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In 2024, we were lucky to have so many friends and brainiacs share their research expertise with us! In case you missed them, here are all the sessions from this past year: 🧠 What It Takes to be a Great UX Leader in 2024 & Beyond with Ryan Leffel https://lnkd.in/e3Vk-Zxd 🧠 How to Scale Design and User Research Operations with Brian Verhoeven https://lnkd.in/eG2rciZm 🧠 Designing the Future: AI's Impact on Research & UX Workflows with Andrew Hogan https://lnkd.in/e5pm3Wcq 🧠 How AI Will Change Your UX Job for the Better with Chirag Narula and Prayag Narula https://lnkd.in/eV4nV-na 🧠 The Intersection of AI & Qualitative Research with Mary Gray https://lnkd.in/exYhTK5b 🧠 Rethinking Research: How to Communicate (& Prove) Your Value to the Business with Dr. Ari Zelmanow https://lnkd.in/eqFqqsck 🧠 The Future of UX Research: How to Set Researchers Up for Long-Term Success with Janelle Estes https://lnkd.in/edmgUetX 🧠 What You Need to Know About the Modern Research Tech Stack with Basel Fakhoury https://lnkd.in/eyhnRcyj 🧠 A Deeper Dive into the Future of UX Research: The Answers You've Been Waiting For... with Janelle Estes https://lnkd.in/emM77EqU 🧠 Safe Ways to Use AI to Improve Your Research Workflows with Kate Moran https://lnkd.in/eWsYBj6w 🧠 Research Ops: The Key to Better User Insights with Oren Friedman https://lnkd.in/eiGbKuiZ 🧠 The Dos and Don'ts of User Research in 2025 with Kate Pazoles https://lnkd.in/eq5X7Avr Which research experts do you want to hear from this year?

Happy New Year from the Marvin crew 🎊 Marvin and some friends got together to celebrate and shared these pics with us!

Getting ready for 2025! These are my New Year's resolutions. What are yours?

Repositories get a bad rap for being hard to manage and even harder to navigate. But what about AI-powered repositories? What can they do differently? Here are 4 big benefits teams get from using a repository like Marvin: 1️⃣ You can centralize user insights in one place. This makes it easier to communicate learnings to stakeholders. 2️⃣ Optimize your research resources by using the repository to replace time-consuming manual tasks like transcription, tagging, and importing data. 3️⃣ Speed up the time it takes to get valuable insights to stakeholders, which also speeds up improvements to the user experience. 4️⃣ Empower the team to make data-informed decisions based on user insights in the repository. What do you think — want to try it out for yourself? Book a demo: https://lnkd.in/ecykWkAd

My word of the year was "nurture." 🌱 I kind of forgot about it around July, according to my Apple Watch and incessant Tonal workout reminders. But I diiiiid grow our Marvin stuffy collection from 1 to 100, sharing the love of this baby robot with fans around the world. We also now have multiple Marv-keters on our team! ✨ And top-secret information, available only to those of you reading LinkedIn on New Year's Eve Eve: We'll be hiring a few more in 2025 ✨ If you want to nurture one of the coolest brands around... make sure you're following Marvin 🤖 and watch for our new job alerts. (And if you have 3-5 years experience in B2B event marketing, feel free to tell me all about it in DM.) Happy New Year, friends! Stay safe and happy.

Scenario: The product team has a tight deadline. One of the stakeholders asks if they should skip research to save time and ship faster. How do you respond?

Earlier this year, Prayag & Ryan Leffel chatted about what it takes to be a great UX leader in 2024 (and beyond). Well, the year is almost over, but these tips are evergreen! Which ones are you carrying into 2025? 👉 Do a lot of self-reflection. Think holistically about where there's room for improvement, not just about the technical aspects of the job. 👉 Try not to worry about things that haven't happened yet. You can't always control an outcome. 👉 If you know a potential problem is coming up beyond your control, think about how you can have a positive influence. 👉 Learn how to talk about your work in a way that resonates with people, and in a way they will understand. 👉 Be honest about your needs and communicate early on. Don't wait to ask for help. 👉 Spend time with stakeholders to understand their expectations. Talk to everybody who you think you're going to work with AND talk to people who you don't think you're going to work with. 👉 Be empathetic. Take the time to learn about the different personalities on your team and how to approach and guide those people in different ways. If you missed this session or want a refresher before the new year, watch the replay here: https://lnkd.in/e_EvNRYB

This is how your email finds us today: Happy holidays from the humans (and machines) of Marvin!

I've been waiting all year to share my wish list with you! What's on yours?

🔮 We know an easy way to predict how research/design teams approach their research strategy. Is it through a crystal ball, palm readings, or tarot cards? Nope! It's actually how you think about your repository.