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  • July 15, 2021

    Why Representation Matters in the Workplace

    This week I stepped down from my role as Research & Design Director at Year Up. My time with the team went much faster than I imagined. But if there’s anything I’ve learned over the years its that when the universe knocks on your door with an amazing opportunity, you should open it. Even if […]

  • June 19, 2021

    I left my dream job 9 months ago and I’m still healing

    After a long and winding career journey (from eLearning designer, PM, to UXer), during March 2020, I landed myself my dream role. I was leading research at one of the longest running edtech companies in the world during one of the most transformational periods of education. A company that set me out on my very […]

  • January 26, 2021

    Hitting the ground running as a research team of one

    When I’ve joined previous companies, research was done in fits and starts by designers and sometimes product managers. I was often brought in to help the team and wider organization take a more strategic approach to the research they were conducting. If you’re a researcher whose tasked with building the research function from the ground […]

  • July 25, 2020

    Why do corporate learning programs fail?

    Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to step outside my typical role of user researcher and act as a participant during a user interview. During the session, I was fortunate enough to speak with Taylor Blake, CPO of LearnIn. If you’re not aware of LearnIn, you should be!  It was recently founded by popular […]

  • February 4, 2020

    Doing Remote Work Better

    It’s officially 2020 and remote work is on the rise now more than ever. Often times when people envision remote work, they often think of an ideal oasis where the employee is traveling the world, working from some amazing locations while also being super productive. While some remote employees are fortunate enough to travel and […]

  • January 21, 2020

    Learning Leaps Part 5: Incorporating learning strategy while building products

    Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight.  Since transitioning into Product Management, one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn was about the difference between learning strategy and product strategy. Thats why for this final edition of […]

  • January 13, 2020

    Learning Leaps Part 4: Using empathy to uncover the needs of your learners

    Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight. While transitioning into a Product Manager role, one of the biggest responsibilities of my role became leading my team through a human-centered design process in order to deliver meaningful learning experiences […]

  • January 7, 2020

    Learning Leaps Part 3: Using data to make informed training decisions

    Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight. Since transitioning into Product Management, one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn was about how to use data to make decisions related to learning products. Thats why for this […]

  • December 15, 2019

    Learning Leaps Part 2: What collaboration looks like when creating learning products

    Welcome to another edition of Learning Leaps, where I’ll be sharing lessons learned from my first 16 months as a product manager at Pluralsight. While transitioning into a Product Manager role, one of the biggest lessons I’ve had to learn was about facilitating effective collaboration while creating learning experiences. That’s why for this weeks Learning […]

  • December 9, 2019

    Learning Leaps Part 1: Tips for creating a culture of learning in the workplace

    16 months ago, I made the decision to make a huge leap in my learning career and move into Product Management. With the transition, I’ve discovered that one of my favorite parts of the role is speaking directly with technology and learning leaders, in addition to learners themselves. I’ve conducted hundreds of research interviews over […]

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