How to Become a Contractor in UX and Service Design

Everything you need to know about how to transition from being a full-time employee to contracting and freelancing as a UX designer, researcher, or service designer.

Women In Tech and Design to Be Inspired By

Happy International Women’s Day, 2023! This post introduces you to eight influential women in the tech and design world you’re sure to be inspired by. Plus, explore our list of 30+ books, blogs, and communities for women in tech.

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A group of attendees at a human-centered design (HCD) conference or UX conference.

February 23, 2023

The Top UX Design & HCD Conferences of 2023

Check out this post featuring the top upcoming UX design and research and HCD conferences of 2023! Compiled by Outwitly’s multidisciplinary design team, there’s sure to be an event for every design practitioner out there.

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UX designer and UX researcher join an established product team and learn how to integrate themselves effectively.

February 06, 2023

Tips for UXers when joining an established product team

Use these practical tips to maximize your success as a UX designer or researcher joining an established product team. Get ahead with our expert guide!

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Tips for prototyping and user testing in UX design (user experience). Testing with users can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be! Read this post and learn Outwitly Inc.'s best tips for prototyping and testing with users in UX.

January 17, 2023

10 Tips for UX Prototyping and User Testing

Prototyping and user testing are key components of UX (user experience) design and research! This post contains 10 tips for conducting your best prototyping and user testing sessions yet.

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December 16, 2022

Guide to Qualitative UX and Design Research Methods

At Outwitly, UX and design research is what we do best! This post covers our three qualitative research methods, in-depth interviews, observations, and diary studies, that you can use for your next project.

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A man is working on an empathy map in a virtual empathy mapping workshop. He is using the Miro empathy mapping template.

December 01, 2022

How to Plan and Conduct a Virtual Empathy Mapping Workshop

This post will teach you how to plan and conduct an effective virtual empathy mapping workshop! We also dive into accessibility and empathy mapping.

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A group of UX designers, human-centered designers, and UX researchers examine the excellent work they've been doing with Jim Collins' flywheel to digitally transform their organization.

November 04, 2022

The HCD Flywheel: Enabling Digital Transformation

In order for your organization to undergo a successful digital transformation, you need to apply a human-centered approach. The best way to do that? Using the flywheel concept to enable your transformation!

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Two design researchers are working together to analyze data they gathered from UX and design research.

October 21, 2022

Data Analysis for UX and Design Research

This post covers all things data analysis! We dive into the process of making sense of data, methods for analyzing data, and tips for analyzing data.

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How to conduct desk research in UX and service design. Including SWOT analysis, comparative analysis, and

October 04, 2022

How to conduct effective desk research for UX and service design?

This post looks at exactly how to conduct desk research in a UX or service design research project. We’re covering the desk research planning process as well as conducting analyses like literature review and trend analysis, comparative analysis in UX, and SWOT analysis.

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Adopting a beginner's mindset in UX, design thinking, and human centered design.

September 16, 2022

Why you need to adopt design thinking’s “beginner’s mindset”

This post dives into what it means to have a beginner’s mindset, how to get experts like stakeholders comfortable with adopting a beginner’s mindset, and our favourite activities for inspiring this kind of thinking!

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Woman is conducting desk research at her desk wearing glasses and a white shirt.

August 26, 2022

How to use desk research in UX and service design?

Today’s post digs into how to use “desk research” in UX and service design. We answer questions like when should you use it and how does it fit into the design process. We cover internal vs. external desk research and break down examples of each, like document review, literature review, and jurisdictional scans.

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A UX designer is drawing a new wireframe.

August 09, 2022

10 Must-Have Soft Skills for UX Designers

UX Design is an intricate discipline that requires practitioners to possess a variety of soft and hard skills in order to succeed. This post will break down the list of the top skills we think all UX designers should have in 2022! Plus, a comprehensive list of our favourite design & prototyping tools.

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