UX Institute | AI, Design and Product Podcast
Welcome to the UX Institute Podcast—your front-row seat to the future of AI, UX, and Product. Hosted by UX Institute Founder and CEO Mark Swaine, this podcast equips you with the skills, workflows, and strategic mindset needed to thrive in today’s AI-powered product and startup landscape. From hands-on AI design techniques to product leadership playbooks, every episode helps you level up your career and build smarter, faster, and better.
UX Institute | AI, Design and Product Podcast
#1 UX Institute Founder Mark Swaine Talks With Megan Kierstead On Why UX / Product Research Is Hard | UX Institute (UXI)
Mark Swaine founder of the UX Institute talks with Megan Kierstead, a seasoned senior UX Researcher about the realities of carrying out UX Research and how hard it can be. Megan and mark discuss how the lack of realistic and common effective ways of demonstrating insights, there impact and effect on product proposition and business lack greatly in day to day UX practice.
SHOW NOTES:
1. UX Research can be really hard and hold major responsibility for a ux practitioner to the success of a business or product.
2. Nobody prepares UX newbies for the realities and growing responsibilities of UX practitioners.
3. Online UX courses and bootcamps are typically very poor globally and do not educate the realties or soft skills required to be successful.
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