#81 - Establishing Sustainable Research Practices with Gregg Bernstein of Condé Nast

How do you build a long lasting research practice? Aim for a healthy one. Gregg Bernstein you how. 

This week on the podcast, Gregg talked to us about how to contribute to a healthy research practice every day and what a healthy practice even means.

Highlights

• [3:26] Can you have a healthy research function without dedicated researchers?
• [14:20] Sharing contextualized insights with relevant teams can help you build value as you work.
• [24:40] What's an unhealthy research culture?
• [33:13] Contributing to a healthy research culture every day.
• [36:41] UXR Hot Topics: Democratization and research culture.
• [40:03] UXR Hot Topics: Burnout and research culture.

About our guest

Gregg Bernstein is the Director of User Research at Hearst Magazines (formerly UX Research lead at Condé Nast, and wrote the book "Research Practice: Perspectives from UX researchers in a changing field." He spends his days advocating for and practicing user-centered product development. Previously he managed innovative research practices at Vox Media and Mailchimp.