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In Conversation with Joe Natoli

by Josh Tyson
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We talk with Joe Natoli, enterprise UX consultant and author of the new book, Think First.

In Conversation with UX Magazine brings you a discussion with Joe Natoli, founder of Give Good UX and author of the new book, Think First: My no-nonsense approach to creating successful products, memorable user experiences and happy customers.

We talk about the fallacy of unicorns, the A-Team nature of experience design, and why hairdressers are the masters of empathy. Also, if you buy Joe’s book the week of October 5th, you get three free training resources.(MP3)

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Josh Tyson
Josh Tyson is the co-author of the first bestselling book about conversational AI, Age of Invisible Machines. He is also the Director of Creative Content at OneReach.ai and co-host of both the Invisible Machines and N9K podcasts. His writing has appeared in numerous publications over the years, including Chicago Reader, Fast Company, FLAUNT, The New York Times, Observer, SLAP, Stop Smiling, Thrasher, and Westword. 

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