Sam Ladner on Managing Research Knowledge

<p><a href='https://theinformed.life/www.samladner.com'>Sam Ladner</a> is a sociologist, UX researcher, and student of productivity and the nature of work. She’s been a researcher at Amazon and Microsoft, and is currently Senior Principal Researcher at Workday. Sam is the author of two books on research, <em>Practical Ethnography</em> and <em>Mixed Methods</em>. In this conversation, we discuss sociology and ethnography in the context of organizations and how to manage the knowledge generated by research.</p><p><b>Show notes</b></p><ul><li><a href='https://www.samladner.com/'>Sam Ladner</a></li><li><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/sladner/'>Sam Ladner</a> on LinkedIn</li><li><a href='https://www.workday.com/'>Workday</a></li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3PNtOOH'><em>The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner City Neighborhood</em></a> by David Simon and Edward Burns</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/38G06tW'><em>Mixed Methods: A short guide to applied mixed methods research</em></a> by Sam Ladner</li><li><a href='https://amzn.to/3yS9l5g'><em>Practical Ethnography: A Guide to Doing Ethnography in the Private Sector</em></a> by Sam Ladner</li><li><a href='https://www.epicpeople.org/'>Ethnographic Practice and Industry Conference (EPIC)</a></li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bourdieu'>Pierre Bourdieu</a></li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Geertz'>Clifford Geertz</a></li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_place'>Mise en place</a></li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon%20Kindle'>Amazon Kindle</a></li><li><a href='https://www.overdrive.com/'>Overdrive</a></li><li><a href='https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby'>Libby</a></li><li><a href='https://www.notion.so/'>Notion</a></li><li><a href='https://www.mendeley.com/'>Mendeley</a></li><li><a href='https://getpocket.com/en/'>Pocket</a></li><li><a href='https://readwise.io/'>Readwise</a></li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing'>Satisficing</a></li><li><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org