Dave's Research / Resources

Tools, talks, thoughts, and words I've worked on. Most-recommended are bold.

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Research Skills Framework — with Tomomi Sasaki & the ReOps Community — the core skills of design/user research broken down into a pattern language for quality research projects. It also contains self-assessment tools and a visual way to map your skill progression.

The Elephant — a unifying service experience model — highlight the ephemeral and mutually co-dependent nature of experience, driven by the "back stage" on both sides. The system-dynamics between each layer are not drawn out here.

The Researcher's Journey — a condensed career progression model
The False Dichotomy [sketch] — quantitative vs. qualitative evidence (*upcoming)

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Medium: "Reading List for Researchers and Designers"
Medium: "The researcher's journey: leveling up as a user researcher" — this one got me started—recognizing that it's not just about the skills you have, but how you use them, and the larger process they're a part of in driving impact.

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The Power of Pattern Language—September 2020, EuroIA 2020 *upcoming
Working with the Research Skills Framework, workshop—September 2020, UXinsight Festival (with Tomomi Sasaki) *upcoming

Tools for the Trek—February 2020, Interaction 20 Milan (with Tomomi Sasaki)
Shaping Effective Research—October 2019, IXDA Berlin
Elevating Design: Create a strategic plan to increase your impact —September 2019, EuroIA 19 (with Alissa Briggs)
Considering Research: function and impact—June 2019, User Research London
Research: Goal, role, having an impact—June 2019, Strive UX Research Toronto
Lean Learning: Applied UX Research—October, 2018, Develop Denver
"Maps & Markers: enacting a strategy to transform your design team"—August 2018,
Adaptive Path UX Week (with Alissa Briggs) — a sleeper hit! There's a nice set of moves here you can apply to build strategic leverage for your design or research team.

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