Jane Davis - Equipping Product Teams to Run Effective UX Research

Jane Davis brings epic levels of insight to this conversation about the evolution of UX research, and how it can enable product teams to build better products. 

 

Highlights include: 

 

- What can grizzly bears teach you about effective leadership?

- How do UX researchers get product managers to listen to them?

- What is the identity crisis facing UX Research?

- How do we ensure that product teams are doing valid research?

- What should junior UX researchers focus their efforts on?

 

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Who is Jane Davis?

 

Jane Davis is the Director of UX Research and UX Writing at Zoom, where she helps the company to make strategic decisions, about the direction of its business and its products. 

 

Before joining Zoom, Jane was the Head of UX Research and Content Design at Zapier, a 100% remote-work company who’s mission is to automate workflows, freeing humans from the boring and tedious parts of their jobs.

 

Jane also invested several years at Dropbox. Originally starting out as a UX researcher, before becoming the Design Research Manager for Growth. 

 

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Find Jane here:

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janendavis/

Website: https://janendavis.com/

 

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Host: Brendan Jarvis
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