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🎙️ Podcast Guest: Mujtaba Hameed

In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Mujtaba, an anthropologist and innovation consultant with over 10 years of experience working across culture, technology, and strategy. He is a Project Director at Stripe Partners, where he has led strategic research for companies including Apple, Meta, Google, and Spotify.

A strong advocate for ethnography, Mujtaba has conducted in-person fieldwork worldwide, from Tokyo to Los Angeles. He is particularly interested in using AI to deepen human insight, rather than simply speeding up research.

🧠 Topics discussed

• The value of in-person research and field work
• Using AI in research without the hype
• The changing culture of tech and its impact on UX researchers
• The future of research in an AI era

🔗 Links

• Mujtaba’s newsletter
• Frames — Stripe Partners’ newsletter
• Advancing Research conference
• EPIC — the global ethnography community

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📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

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In this episode of the UX Research Club, Dr Emmanuelle Savarit introduces her new book, The UX Research Powerhouse: The Foundation of Strategic Leadership. She shares why she wrote this book, who it is designed to support, and how years of experience, patterns, and leadership lessons shaped the tools and frameworks inside it.

Emmanuelle reads a selected excerpt from the author's notes, offering listeners a first look into the themes of strategic influence, business alignment, and the evolution of UX Research beyond usability testing. She also reflects on the shift from practitioner to leader and on how researchers can strengthen their impact across organisations as they navigate digital and AI transformation.

If you’re a researcher, manager, or product leader seeking to elevate the role of UX Research in your organisation, this episode is a perfect starting point.

👉 Register here: UX360 Virtual 4th-5th February 2026
15% discount code: UXRC15

📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

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In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Linh Nguyen Slater.

Linh is a seasoned research leader with over 15 years of experience designing and testing cutting-edge products across industries, including financial services, healthcare, automotive, and consumer technology.

She’s passionate about leveraging customer insights to create meaningful, human-centred innovations and helping organisations design products that truly resonate with people.

Currently, Linh is the Head of Research at NatWest, where she leads the research division to enhance the digital experiences of Retail Banking customers.

Before that, she established the AI Research division at Jaguar Land Rover and led the Consumer Science team within Dyson’s Health and Beauty Innovation Labs.

Linh is widely recognised as a thought leader in human-centred design, and today she’s here to share insights from her journey as a UXR leader.

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👉 Register here: UX360 Virtual 4th-5th February 2026
15% discount code: UXRC15

📖 The UX Research Powerhouse, Vol. 1 — The Foundation of UX Research Strategic Leadership

Launching in November 2025, A playbook and manifesto for research leaders, with a 365-day leadership roadmap, tools to measure impact, and a bonus chapter on AI. 📘 Get the book on Amazon: here

Emmanuelle's LinkedIn

If you want to support the UX Research club, you can write a review, share it with your network, give some stars or buy me a coffee
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