Designing a positive UX requires manufacturers to integrate products into broader ecosystems, balancing user and manufacturer perspectives and iterating based on behavioral data.
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Lindsey DeWitt Prat
PhD
Director
Lindsey brings extensive research experience in industry and academia, including formal training in ethnographic field methods, to help clients achieve their objectives. Lindsey excels in a range of UXR methodologies, research and workshop design, collaboration with cross-functional partners, and coordinating with / communicating insights to global partners. Now based in Paris, she has lived and worked in the US, Japan, Belgium, Germany, and France. Lindsey holds a PhD in Asian Languages & Cultures from UCLA.
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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence:
Global dot connector, mountain lover, and mama of 2 spirited little girls.
Your favorite city in the world is...and why?
LA and Kyoto for similar reasons: cities that contain worlds of culture and are surrounded by beautiful nature.
In your spare time (or if you had spare time), you would absolutely do this:
Retrace ancient pilgrimage routes all over the world!
Share an interesting fact or a special skill:
I’ve been known to recite a clever Japanese poem from about a thousand years ago that’s a perfect pangram (uses each “letter” of the alphabet once, although several aren’t used anymore) and tells beautifully about the transience of life. It’s called the “Iroha Uta.”
Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include...
Simone de Beauvoir, Frida Kahlo, Hatshepsut (15th c BC female pharaoh), Mugai Nyodai (Japan's first female Zen master, 12th c), and a very skilled interpreter who would actually be the guest of honor!
Favorite quote:
“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” Walt Whitman
Best piece of advice you’ve been given:
“No mud, no lotus.” A Buddhist kind of saying meaning that no beautiful flowers can exist without some nitty gritty under-the-surface stuff going on.
What superpower would you most want?
Time travel, hands down!
Read Lindsey's bold insights
- Bold Insight to present AI ethnographic framework at London research event
- Bold Insight to present on AI research in African contexts at EPIC2024
- Bold Insight to host webinar for UX professionals using AI-enabled tools in their research
- Context, accents, and privacy: Overcoming hurdles of AI translation tools in global UX research
- Bold Insight to present findings from global study on AI tools at UX Masterclass
- The role and challenges of speech technology in global UX research
- Not sure how to use AI tools in your UX research? Consider making it your sparring partner
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