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How Games UXR Actually Works | Mark Cox (Lloyd's Banking Group)
Mark Cox breaks down what games research looks like behind the scenes, from playtesting setups to character feedback and measuring frustration in real…
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Nikki Anderson
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The User Research Round-Up: CW43
Co-Lab Continued, editing standardized survey questions, balancing UXR and tech capabilities, AI slop, & ReOps
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Nikki Anderson
Inside Insight: How I use Userbrain to set up an unmoderated test
A behind-the-scenes walkthrough of a complete unmoderated testing project
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1:09:12
The New Reality of UX Careers | Mindaugas Petrutis (Lovable)
Mindaugas shares how flattened org structures, hybrid roles, and community-led learning are reshaping what it means to grow in UX
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Nikki Anderson
29:33
The User Research Round-Up: CW41
Research maturity, impact v2, new era of working, SUPR-Qm, and UXR with start-ups and founders
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Nikki Anderson
Nobody Cares About Your 67-Page Slide Deck
Five brutal mistakes (and dead-simple fixes) to make your insights hit harder, land faster, and actually drive change
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Getting Scrappy with Product Research | John Fontenot (Terlumina, Path to Product)
John shares why he never pays for interviews, how PMs can earn researcher trust, and what scrappy research actually looks like in the real world
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Nikki Anderson
30:17

September 2025

The User Research Round-up: CW39
Making research impossible to ignore, AI playbook, state of user research, organizational buy-in, and stop wasting research!
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A guide to AI agents for user researchers
Turn AI into a research thought partner
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Lessons from the Only Researcher in the Room | Alaine Burns Laycock (Dext)
Alaine shares how she went from solo researcher to team builder, why she embraced democratization out of necessity, and how she aligned research with…
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Nikki Anderson
28:13
The User Research Round-up: CW37
AI moderated interviews, self-advocacy, research fraud, and person-oriented personas
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Physical Products, Brutal Honesty, and the Agency Way | Filip Cicek (Ruthless Insights)
Filip shares what it’s really like to research physical products, why his agency bets on being ruthlessly honest, and how to survive the existential…
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