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Chris Pokrzywa

Building a user research participant pool from scratch

Transforming a 300+ person department to invest in UX research

11 min readJan 24, 2023

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Building a user research participant pool from scratch

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Designers, the curse of the Mockup Monkey is spreading. Are you ready?

How to own the UX for your product before it owns you.

8 min readSep 29, 2022

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Designer standing with the mockup monkey and the Mantled Wireframe Guerza

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Not on the same page? How the concept of “thought levels” can improve collaboration

Poor collaboration is all around us. Change how you communicate to get to mutual understanding faster.

6 min readAug 17, 2022

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A lego wizard with an image of thought bubbles shifting from high-level to low-level thoughts

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Common mistakes in design thinking — Empathy

Getting to know your users should be easy, yet many of us slip up along the way. Why?

10 min readApr 7, 2022

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The design thinking process in stages.

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Stop: Don’t blow up the product!

Tactics to avoid one of the biggest pitfalls in product design.

7 min readJul 30, 2021

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Person lighting dynamite

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Bootcamp

My 10 design reflections from 2020

Quick lessons from a senior product designer who re-entered the job market and moved across the country during a pandemic.

6 min readJan 4, 2021

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My 10 design reflections from 2020

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The designer power struggle — how to get involved in strategic product decisions

If you’re a designer, it’s not hard to find evidence and support that backs up the importance of getting you involved during the early…

7 min readJun 23, 2020

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A man moves the king piece on a chess board

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Should you become a design manager? 4 key myths you must know to make the right decision

It’s not the right move for everyone… but it could also be the launchpad you need to grow your influence.

7 min readFeb 1, 2020

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Hippogriff — a legendary creature, supposedly the offspring of a Griffin and a mare.

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4 principles every designer can adopt to grow their company’s design culture

Derek, a new designer, was working with a small multi-disciplinary team tasked with improving the company’s flagship product — a learning…

9 min readMar 11, 2019

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4 principles every designer can adopt to grow their company’s design culture

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Chris Pokrzywa

Chris Pokrzywa

I tell stories that untangle the complexity of building great products. Currently designing new product experiences for Microsoft Teams. My thoughts are my own.

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