared by real people. Curious about the platform or working with dscout? Talk to an account executive.  dscout, 222 North LaSalle St. Suite 650, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 880-9715 Unsubscribe Manage preferences