Why Do User Personas Fail? And What to Use Instead | Jennifer Blatz

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UX Research Geeks

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UX Research Geeks is unsurprisingly a podcast all about User Experience, Design, Research, and everything that goes along with it. It is hosted by a senior UX researcher and overall a badass human Tina Ličková, brought to you by UXtweak (www.uxtweak.com), an all-in-one UX research tool. Join us in geeking out over research with senior researchers, designers, speakers, CEOs, startup founders, and many many more. See what's Tina – UX Reasearch Geeks host up to: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lickova/ If you have any inquiries about the podcast, write to us at geekspodcast@uxtweak.com

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Why Do User Personas Fail? And What to Use Instead | Jennifer Blatz | #65

UX Research Geeks

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Why Do User Personas Fail? And What to Use Instead | Jennifer Blatz | #65

Jen, a UX researcher at BECU and creator of BlatzChatz, discusses why traditional user personas fail to serve teams. She explains how her frustration with personas drove her to create her own framework - Scenario Alignment Canvas (SAC). She also shares how this method facilitates productive discussions, surfaces assumptions, and helps prioritize research opportunities, ultimately leading to more user-centric and effective design solutions.

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Episode highlights

00:01:14 - About Jen

00:02:27 - Jen’s journey to UX research

00:05:26 - Why user personas fail

00:09:26 - How many teams struggle to use personas

00:13:00 - Jen’s Scenario Alignment Canvas

00:18:18 - Running a Scenario Alignment Workshop

00:20:40 - Jen’s tips on running a UX workshop

00:25:16 - Final advice

About our guest

Jen Blatz is a Principal UX Researcher at BECU (Boeing Employee Credit Union), one of the largest credit unions in the United States. Jen's path to UX started in journalism and graphic design, progressed to UX design, and finally landed in UX research and strategy. She has worked in a number of fields, including finance, mortgage, cloud storage, security, and pet health.

Jen loves being active in the UX community and is the co-founder of the UX Research and Strategy group, one of the largest UX groups in the world. Jen is a seasoned conference speaker who has spoken at several UX International conferences. She spends her free time interviewing UX pros and creating videos for her YouTube channel called BlatzChatz.

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