The User Research Round-up: CW29

Insights to action, AI-moderated interviews, a scary convo with GPT, future skills, and over-recruiting

Hello curious human!

My mom has come to visit me, hailing all the way from South Carolina to the little island of Jersey I live on. I’ve been doing my best to hobble around with my semi-healed broken toe (yup, still there and still complaining) and we’re off for an overnight trip to St. Malo this weekend. Fingers crossed the cobblestones aren’t too cobbly.

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Now on to this week’s round-up…

Link roundup

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Turn Insights into Action: How to Keep Your Research Alive After the Readout (Guide) by Condens (and me!)

Yes, I’m linking to my own guide. Yes, I think it’s that useful. If you’ve ever done a killer piece of research only to watch it slowly die in someone’s inbox, this one’s for you. It’s packed with ways to keep your insights alive, influence decisions after the readout, and make sure your work doesn’t just “raise awareness” and then disappear. I wrote this because too many researchers are doing excellent work that doesn’t see the light of day and it doesn’t have to be that way. This is 11 years worth of my blood, sweat, and tears getting people to care. Bookmark it, share it, steal from it, and let it help you actually move the needle.

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