Creating Empathy Maps is useful for synthesizing research data in order to better understand the users. Empathy Maps are great for creating Personas, identifying users with different mindsets.
Workshops
Empathy Maps — UX Knowledge Base Sketches
Knowledge
Five Questions Smart Managers Regularly Ask Their Employees — Thomvest Ventures
Not sure how to enable your employees to develop their career and professional capabilities over time? Here's an easy way to get started with a proven process that works regardless of the age or size of your company.
Leadership
Five Questions Smart Managers Regularly Ask Their Employees — Thomvest Ventures
Knowledge
The Jobs-to-be-Done Market Discovery Template — JTBD + Outcome-Driven Innovation
The Jobs-to-be-Done Market Discovery Template is a framework that entrepreneurs, startups and managers can use to define a target market through a jobs-to-be-done lens. Using it mitigates the risk of targeting a phantom or overserved market as it directs the user to define a market around an underserved job.
Startups, Biz Dev
The Jobs-to-be-Done Market Discovery Template — JTBD + Outcome-Driven Innovation
Knowledge
The 8 competencies of user experience: a tool for assessing and developing UX Practitioners
A UX practitioner demonstrates 8 core competencies. By assessing each team member's 'signature' in these eight areas, managers can build a fully rounded user experience team. This approach also helps identify the roles for which each team member is most suited alongside areas for individual development.
Craft, Leadership
The 8 competencies of user experience: a tool for assessing and developing UX Practitioners