Level up your UX game with vaexperience. Run by Vy Alechnavicius. I'm an award-winning experience design leader, researcher and strategist. In my career I've focused on customer-obsessed experience projects (CX, UX, Product Strategy), complex in nature challenges (big data, machine learning/AI, open data, emerging tech, etc.). To date contributed to billions in measured value for startups, scale-ups and global household name orgs. I've also spent half of my career hiring and maturing highly performing-design teams and orgs. Managing user-centric change and more. This channel is one of the platforms where I attempt to give back to growing and leading experience design professionals.
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Please might someone be able to comment on what is meant by discovery vs. evaluative research? Is it 'figuring out what people want before you make anything' vs 'figuring out what people think of the thing you've already made?
This is awesome. Much faster than downloading Bootstrap, copying/pasting a CodePen solution into an HTML prototype and then adjusting a few lines of javascript or CSS.
Definitely an interesting conversation, but to me, it sounds like you are simply trying to replace the pencil and paper (field notes) with AI. "Back in the day", a true UXer would be on location, taking notes and scribbling some prototypes on a piece of paper to get quick feedback from the customer. Now we simply want to make these field notes high fidelity using a computer? Problem solving is at the core of design thinking and it sounds more like a lack of education with the current crop of UXers, rather than attempting to insert AI into the process.
Ok so everyone gets a unique interface everywhere? New one every visit maybe? Same on every site/app? Where are my preferences stored? How will brands assure quality of the experience? This could either be awesome or really wild 😅
Yes, it’s a thing! And will increasingly become a thing. Look into “Generative UI”. I don’t think it’s taking the form of ground-up code. Instead I think it’s “adapting” to show or hide certain features, functionality, modes, and content. Cool stuff
Always love Thomas Wilson hot takes. Really admire the thoughtful perspectives backed by experience. Two dudes that I admire in the design space! Thanks for a solid interview.
Hey va experience. Hi. I have a issues. The field , when i was reading day by day in Miro, dissapear, y visit again the link, but now, it not appear in mi miro open recents or other way. Not in website app or desktop app. How i can see it again.
Peter’s UX portfolio showcases his enterprise design experience, emphasizing user advocacy and business impact through effective case studies. Highlights 🌟 Focus on enterprise UX: Peter specializes in complex enterprise SaaS tools, making him a valuable designer. 🛠 Clear skill separation: He distinguishes between his core UX work and additional visual skills. 📈 Strong branding: Mentioning notable brands like Unilever enhances his credibility without breaching NDAs. 🔍 User-centered approach: Peter emphasizes understanding user needs to guide business decisions. 📊 Data-driven solutions: He uses both qualitative and quantitative data to inform design choices. 🖼 Visual storytelling: Suggests enhancing visuals to demonstrate design impact and user testing outcomes. 🚀 Business outcomes: Highlights the importance of connecting UX improvements with business results. Key Insights 🚀 Enterprise UX is Valuable: Designing for enterprise tools showcases a designer’s ability to handle complex problems, making them more marketable. This complexity enhances their portfolio’s appeal. 🎯 User Advocacy is Crucial: Advocating for user needs can correct business courses and drive success. Designers must ensure businesses listen to users for effective solutions. 📊 Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Data: Using both types of data enriches the understanding of user needs and behaviors, leading to more informed design decisions. 💡 Clear Communication of Processes: Articulating the design approach and decisions can help hiring managers understand the designer’s thought process and problem-solving capabilities. 🖼 Visual Impact Matters: Utilizing visuals to showcase before-and-after scenarios from usability tests can effectively demonstrate the impact of design changes. 📈 Linking UX to Business Outcomes: Highlighting how UX improvements lead to better business metrics enhances a designer’s value and maturity in the role. 🗣 Continuous Learning from Users: Engaging in user interviews and experience mapping is essential to uncover deeper insights that drive successful design outcomes.
the content is very good. You make everything looks easy and clear. ☺☺But one thing confused me 🥲and distracted me when I watched your video, it's your background music. One of the video has siren sound(on and off, i thought something is happening in real life) , and this one has a sound(eg. 4:11 - 4:13) maks me keep thinking if my phone is vibrating.
My goodness, I was looking for something like this even develop nearly same as yours and my computer hard drive gone mad and lost all my work, but did not put it in my iCloud. And here you are created some amazing work to share with the world. Thank you
LOVE this episode Vy! Thomas Wilson thank-YOU for sharing your knowledge - I've been following you on Linkedin for awhile now but seeing you in front of the camera and speaking your truth is pure gold in these times! Thanks to you both!
It seems like a lot of organizations see others getting the value from design, but don’t realize simply having designers isn’t enough to reap the same benefits. The designers have to be the ones making the design decisions. It seems common that Product or someone else is making the design decisions and forcing design to simply executing in Figma. When designers push back, they’re treated as a problem. You’re paying designers to be experts at decision making around design - why not let them do the designing?
Thank you so much for the amazing content 🙏🏻 🌷 But I have an issue and I hope someone helps. I purchased it (it's free thankfully) and I add it on the main page of my gumroad but when i click on it the link won't open. I have a Miro account but still it doesn't work. I don't know what the problem is 😮💨
26:30 This is in no small part also the fault of industry's recruiters for whom a shiny hi-fi designer's portfolio is easier to sell than wireframes/process UX portfolio.
If design was so cookie cutter like, it wouldn't be design anymore. I understand why they ask for a perfect portfolio, but rather than that. they need to ask what it takes to design a good portfolio for a particular job role.
I always tell my C-suite "As a Designer I've got a brain and I'm not afraid to use it!" Great stuff Vae, great guest, thanks! Edit: Jobs is turning in His grave already Apple is going through enshittification.
No se como expresar feedback. No quiero que sientas ofendido. Seria eso ego. Realmente me encanta. Pero yo llego un momento en mi vida que no veo largos videos de podcast. Más en inglés. Empatía para entenderlo
¿Por qué asumes que todos son tú y no tienes paciencia ni capacidad de atención? ¿Por qué te quejas de los comentarios? Si te gustó, genial. Si no, genial. ¿Tienes un canal? ¿Alguien lo está entrevistando sobre temas complejos?
The world needs more provocateurs and truth-tellers like Thomas. It doesn't mean he's "right" every single time. It means he's rattling cages to make everyone better, and he's speaking from keen observation, deep experience, and a willingness to keep growing. I love this dude.
@@vaexperience It feels like many industries (and other things!) are in shambles...reorienting themselves to emerge as something new. I find it humbling to watch the mysteries unfold. #systemsthinking #emergentpossible
Great tutorial - I just have one question: Why did you, in the first place, convert the heading and it's text to dynamic panels, since the slide-right effects on Window scroll can be achieved with the initial widgets? Thank you.
This is normal with any new technology, because 95% of people don't really understand it, so it's kind of alien to them. But with time the new technology will be better understood and embraced, especially by the new generations. By the way, in the initial phase of a new technology development, UX is never a concern, the main goal is to make the technology work, to be reliable and accessible. UX always comes later when the technology is proven and mature.
Agree with all, but this: "UX is never a concern, the main goal is to make the technology work, to be reliable and accessible. UX always comes later when the technology is proven and mature." - this is exactly why over 90% of AI or any other emerging tech products fail. We need to stop telling ourselves that this is how it's supposed to be. UX must be involved from get go to shape the tech around actual user needs - that's what UX is and the value it actually provides.
@@vaexperience If we look in the history of technology we will see this pattern over and over again. Failing is inherent in the initial stage of any technology since is part of the exploration. Even the entire field of UX will be completely reimagined, as we are talking about a big technological revolution. How can we think about UX when is so little known about what is possible. AI is still largely uncharted territory, even for the brightest minds in the field, let alone UX designers.
Eventually humans will stop using their brains altogether, letting ai do all the work, are we all gonna end up like zombies I wonder? I can say from my own experience, after just 2 years of using ai to generate code in my everyday work, I’m starting to lose brain cells, for real. Anyone else have this feeling? Or is it just lack of motivation or depression?
Hmm... interesting, but trust is more emotional logic these days, so to quantify fear and lack of trust -- one has to go back to when PC's started hitting corporate world for the first time. People didn't trust them. Same thing with banks going online for the first time. Same emotions now everyone banks online... so its a temporary I DUNNO sort of trust. thing. sort of. ;)
@@vaexperience Yep, when I was in New Zealand in 2001 and from the US. I was amazed they had these ATM/Debit Cards at every store. I was floored they had tech before we started using it in the USA. No one feared it, everyone liked the convenience. In the USA? It was like panic and fear about people forgetting PINS and having too easy access to cash and not balancing their budgets like when we had checkbooks to balance, and news about how checkbook printing companies were going out of business. Panic!!! OMG the horror! ;)
A perspective on titles in UX: While it's often said not to focus too much on titles, it becomes challenging not to when you have extensive experience in UX but are stuck in a lower-paying position within a large corporation. In such cases, the importance of being in the right role is hard to ignore. It's an easier sentiment to express when your compensation aligns with your expertise.
So important what you say about the need to have confidence built on years and years of experience as a UXer. You get challenged on your views and the value of your work much more than in other roles based on my personal experiences and so you really need that strong foundation.
@40:01 agreed. If a person studied design before this “standardization” then you weren’t so much steeped in it. And perhaps I need take a moment and research my Dïeter Rams history, but I believe he was a pivotal point in design and bucked the system. He/they made things better for designers that came after, but all that came before did not necessarily adopt his design thinking immediately. Am I making sense?
