35 episodes

The podcast where we talk with the people who lead user research in their organization.

Dollars to Donuts Steve Portigal

    • Business
    • 4.9 • 51 Ratings

The podcast where we talk with the people who lead user research in their organization.

    35. Danielle Smith of Express Scripts

    35. Danielle Smith of Express Scripts

    This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Danielle Smith, the Senior Director of Experience Research & Accessibility at Express Scripts. Something that I’ve really changed the way I thought about since I’ve been at Express Scripts — we are in the healthcare ecosystem. So the experiences we deliver, if they are not […]

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    • 55 min
    34. Amber Lindholm of Duo Security

    34. Amber Lindholm of Duo Security

    This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Amber Lindholm, the Head of User Research at Duo Security. That’s the sign of a really good researcher – it can never be just about research for research’s sake, like this is a cool project, this is a neat thing, I really wanna go in-depth […]

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    • 59 min
    33. Julia Nelson of MOO

    33. Julia Nelson of MOO

    This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Julia Nelson, the Director Of Research at MOO. All researchers say to some degree that they don’t necessarily have a traditional background when they come into the research field. But I think there’s a lot of strength in welcoming people with different perspectives onto your […]

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    • 56 min
    32. Chris Kovel of First Abu Dhabi Bank

    32. Chris Kovel of First Abu Dhabi Bank

    This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Chris Kovel, the Head Of Research at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB). I look at needs as proximate needs and ultimate needs. An ultimate need is why the product exists in the first place. And then the proximate need is the experience of using that […]

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    • 1 hr 1 min
    31. Noam Segal of Wealthfront

    31. Noam Segal of Wealthfront

    This episode of Dollars to Donuts features my interview with Noam Segal, the Director of Research at Wealthfront. Everyone from PMs to designers, researchers, obviously, engineers, data scientists, marketing, we’re all trying to to understand our clients, we’re all taking part in that process in some way, shape or form. And so I view my […]

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    • 1 hr 5 min
    30. Laith Ulaby of Udemy

    30. Laith Ulaby of Udemy

    In this episode of Dollars to Donuts I speak with Laith Ullaby, the Head of Research at Udemy. I’m really into the idea of questioning what we do. That can be the methods and that conversation about getting out of our comfort zone. It can be thinking about our relationships with stakeholders and trying to […]

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    • 1 hr 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
51 Ratings

51 Ratings

paperfairy17 ,

an amazing resource

I've been getting deeper into design and listening to somebody champion UX research is SOOOO refreshing

shrothermel ,

Incredible Resource

I’ve been listening to Dollars to Donuts since I started my career in UXR, and it’s been hands down the best resource for me.

It’s provided inspiration and best practices and made me feel plugged into the broader research community.

Highly highly recommend to any researcher at any point in their career. You’ll learn so much.

kcinmdr ,

Learn from a leader in UXR

Steve Portigal wrote the definitive book on Interviewing Users. He continues to lead the UX Research community through his fun and educational podcast, Dollars to Donuts. There is no better resource to keep abreast of UX Research trends and strategies than this timely series of interviews with global researchers. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced researcher, you will learn something new from each episode.

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