John-Henry Forster
Bio
Former SVP of Product at User Interviews and long-time co-host (now at Skedda)Appears in 142 Episodes
#172 - Summer Throwback: Caitria O'Neill on the Problems of Research Reports
Welcome to our final Summer Throwback. We're revisiting some of our favorite conversations and insights.We're closing with a topic that technology like AI—and shrinkin...
#171 - Summer Throwback: Kate Towsey on Starting a ReOps Practice
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of our favorite episodes. This week's guest is Kate Towsey, who helped spotlight the relevance, urgency, and import...
#170 - Summer Throwback: Andrea Amorós on Influencing Stakeholders with Strategic Research
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week, Andrea Amoros, a Senior Principal Researcher at Ingram Micr...
#169 - Summer Throwback: Eniola Abioye on Breaking into User Research
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, were we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week, Eniola Abioye, UX Researcher at Meta, discusses what it take...
#168 - Summer Throwback: Amy Chess on Asking Better Questions
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week features Amy Chess (then at Amazon) unpacking arguably the m...
#167 - Summer Throwback: Teresa Torres on Continuous Discovery Methods
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week brings back an evergreen conversation with Product Talk's Te...
#166 - Summer Throwback: Erika Hall on Why Surveys (Almost Always) Suck
Welcome to Summer Throwbacks, where we revisit some of Awkward Silences' most memorable episodes.This week features a conversation with Erika Hall on the misuses of su...
#134 - The End of an Era: A Fond Farewell to JH
134 episodes. That’s how long Awkward Silences has been going with Erin and JH as hosts.But now it’s time for something new.JH says goodbye to Awkward Silences as he k...
#133 - Driving Actionable Decisions from Insights with Pejman Mirza-Babaei, UX Research Consultant
As a researcher, you know the value of using research to drive business decisions—but other stakeholders might not. In order to drive action from research, you need to...
#132 - Unveiling UX Insights with Competitive Research with Rachel Miles, Research Lead at IBM
Competition can be scary. But in UX, competitive research is insightful.You don’t want to chase your competitors, but you need to know what they are doing to know how ...
#131 - Designing Beyond the Product: Systems Thinking with Sheryl Cababa, Chief Strategy Officer at Substantial
In design and UX research, context is king. Your work doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s a part of a wider ecosystem of stakeholders, beneficiaries, and more.Sheryl Cabab...
#130 - The Art of Great Facilitation for Better Collaboration with Marsha Acker, Founder and CEO of TeamCatapult
There are 6 key qualities for great facilitation:Starting with your core beliefsMaintaining neutralityStanding in the stormHonoring the wisdom of the groupUpholding th...
#129 - How to Upskill Product Teams in UX Research with Helen Devine, UX Research Manager at The Economist
How can UX researchers enable other teams to do research? Show, don’t tell.According to Helen Devine, UX Research Manager at The Economist, upskilling product people t...
#128 - The Value of “Scrappy” Research with Varun Murugesan, Co-Founder of Apple and Banana
What does good “scrappy” user research look like?According to Varun Murugesan, Co-founder of Apple and Banana,“You could throw anything at Jason Bourne and he would so...
#127 - The Power of Failure with Kevin Kelly, Publisher and Founding Editor of Wired
“There’s a certain amount of forgetting that we need to do in order to learn something new.”– Kevin Kelly, Founding Editor of Wired magazineWhether you are designing a...
#126 - AI Anxiety: The Dangers (and Opportunities) of AI in Research with Mike Adams of Grain
AI has recently become hugely popular with the likes of ChatGPT becoming a staple in day to day life, and it looks like it is here to stay. Could it replace the job of...
#125 - What is UX Business Coaching? with Sylvana Rochet of Elan Vital Coaching
Sylvana Rochet, Founder and Principal Coach at Elan Vital Coaching, visits the show to discuss what UX business coaching entails and how to maximize your professional ...
#124 - Defining a Research Strategy with Devin Harold of Capital One
A solid UX research strategy serves as the compass that guides research ops and helps ensure repeatable success. But how do you envision, create, and execute a strateg...