Understanding Users: The UX Podcast

Understanding Users: The UX Podcast


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56. How will AI change the make-up of digital design teams in the future? - Chris Reardon, former Head of Product Design, Responsible AI @ Meta (Part 1)
October 20, 2023

I think the biggest thing is that with AI, you are definitely going to create net new roles in the in the team that you had never thought of before. And there's not going to be a playbook for that, and the HR person and the recruiter is not going to know

55. UX Brighton 2023 - Part 2: What is happening at the intersection of creativity, innovation and AI in the design space? - The Speakers @ UX Brighton 2023
October 13, 2023

"Something that's colliding is definitely that sense of artificial intelligence and particularly generative AI, and what that means for creativity... I'm much more in the kind of William Morris view o

54. DX Leeds Part 3: The Attendees | How do you see AI impacting your job role? What insights did you take away from DX Leeds 2023?
October 04, 2023

"Speak to your users directly and ask them specifically what their challenges are. That was that was probably the biggest takeaway [from today] for me.... I think, certainly in my [small business] sec

53. UX Brighton 2023 - Part 1: How can we learn to talk comfortably and knowledgeably about creativity and innovation? - Danny Hope, Founder @ UX Brighton
September 27, 2023

Danny Hope is a Product Strategy Consultant and Founder of UX Brighton, a long-running annual one-day UX conference on the south coast of the UK.The theme of this year's event is Creativity and Inno

52. DX Leeds Part 2: The Speakers | What practical tips can attendees at the Digital Experience Leeds 2023 live event expect to take away for their own work?
September 20, 2023

"AI has existed for a long time. It's built into so many design tools that we use these days...It'sjusta case of exploring it, seeing what works for you and what doesn't - and obviously, getting a g

51. DX Leeds Part 1: The power of in-person events & the perils of deploying AI without understanding user needs: Digital Experience Leeds live event - Andy Curry @ Lion+Mason
September 13, 2023

Andy Curry is Managing Director of product and design agency Lion+Mason.L+M are returning this year to the Leeds Digital Festival, an open, collaborative celebration of digital culture in all its for

50. AI / UX Shorts 7: Twenty minutes on...talking product design and gauging the importance of AI to your customers - Chrissy Fleming, Product Consultant & Erin Eisinger, Founder @ Four By North
September 06, 2023

"We're not going to be replaced by AI, but we might be replaced by humans who know how to use AI."This is the final part in a series of bite-sized conversations with UX design and research leaders, r

49. How can digital teams ensure organisations fully understand the value of a user-centred product design process?: Claire White @ Exscientia
August 30, 2023

Claire White is Product Design Lead @ Exscientia, an AI-based Pharmatech research company.  She shares with me her experiences of moving into the rapidly-evolving world of AI-powered Pharmatech, her v

48. AI / UX Shorts 6: Ten minutes on...using AI to unlock the potential of facial analysis during user testing - John Crouch @ Entropik
August 21, 2023

"This is an arms race and no one's taking their foot off the gas..." This is the sixth in a series of bite-sized conversations with UX design and research leaders discussing a range of topics, recorde

47. How can design teams develop resilience when embedding user-centred design in digitally immature organisations?: Gerry Scullion @ The Human Centred Design Network
August 17, 2023

“What would I say is, first of all, be kind to yourself because that stuff is hard...It’s not a case of just going in and dialling it in every day...You require a deeper set of resilient skills to be