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This week from People Nerds: Handling burnout, building a research practice as a solo-UXR, translating business questions to user questions

Thinking outside the research box Often, we're balancing our time between "getting research done" and "growing our org's research maturity." Dave Chen, Director of Consumer Insights at Flipp, explains how forming key alliances can enable us to better accomplish both goals.   BUILD TOGETHER Maybe it's not just Zoom fatigue Overflowing to-do list? Juggling tasks (and struggling to complete them)? Generally tired (but also not sleeping well)? Could be burnout. Here's how to recognize it and what to do about it.    READ MORE Where do good research questions come from? Walk through this exercise with your stakeholders to help them translate a "business question" to a "user question." It'll make for interesting, impactful research projects, while teaching your company to think more user-centrically.   LEARN HOW More we're discussing: We chatted with Eniola Abioye about the importance of rapport-building with research participants, which opens a space for vulnerable discussion. Remote shareouts can feel stale and lacking in empathy. Here are eight collaborative ways to more effectively share remote UX insights. Research democratization is a scale, not a toggle. Check out our suggestions for managing the obstacles and opportunities when starting. What we're hearing:  Trust is key to most relationships, so why not design for it with your customers? Smashing Magazine has guide for building it into touchpoints. UX audits surface pain points and jump-start research prioritization. UX Matters asked a panel of experts to describe their preferred method. Interested in adding some "quant" to your practice? UX Booth outlined the foundations of social statistics, which are critical to effective use. 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