Dollars to Donuts

Sam Ladner and I have a new podcast, called Off the Path with Sam and Steve. It’s a limited series, where we talk about what a research career looks like, even when it goes “off the path.” Our first three episodes are live. Show Links Off the Path with Sam and Steve on Apple Podcasts Off the Path with Sam and Steve on YouTube Off the Path with Sam and Steve on Spotify Episode 1: The Good Enough Career (Apple) Episode 1: The Good Enough Career (YouTube) Episode 1: The Good Enough Career (Spotify) Episode 2: What Do You Do When You Want To Grow (Apple) Episode 2: What Do You Do When You Want To Grow (YouTube) Episode 2: What Do You Do When You Want To Grow (Spotify) Episode 3: Good Interviewing (Apple) Episode 3: Good Interviewing (YouTube) Episode 3: Good Interviewing (Spotify) Sam Ladner The post Announcing “Off the Path with Sam and Steve” first appeared on Portigal Consulting.

Tomer Sharon passed away last week. I’m reposting his appearance on Dollars to Donuts from 2019. Show Links Episode transcript Episode (and show links) from 2019 From LinkedIn, announcement of Tomer’s passing The post 53. Remembering Tomer Sharon first appeared on Portigal Consulting.

It’s the first anniversary of the second edition of Interviewing Users, and it’s now available as an audiobook. Listen to this episode for a sample. Show Links Interviewing Users on Audible Interviewing Users, 2nd Edition (print and eBook) The post Interviewing Users anniversary and new audiobook! first appeared on Portigal Consulting.

In this episode of Dollars to Donuts, I talk with Emily Sun, the head of Design and Research at Hipcamp. We discuss staying engaged in work, designers doing their own research, and research at a small, growing company. There’s actually a big opportunity with smaller companies. At small startups, you are much closer to the people who are making the long term vision for what the company is going to be. Because we have access to that level of leadership, there is a lot that can be influenced through research. – Emily Sun Show Links Episode transcript Make Things That Matter — Steve Portigal: Improving your user research process Interviewing Users, second edition Emily Sun on LinkedIn Hipcamp The Fun Scale Alyssa Ravasio, Founder + CEO of Hipcamp Sifteo CHI conference 3DR Help other people find Dollars to Donuts by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.The post 52. Emily Sun of Hipcamp first appeared on Portigal Consulting.

This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my conversation with Tamara Hale, the Director of Product Experience – Research & Insights at Splunk. We talk about the long tail of impact, being an anthropologist of work, and having a creative practice. The ‘doing the research’ bit is only about a quarter of your job. The rest of it is all the other stuff that goes around it. It’s about storytelling and influence and developing a vision and creating alignment around who the customers are and creating alignment on what actually are the business goals. It’s your stakeholder mapping. It’s your internal research. It’s your knowledge management. It’s improving how we work. All that stuff is part of research, and if you only think of your job as that quarter, you’re missing out on some of the most interesting and also trickiest parts of the job. – Tamara Hale Show Links Episode transcript Tamara Hale Splunk Tracey Lovejoy Catalyst Constellations Blurring the Lines: Building a collaborative dialogue from the intersection of creative practice, ethnography and business Help other people find Dollars to Donuts by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.The post 51. Tamara Hale of Splunk first appeared on Portigal Consulting.