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Success in Design and Sprint Culture | with Douglas Ferguson

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 • Duration 57:35

In this episode of Practical UX Methods: Research and Design Thinking, host Dr Chris Parker sits down with Douglas Ferguson — entrepreneur, human-centered technologist, and president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based agency known for its Design Sprints and innovation workshops.

Douglas shares actionable insights from his book Beyond The Prototype, revealing six practical steps to move from idea discovery to product launch. We explore the most powerful life lessons in design, the mindset behind lasting innovation, and how design thinking can drive change in today’s rapidly evolving world — from the challenges of COVID-19 to the cultural impact of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Whether you’re a UX designer, product leader, or creative strategist, this episode is packed with inspiration and methods to help you design with purpose, empathy, and real-world impact.

Connect With Douglas:

Douglas’s Books

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UX Research Review: How the Next Generation of UX Designs for Trust, Emotion, and Connection

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 • Duration 42:17

Host: Dr Chris Parker
Email: c.parker@lboro.ac.uk

In this episode of Practical UX, we go beyond buttons and screens to explore what’s next for user experience: trustworthy AI, physiological synchrony in social VR, foldable device ergonomics, designing for the moments after a crash, and a bold provocation to design for human connection, not screen time.

Why explainable AI changes user behaviour by improving trust calibration (and why “AI literacy” talks aren’t enough).
How people’s heart rate and skin responses can sync in VR, offering a powerful new metric for co-experience.
What a foldable phone’s hinge teaches us about emotional ergonomics and multi-state interface design.
How post-crash UX should prioritise clarity, calm, and familiarity when fear overwhelms cognition.
A provocative case for Relation Artefact Design (RAD): tools that help us look at people rather than screens.

Explainable AI & Trust (mushroom task) — journal article
Leichtmann, B., Humer, C., Hinterreiter, A., Streit, M., & Mara, M. (2023). Effects of Explainable Artificial Intelligence on Trust and Human Behavior in a High-Risk Decision Task. Computers in Human Behavior, 139, 107539.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563222003594 (ScienceDirect)
Physiological synchrony in Social VR — preprint
Kloft, A. M., Fabinc, J. M., Hirsch, L., Slezas, A., Hachmann, H., Cunneen, M., Brandt, S. S., Sams, M., & Welsch, R. (2025). (Preprint).Link: ()

Sarah Doody - UX Portfolios, Careers, and Mindfulness

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 • Duration 01:03:19

Dr Chris Parker returns for Season Four of the UX Usability Podcast. We kick off in conversation with Sarah Doody about her trailblazing work shaping UX designers' career strategies, portfolios, and ways of working.

Discover Sarah's Career Strategy Lab at: https://www.uxportfolioformula.com/

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Season 4 (Coming Soon)

Monday, October 11, 2021 • Duration 00:54

Subscribe to hear Season 4 of the UX Usability Podcast as soon as it launches.

The Future of Design Education | Cees de Bont (Dean of Loughborough School of Design and Creative Arts)

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 • Duration 59:26

Cees de Bont (Dean of the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University) discusses his career inventing the Senseo coffee machine at Philips, managing design at Delft, and leading Design at Hong Kong University. We explore why emotion and dedication are essential skills in success and touching to hearts of others.

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South Africa's Powerful Human-Centred Design | With Keneilwe Munyai (African Design Thinking)

Monday, April 26, 2021 • Duration 01:03:15

Dr Keneilwe Munyai describes her journey through fashion, design, and sustainability. We discover what a small Italian leather tanner has to offer African sustainability and the power of resilience.

Connect with Dr Parker

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisparker/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChrisUXD
EMAIL: c.parker@lboro.ac.uk

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Reinventing Design at IBM | with Karel Vredenburg (Director, Global Design Leadership at IBM)

Monday, April 12, 2021 • Duration 01:06:55

Discover Enterprise Design Thinking: https://www.ibm.com/design/

Dr Parker sits down with the incredible Karel Vredenburg (IBM) to discuss design education, enterprise design thinking, and the role designers have in a more responsible future.

Connect with Dr Parker

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChrisUXD
EMAIL: c.parker@lboro.ac.uk

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The Future of Ethnography | With Eugene Murphy (Indeemo)

Monday, March 22, 2021 • Duration 01:08:40

Dr Parker and Eugene Murphy discuss how Indeemo is revolutionising ethnography and diary studies for Design Research, why emotions are critical, and the future of technology.

Check out Indeemo: https://indeemo.com/

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Twitter: @ChrisUXD
Clubhouse: @ChrisUX

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A new form of Design beyond Design Thinking | With Abhijeet Shukla (UX Designer, Tata Design Consultancy, Mumbai))

Monday, February 22, 2021 • Duration 01:08:40

Dr Parker talks with Abhijeet Shukla, UX Designer at Tata Design Consultancy Services (Mumbai), about his work beyond design thinking, working effectively in business, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design.

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Netflix Product Design and Inspiring Africa's New Designers | With Mariam Braimah (Netflix and Kimoyo Fellowship)

Monday, February 8, 2021 • Duration 01:22:50

Dr Parker sits down with Mariam Braimah, product designer at Netflix and founder of the Kimoyo Fellowship to talk about creativity, inspiration, and Nigeria's stunning creative culture.

Visit The Kimoyo Fellowship https://www.kimoyofellowship.org/

Kimoyo Fellowship's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimoyofellows

Mariam's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbraimah_

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