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Insights Unlocked

How do you design digital products that people actually want? Get UX tips and insights from experts behind some of the most successful digital transformations and experiences in the world. 
Each 25-minute interview is a candid conversation with the thinkers, doers, and builders at the forefront of UX design, accessibility in the user experience, and product management. 

Learn everything from how you can turn around a product launch failure, to how AI can make a designer’s life easier, and even how you can make yourself recession-proof. 

Insights Unlocked is a curiosity-inspiring, real people, real experiences podcast brought to you by UserTesting (formerly Human Insight Podcast and UXpeditious). Join us as we learn firsthand from notable names in the industry, including Laura Klein, Sarah Doody, Janice Fraser, Jacob Nielsen, Teresa Torres, and C. Todd Lombardo. Guests bring their insights from companies such as IKEA, Best Buy, Figma, T. Rowe Price, Microsoft, Tesco Bank, AAA, and more. 

Episode guest hosts include UserTesting CEO Andy MacMillan, UserTesting Chief Product Officer Michelle Engle, UserZoom founder Alfonso De La Nuez, and others. Hosted by Nathan Isaacs, UserTesting's Senior Manager for Content Production and a former award-winning journalist.

Listen and subscribe to Insights Unlocked wherever you get podcasts. 

Show notes, curated clips and more at usertesting.com/podcast.

Is AI coming for your design job?

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  • 8 months ago
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In this episode of UserTesting’s Insights Unlocked podcast, Andy MacMillan talks with Pablo Stanley about AI’s impact on design. Pablo is the founder or co-founder of several design brands, most recently Bueno and the Musho AI plugin for Figma. Previously he was a lead designer at InVision, as well as a staff designer at Lyft and Udemy. He teaches art and design on his YouTube channel Sketch Together, as well as supports the Latinx community through his projects Latinx Who Design and Dreamer Stories. “I am a techno-optimist,” Pablo said. “I believe in the potential of these tools to enhance our lives in general and, specifically, that of creative individuals, assisting them in taking their creations to a different level.” The pace of the change is happening quickly, he said, and some people may get caught in that disruption, including on the creative side, and get left behind. “It would be naive not to see the challenges this brings,” Pablo said. “The pace of the AI evolution is making traditional systems and industries slow to adapt, sometimes causing an existential crisis. So, there's going to be a transition period where a lot of people will be affected by this shift.

Create an internal Insights Council to inform and influence business decisions

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  • 8 months ago
  • 10:05

In this bonus episode, we look back to our conversation from Season 6, Episode 53 with Monal Chokshi, Head of Research & Insights at Dropbox.  In this clip, Monal shares tips for anyone looking to build a research team from the ground up at a company, as well as tips for next leveling a research team that already exists. She also explains how she created an internal Insights Council to help inform and influence business decisions. Enjoy the episode.

UX Research - Less Order Taking, More Strategic Advising

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  • 8 months ago
  • 09:54

In this bonus episode, we look back to our conversation in Episode 87 with Ari Zelmanow and UserTesting’s Michelle Huff. Ari is a former police detective turned UX researcher and now leads User Experience Research at Twilio.  In this clip, Ari explains why he thinks we need to reinvent UX researchers role within organizations to be less of a service provider and more of a consultant providing strategic advice.   Enjoy the episode.