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We are beyond excited to debut the first episode of The People Nerds Podcast! Throughout the series, hosts Ben and Karen are on a mission to broaden our UX horizons. The duo speaks with artists, activists, professors, and other professionals across industries to give us new perspectives on human-centered thinking.

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How much of your research collaboration involves colleagues who aren't researchers?

They're hired, but are they staying?

While compensation and benefits are huge factors in recruiting, the two aren't enough to ensure retention. But what drives your colleagues? The answer lies in something we know and love—user research. ZoCo Design CEO Lacey Picazo shares strategies for leveraging research to align company and employee values.

WELCOME ABOARD

The Real (UXR) World: SaaS

As a UXR, you may find yourself doing research across a variety of products. But what is it like to do research for a product AND a service? Preeti Srinivasan walks through some of the unique challenges that come from doing research in a space that not only sells software, but has ongoing technical collaboration with users.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

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There's a reason that people feel like they're imposters and it doesn't have anything to do with the individual themselves, and more so about how you're being made to feel.

Dr. Stacey Houston II

Product Manager, Meta

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More we're discussing:

Original research: Go beyond Pride Month and hear advice from 52 LGBTQIA+ folks on how to advocate for the queer community year-round.
Relish Works discusses a recent project on the ever-changing restaurant industry and how they tackled 400 two-minute interviews.

What we're hearing:

Smart UX democratization empowers through training best practices. A UK Civil Service group outlines their approach to making it a team sport.
The pandemic supercharged the criticality of digital UX accessibility. benal johnson outlines a vision for how we can meet the moment inclusively.

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.

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