Kate Towsey - Scaling Research Ops: Lessons Learned

Kate Towsey shares some of the experiences that have shaped her career and goes deep into the research ops journey she’s been leading at Atlassian.

 

Why did Kate leave contracting in London for a gig at Atlassian's Sydney office?

How did an early mistake help Kate to find the key to scaling Research Ops?

What is Kate’s Candy Floss vs. Carrots theory of research?

 

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Who is Kate Towsey?

 

Kate is the Research Ops Manager at Atlasssian, and the founder of the 8000+ strong ResearchOps Community. Before moving from London to Sydney in 2018 to join Atlassian, Kate pioneered Research Operations at the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS), where she designed and delivered their first user research lab, AV repository and participant panel. Kate is currently writing a book called “Research At Scale: The Research Operations Handbook”, which will be published by Rosenfeld Media sometime in 2022. 

 

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Find Kate here:

 

Website: http://www.katetowsey.co.uk/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/katetowsey

YouTube: https://bit.ly/31HGazN

 

ResearchOps Community

https://researchops.community/

 

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Host: Brendan Jarvis

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