Archive - The User Research Strategist

The era of researchers as creatives | Angie Amlani, MetaLab

Angie Amlani on the wall collapsing between research and strategy, and the part of the work we forgot could be fun

Jul 2 • Nikki Anderson

33:25

June 2026

10 ways to make Claude think like a research partner

The cheat codes I run before a study starts and before a readout I'm nervous about

Jun 25 • Nikki Anderson

Stop being the middle person between your AI and your tools

A walkthrough of MCPs, Claude Desktop, and scheduled tasks

Jun 18 • Nikki Anderson

33:40

User research for strategy and innovation

Stepping into the role we've been asking for

Jun 11 • Nikki Anderson

Stop re-explaining your frameworks to Claude every morning

A walkthrough of what skills are, how to use the Skill Creator, and why feeding it your real work is the difference between a skill that is fine and a…

Jun 4 • Nikki Anderson

30:04

May 2026

Building a user research portfolio using Claude Design

A 45-minute experiment in letting a tool do the thing I have been avoiding for years

May 28 • Nikki Anderson

59:00

Inside Insight: Three ways I'm using Askable to close the gap between research and action

A walkthrough of designer briefs, executive summaries, and customised stakeholder reports, all tied to the metrics your team already cares about

May 21 • Nikki Anderson

13:58

Building a b2c persona

And why personas don't have to suck when they are done right

May 14 • Nikki Anderson

Static user research deliverables are done

How to build dynamic, evidence-linked, competitor-aware research artifacts in Claude Cowork, without being a designer, begging engineering, or burning…

May 7 • Nikki Anderson

April 2026

Defining AI fluency in user research roles

And how companies are starting to test you on it

Apr 30 • Nikki Anderson

Building a b2b customer journey map

👋 Hey, I’m Nikki.

Apr 23 • Nikki Anderson

Claude CoWork + UXR Deliverables

Watch how I transform a customer journey map from static -> interactive

Apr 20 • Nikki Anderson

28:58

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