A Lens A Day #47 - Heterogeneity vs. Homogeneity with Jenny Benevento

Jasmine Friedl joins Dan Brown to talk about the state of professional development and performance reviews in user experience. Dan asks Jasmine to talk about the assumption that every designer needs to be good at systems thinking and systems design.

Jonathan McFadden and Dan Brown talk about making space at the table for more voices in the practice of user experience. Dan asks Jonathan to help him unpack the assumption that information architecture can't easily be taught.

Katrina Alcorn talks with Dan brown about making teams more collaborative. They also discuss Dan's assumption that IA isn't for everyone.

Hareem Mannan joins Dan Brown to talk about personas and how recruiting in user research is crucial for getting them right. Dan asks Hareem to help him think about whether IA can be taught in UX boot camps or not.

Kaarin Hoff joins Dan Brown to talk about how teams need to be kinder to each other, and maybe pictures can help. Kaarin also helps Dan unpack the assumption that you always need to do a content audit.

Joe Sokohl joins Dan Brown to talk about how information architecture itself is no longer part of many user experience practices. Dan asks Joe to challenge the assumption that every digital product needs a main navigation.

Uday Gajendar joins Dan Brown to talk about the challenges with Education in user experience, and help Dan think through the assumption that navigation must prioritize user tasks.

Joe Natoli joins Dan Brown to talk about dogma in the user experience business, and that the biggest thing missing is... information architecture itself.

Laura joins Dan to take a closer look at hiring practices.

Dan and Ashleigh talk about recruiting diverse participants for user research