Natalie Hanson workplace Category
Humanizing Business with Stories
Posted on April 17, 2017 Leave a Comment
During the first week of April, I had the opportunity visit Smith College, where I did my undergraduate degree. I was there to talk to Anthropology majors, speak to a Methods class (Anthropology with a sprinkling of Design Thinking), and deliver a public lecture. It was great to be back on campus and interact with the […]
EUX16 – Summary
Posted on January 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
In June 2016, I attended the second annual Enterprise UX conference. I was energized both by the presenters and by the ensuing dialogue! I met many people leading teams and/or doing work that was very similar to what my teams do, so I am looking forward to attending the conference again this year. It is […]
Themes in Ethnographic Research
Posted on April 4, 2016 Leave a Comment
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to meet the design research community of practice at Fjord (the design firm acquired by Accenture) in Chicago. I was asked to speak to them about how anthropologists approach ethnographic research in a way that might be interesting or instructive for design research professionals. ZS competes with […]
The Moment of Clarity
Posted on October 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
Last week I had the great pleasure of speaking with Christian Madsbjerg, co-author of The Moment of Clarity: Using the Human Sciences to Solve Your Toughest Business Problems. In their book, Christian and Mikkel share case studies from their consulting work at Lego, Adidas, Coloplast (a medical device company), and others. The wonderful, rich examples show the […]
Gratitude
Posted on September 22, 2015 1 Comment
Gratitude. It turns out that it’s been a big theme in my reading over the past few years – more so than I realized. I just finished reading The Gratitude Diaries, and I wanted to share what I found most compelling about the books I’ve read on this topic, as well as some of the common threads […]
