6 Business-critical reasons to shift UX research left
User experience (UX) research is a crucial part of product and experience development, revealing necessary insights that can help make or break an initiative’s future. Unfortunately, it’s too often saved for late in the process when the project is very far along. That means teams miss out on the chance to make adjustments early that […]
What professional sports can teach us about sound UX research
The need for both qualitative vs quantitative research If you’re like many people, you follow a sports team or two. Maybe you’re in a fantasy league. But it’s highly likely you don’t just look at the stats and box scores. You follow your favorite players on Twitter and Instagram and tune into their sports radio […]
WEVO Makes the Inc. 5000 List, Championing Human-Augmented AI as the Next Phase of UX Research
We are excited that WEVO was recently named one of 2022’s fastest-growing private companies in the United States, ranking #1802 on the Inc. 5000 list. The Inc. 5000 list ranks the fastest-growing companies in the United States and counts some pretty illustrious names like Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft and Patagonia as past recipients. While […]
Every experience tested: How WEVO and Mastercard packed the house at the Quirk’s Event
The Quirk’s Event is one of the largest events in the market research industry. In July, WEVO made its Quirk’s Event debut in New York when CEO Nitzan Shaer and Mastercard SVP Customer Experience & Design Cindy Chastain held a fireside chat without an actual fire (with Manhattan’s summer temps in the 90s, that was […]
Shifting User Research Left to Win Right
Why Organizations Need to Combine Quantitative Testing and Qualitative Research Critical business decisions are made with the help of quantitative and qualitative data. Unfortunately, that data comes from different sides of an organization. This siloed approach holds both sides back from reaching impactful results. For many insight teams, the idea of combining quant and qual […]
User testing vs usability testing: is there a difference?
User testing vs. usability testing — the two terms sound alike, but is there a difference between them? Even industry experts often confuse these phrases or use them interchangeably, which doesn’t help make things any clearer. However, there are a number of subtle but important distinctions between usability testing vs. user testing. In this article, […]
3 Clear-Cut Signs You Have an Outdated UI
Are you worried that your website has an outdated UI? If so, it might be well past the time for a user interface update. An out-of-date website user interface can have negative repercussions that expands well beyond the digital realm to affect everything from customer service to profitability. This being said, what does an outdated […]
The Right Way to Democratize UX Research
I failed so you don’t have to. Here are three critical lessons I learned for effective UX Research democratization. I have been thinking a lot about research democratization for the past couple of years. If you are a researcher, you probably have been too. Democratizing research is about empowering anyone in the organization to create […]
What does democratized knowledge mean?
You probably know what a democracy is, or even what it means to “democratize” something—but what does “democratized knowledge” mean? The concept of democratized or public knowledge is an essential idea that is responsible for many of the technological breakthroughs of the past decade. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know—from the […]