Understanding Users: The UX Podcast

Understanding Users: The UX Podcast


Latest Episodes

36. Made in Kigali not California: How do you design a mobile technology solution for African users in an African context? - Peter Kariuki @ SafeMotos
April 17, 2023

Peter Kariuki is a software engineer and entrepreneur, and the co-founder of the start-up SafeMotos, a motorcycle ride-sharing solution in Rwanda. He believes that technology can transform peoples li

35. Will avatars ever replace human user researchers? - Rob Symes @ Fortell.ai
March 30, 2023

Is there a way to enable a digital avatar to ask a user research questions in an exploratory or qualitative manner? One that elicits useful research insight that can be transcribed and analyzed in rea

34. The CEO creating tooling for rapid, continuous UX research at scale - Axel Thomson @ Ribbon
March 16, 2023

Axel Thomson is the CEO and Founder of Ribbon, a platform for rapid, continuous UX research that lets organisations do user interviews and in-product surveys in real time with customers, as they are a

33. The Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) Expert - Ihor Sokol @ Conversion Rate Store
February 21, 2023

What's the best way to run an A/B test? How can you increase your customer conversion rate through UX research? What is funnel performance analysis?"If you listen to your users they will tell you wh

32. The CyberAttack Survivor - Alex Race @ APM Terminals / Maersk Shipping
February 03, 2023

Alex Race is Head of Digital Customer Platforms at APM Terminals, part of Maersk group.Imagine that 3 months into a new role as Head of UX and Design within one of the worlds largest transportation

31. How product teams can deliver maximum benefit to their users - Conversations @ UXDX 2022, Dublin - Part 2
January 12, 2023

In the second episode recorded in-person at UXDX 2022 in Dublin, I chat in depth with six conference attendees from a broad spectrum of organisations to get them to reflect on the event, and hear more

30.The Associate UX Director - Mihaela Dragici @ Volkswagen Digital Solutions - Conversations @ UXDX 2022, Dublin - Part 1
December 13, 2022

Mihaela Dragici is Associate Director at Volkswagen Digital Solutions.In this episode of Understanding Users, recorded in person at UXDX 2022 in Dublin, Mihaela and I discuss her work in an industry

29. The User Research Start-up Founder - Varun Murugesan @ Apple and Banana
November 22, 2022

"I always say [to my clients] let's research together. I've never seen impactful research done in a silo or in a vacuum...So I say let's face it together.I have multiple strategies to get stakeholder

28. How UX Design can solve the digital challenges of today - Leeds Digital Festival 2022 (Part 3 - The Agency)
November 04, 2022

"The biggest [takeaway from the event for me] without question is around accessibility....Obviously we're used to the term 'accessibility'...in terms of...the technical standards..., things like scree

27. Designing and building better digital public services - The SD in Gov Conference - Scotland, September 2022 (Part 3 - The Attendees)
October 19, 2022

"I love the fact that it's very much a peer-to-peer conference, that people are really transparent about sharing their learnings, their thoughts, and their experiences.... Everyone's incredibly friend