Ethnography has grown, like many other industries, in tandem with a fossil fuel economy. As evidence of weather, resource and species disruption surround us on a daily basis, the climate sessions provided guideposts and practical resources to adjust and thrive as informed, climate-conscious...
Genre: Talk/Seminar
Foundational AI: Navigating a Shifting Terrain
New deployments of foundational AI models in digital products have expanded public engagement with synthetic...
Automate Yourself to Work on What You Love
Behind every great research session is multiple hours and weeks spent recruiting, sharing...
Career Pivots: Strategy & Foresight Consulting
Presenters Rebekah Park is a Partner at Gemic, where she co-leads the Tech and Health practices. Over two decades...
Navigating the Realities of Self-Employment
A roundtable of experienced business owners and independent practitioners share their wisdom and experiences...
The Long View: Collective Wisdom on Where We’ve Been and How Ethnographic Practice Evolves to the Future
The pandemic, layoffs, AI, inflation/deflation, climate change…these days there is plenty of upheaval. In times...
Career Pivots: Market Research & Brand Strategy
Presenters Cato Hunt is a Director at Space Doctors, where she heads the London office and pioneers new ways to...
Re-evaluating Usability and Strategic Research: Delivering Value via Research Practice
Usability studies are sometimes devalued as mechanical work, as opposed to ethnography and other kinds of research considered to be a more strategic and engaging. This contributes to a perception of usability evaluation as lower status, or appropriate for early career researchers—work that one...
Removing Barriers for Research Participants with Disabilities
Overview Over a billion people worldwide (and around 25% of the populations of the USA and Europe) live with some kind of disability—a reality no organization can afford to ignore. That means all of us must...
Equity-Centered Leadership
Equity-Centered Leadership focuses on ensuring that all employees can succeed in a workplace, regardless of their...