Get the most out of workshops

This week from People Nerds: We break down the five elements of an effective ideation session and dive into an immersive StitchFix workshop.

Bid farewell to inconsistent brainstorming sessions Well-structured workshops improve participation and generate a surplus of relevant ideas. Amazon Sr. UX Researcher, Janice Wong, highlights five ways to ensure success during your next collaborative session. EUREKA Now boarding: captivating participatory workshops Travel beyond the linear customer journey map with a "Passport to Personalization" exercise. See how Stitch Fix UX Researcher, Patricia Donnellan, sparked persona empathy and reset traditional thinking with an immersive team workshop. READY FOR TAKEOFF More we're discussing: Why do we think of listening as an innate–rather than learnable skill? Ximena Vengoechea shares advice on the rewards of becoming a better listener. Thanks, but no thanks. We explore the art of (kindly) declining bad UXR advice and trusting your expertise. What we're hearing: "If you don't know who's in charge, it's you." Thirty people describe their experience navigating the turbulence + fulfillment of joining a startup. There advice rings familiar for UXRs who frequently "build the plane while flying it." Forty-five percent of products fail to launch on time. This three-step product strategy template can help you align your work better with your colleagues in product.   dscout is excited to be hiring across our product, engineering, CXR, finance, sales, and marketing teams. Check out our open positions here.   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