User Research + Asking Better Questions with Michele Ronsen — DT101 E88

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michele Ronsen is the founder of Curiosity Tank, a leading user research consultancy and educational institution, helping individuals and organizations learn how to ask better questions, conduct research, and make better decisions around the world.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Listen to learn about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The benefits of user research to designers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">User research skills</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Quantitative vs qualitative research</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Curiosity Tank’s six-workshop series, Ask Like a Pro</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Where user research is headed</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Guest</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michele Ronsen is an executive with 20 years of experience in Fortune 500s, academia, and start-ups. A professionally trained graphic designer, Michele worked at top design firms before moving to Nordstrom where she built two creative teams from the ground up. From there, she built a career helping numerous entities strategically design and grow their businesses.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2010, Michele founded Ronsen Consulting, a design and strategy firm specialized in human-centered research and development. In 2020, she founded Curiosity Tank to further expand the team's research consulting and education efforts. Recent clients include Slack, Zillow, Blue Shield of California, Xero, Facebook, Gusto, Invisalign, Microsoft and Kaiser Permanente.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michele has inspired hundreds of students and professionals at UC Berkeley, the California College of the Arts, the Academy of Art University, and G