Resources

Outsmart the Ordinary in UX & Service Design

Unconventional insights, tools and resources to fuel your craft and leadership — built by fellow UX practitioners with hard-earned experience in changemaking and digital transformation.

Miro’s New Features and Updates: AI, Intelligent Canvas, and Innovative Workflows

Today’s blog post breaks down Miro’s newest updates, Intelligent Canvas, Composable Workflows, and AI, and shares how these features will improve your workflow and enhance team collaboration.

Values-Based Leadership in UX and Service Design

Leaders are usually being pulled in a million directions on a day-to-day basis, and that’s true now more than ever. So what’s the key to effectively steering teams toward success in this fast-paced and constantly changing climate? More and more leaders are turning to values-based leadership approaches to drive results and inspire innovation. Read all about values-based leadership in this post.

2024 Conferences in UX Design, User Research, and Service Design

Explore our list of top-rated UX, service design, HCD, and research conferences happening both virtually and in person in 2024!

How to Hire During Tech Layoffs in UX Design

In times of mass layoffs and economic uncertainty, design leaders must prioritize project tasks, monitor workloads, and consider hiring contractors to maintain momentum. This blog post offers practical guidance for navigating these challenges and empowering design teams to thrive despite adversity.

Staff Augmentation: The Strategic & Flexible Hiring Solution for UX

Today’s post dives into the world of staff augmentation – a strategic hiring strategy that allows you to scale swiftly and align perfectly with immediate UX, service design, and design research project demands. Learn how staff augmentation can help your business be more agile and competitive!

CanUX Recap 2023: Our Team’s Top Takeaways and Highlights

Eight of us Outwitly team members were lucky enough to attend 2023’s CanUX conference, where we learned about all the latest trends and hot topics in the world of UX. We’re sharing 12 key takeaways from our favourite parts of the event, and what they mean to us. Plus, we’re including a free download link to our CEO’s CanUX presentation slides.

Finding Inspiration for More Creative UX Teams

In Part 2 of our series on unblocking creativity, we’re discussing creative ways to inspire your UX teams when collaboration falters and new ideas are few and far between. And, as a bonus, our Outwitly Team has gotten together to share their top techniques for finding inspiration in their specific types of work.

Managing Expectations: The Key to Great Customer Experience

Great customer experience (CX) is only possible when a customer’s expectations are met or exceeded. In a world of rapidly advancing technology, those expectations can be high, and products and services can easily fall short. Thankfully, there are ways to bridge this gap. Read on to learn more about expectation gaps and get how-to steps for improving your CX through expectation management.

7 Steps to Better Customer Experience (CX)

This post details how you can improve your customer experience (CX) in 7 easy-to-follow steps.

8 Key Elements of Effective UX and Service Design Teams

Written by Kristin Swan, Outwitly’s Director of Strategic Design, this post covers the importance of clarity, communication, and collaboration in UX and service design teams, and the five cultural components teams need to thrive.

The Secret Sauce Behind Great UX and Service Design Teams

This post is a collaborative effort from Outwitly’s Design Team! We dive into what makes a great UX and service design team. Successful design teams require many elements– from individual skills and expertise to team dynamics and communication. Read on for key takeaways and top tips for success.

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!