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The road to a good customer experience can be full of potholes. How do you navigate such a treacherous path? One key way is through product thinking.

Article by Ward Andrews
What is product thinking and why does it matter?
  • Product thinking is key to shaping the best customer experience possible as it helps to identify problems and solve them.
  • By providing a holistic perspective on a product it differs from design thinking and reveals the real product value for customers.
  • Because of its strategic importance, every team member should hone product thinking skills. It’s more than a working framework, it’s a mindset, a culture of customer experience.
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A few tips by a UX researcher on how to make the utmost of remote interviews

Article by Michelle Natalie Susanto
6 Reasons Why Remote Interview Session is Hard to Execute: a reflection by a frustrated, screen-fatigue user researcher
  • In the past year, UX researchers encountered numerous challenges because of the new shift to remote work.
  • Some of the major issues consisted in recruiting respondents, online ghosting, unstable internet connection, and misunderstandings, among others.
  • Gaining some additional data beyond the interview, or repetitively communicating your question might prevent some of the problems and allow to run the interview efficiently for both sides.

Read the full article for perspective from a UX researcher on six relatable struggles of remote interview sessions and ideas on how to solve them.

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Skills you need to become a venture designer, and beyond.

Article by Fergie Leung
Demystifying Venture Designer
  • Venture design goes beyond UX to turn an idea into a product by applying the venture development process and minimizing business risks
  • The venture design framework consists of 7 phases to help focus on product design and scale
  • Venture designers’ job is not only about optimizing UX, but also maximizing the total value delivered. That’s why a venture designer has to develop a broad range of skills.

Read the full article to get more perspective on what venture design is from a venture designer.

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What if we shift the focus from solutions to problems? A view on UX research and why prioritizing problems pays off in the long run

Article by David Lick, Julia Barrett
Prioritizing Problems to Inform Product Design
  • Focusing on solutions as you start UX research might lead to misunderstanding or overlooking user problems, which in turn, damages the whole design and development process.
  • To decrease the risk of poorly developed solutions and costly adjustments, it’s necessary to invest time and effort in discovering user problems and pain points, clearly distinguish them from users’ goals, and use diverse research methods.
  • Although focusing on pain points might seem more time-consuming initially, problems are more concrete, easier to uncover, and ultimately are the source for meaningful solutions.

Read the full article for perspective on how this shift from focusing on solutions to focusing on problems can be a powerful tool as you begin UX research.

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Learn how to address differences in cultural background to design products that provide exceptional customer experience in every corner of the world.

Article by Sofia Gomes
Why cross-cultural design really matters
  • When expanding a product internationally, it is essential to bear in mind users’ cultural background.
  • A close focus on the cultural background can ease the product design process and helps manufacture products that are meaningful for an international audience and reflect the best market practices.
  • It is vital to invest in user research as it allows to identify the potential pitfalls at the early stages and obtain a greater understanding of users’ habits, needs, pain points which often depend on their cultural background.

Read the full article to learn more about designing for different cultural backgrounds.

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Strategic insights on how to scale up a product successfully by investing in the UX process and design team.

Article by Adam Fard
Scaling A Startup: A UX Perspective
  • One of the major causes for failure in scaling up is the lack of idea validation.
  • Design Thinking framework provides a valuable path for preparing start-ups to scale up by assessing users’ needs and priorities. Another key step is to expand the UX team at the right moment to ensure proper validation and testing of ideas.
  • Investing in UX design allows to scale up a start-up efficiently while minimizing the risks.
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