Empowering your colleagues to do research

Plus: We discuss how to "let things break," share a few new job listings, and advice from Erika Hall.

Shareouts can be an effective way to socialize information, but one of the best ways to ensure that your insights are spread (and utilized) across the organization is to get stakeholders in on the action.   This week, we've compiled a variety of resources to help your colleagues understand the research process, identify opportunities for collaboration, and feel more confident conducting a project or two of their own.   Whether that means creating customer journeys with sales or introducing a PM to usability testing, these resources can help you prioritize the projects that matter most and trust that others are doing quality work.   - The People Nerds Team   Service and account management teams have a wealth of knowledge about the user. In the first article of our collaboration series, Nikki shares advice for how to work more closely with them and make a real difference. BETTER TOGETHER KEEP READING - MORE ON THIS TOPIC Introducing a colleague to usability testing? This will help them get started. See how Credit Karma used journey mapping as a tool for cross-functional research. At capacity? Consider how your colleagues can get involved.   Which of these partners or stakeholders do you wish you collaborated with more effectively?   1. Product Managers 2. Designers 3. Product Marketing 4. Engineering 5. Data Science 6. Market Research We'll post the results next Thursday in our Slack community! Many of us put pressure on ourselves to be the "perfect workers" and get everything done. Executive Design Expert, Emily Henlein, discusses her advocacy for prioritizing well-being to prevent burnout. BEAUTY IN THE IMPERFECTION Hinge Health is searching for folks to fill their user research and product design roles. JP Morgan Chase has dozens of UX positions available across the globe, see if one fits your skillset. The Duolingo team is looking for UX research directors and senior product designers.   Organizations have this fear of research: business people, technologists, designers. But they don't come out and say, 'I'm afraid.' They say, 'We just don't have time.' Erika Hall Co-Founder and Director of Strategy at Mule Design Studio   READ MORE from her interview: "Erika Hall Knows How to Fix Your Design Process (But You're Probably Not Going to Like It)" Ready to scale your research program? Successfully scaling research requires effective stakeholder collaboration, flexible methods, and insights designed for impact.   See how dscout can help you with all three. dscout, 222 North LaSalle St, Chicago, IL Unsubscribe Manage preferences