Are you building what your customers actually need?

Aligning product development with customer needs is easier said than done. Keep reading to learn how to create better products and harness AI to make the process easier and more efficient.

Hi Wanto,   As tools evolve and AI continues to influence how we work, it's easy to move fast—but are we moving in the right direction?  This week, we're focusing on how teams can stay aligned with customer needs as product development speeds up and changes shape.  Utilizing tools like Participatory Visioning Research and the Jobs-to-Be-Done framework can help you stay grounded with your users and eliminate guesswork as you explore future products/features.  Keep reading for even more resources to elevate your product development journey and ensure you're building meaningful products that provide real value for your customers.   - The People Nerds Team When you utilize Participatory Visioning Research with your customers, you can unlock powerful qualitative insights to guide your business into the future. Read on to learn how to implement this innovative research method successfully.   BACK TO THE FUTURE KEEP READING MORE ON THIS TOPIC Personalize your AI products with the Jobs-to-be-Done framework. Find your balance so you can walk the tightrope of customer and business needs.  Get back to AI fundamentals and learn to build LLM-enabled products. What's your preferred indicator for the success of a customer-centric product? 1. NPS 2. CSAT scores 3. User engagement metrics 4. Churn rate 5. Other   We'll post the results afterward in our Slack community! Join Denise Sauerteig, Lead UX Researcher at Turo, as she shares how research, product, and design teams can move the needle with video, great storytelling, and establishing stronger connections across teams.   SIGN UP Lenovo is hiring a Senior UX Designer. Meta is recruiting a Mixed Methods UX Researcher. Intuit is looking for a Staff Product Designer. The future favors those who are very fast and responsive to building. Dave Brown Head of Design, AI Services and Generative AI, AWS Via AI Heralds a Seismic Shift in Design. Here's How to Evolve 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

Designing for the future

We're in the midst of an AI shift. Here's how you can meet these exciting opportunities and challenges head-on, so you can do more of what you love and less of what you don't.

Hello Wanto!   Have you dug into how AI can benefit your practice? If you haven't yet, let's take a page out of Darwin's book and start your evolution.    This is an excellent time to hone your skills, get more efficient, and lean on AI to support you (and maybe take some less desirable tasks off your plate).   To help you get started, this guide shares expert tips on how to weave AI into your practice. For a more in-depth breakdown, check out the webinar that inspired it. In this resource, you'll learn … The importance of evolving your practice as AI shifts ways of working  Key questions to ask as you implement AI in design Mindset shifts you should embrace in an AI-powered environment Get your feet wet Nikki Anderson, Founder of The User Research Strategist, reveals how AI can be your ally at every stage of product development—empowering researchers, designers, and teams to do their best work. Get the guide.  Cheers, The People Nerds Team  Dscout, 222 North LaSalle St, Chicago, IL Unsubscribe Manage preferences