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Awkward Silences#158 - Leading Design as a Researcher with Emily Wurgler of McDonald'sErin and Carol are joined by Emily Wurgler, Global Director of Experience Design at McDonald's, whose journey has had many moments of evolution and iteration. She started as an academic researcher in sociology, transitioned to innovation research at growth stage companies, and ultimately to her leading enterprise research and design teams.Emily talks about the unique value researchers bring to design leadership, how she's had to adapt her approach, and explains how product experiences are iterated and improved at large companies with a strong design-research partnership. Emily also shares how she's preparing her team of designers for...2025-01-1544 min
The Learners PodcastUXRConf 2023 - Emily Wurgler - Addition by SubtractionAs UX researchers, we're often doing work on new features. New additions to the product, new products for new users... new, new, new, and add, add, add.But, what if we could make our products better by taking things away? That'd be a novel idea. Here to explore that idea with you, is Emily.2024-09-1915 min