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Episode 19: Running a Remote UX Design Consultancy with Chin Chin (Tan) Burkolter

2022/8/31
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Working in UX Design

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Dalen: 本期节目邀请了 UX 设计咨询公司 SOMIA Customer Experience 的创始人 Chin Chin,分享她多年来运营远程 UX 设计咨询公司的经验和挑战,包括团队管理、用户研究、业务拓展等方面。Chin Chin 的公司自 2016 年成立以来,专注于产品创新和战略设计,服务于跨国公司、初创企业等客户。 Chin Chin 分享了疫情期间公司转型远程办公的经历,以及由此带来的团队管理挑战,例如 Zoom 疲劳、团队士气低落等问题。为了应对这些挑战,公司采取了混合办公模式,并组织线下活动来加强团队凝聚力。此外,Chin Chin 还分享了公司在疫情期间开发线上课程 SOMIA Academy,以及尝试开发和销售市场研究报告等业务拓展尝试,以及这些尝试中遇到的挑战和经验教训。 在谈到公司发展时,Chin Chin 强调了深入细致的用户研究、将研究结果转化为可行性建议、以及团队成员的热情和敬业精神是公司成功的关键因素。她还分享了公司在项目选择上的策略,即优先选择有趣且具有挑战性的项目,以保持团队的积极性和创造力。 最后,Chin Chin 分享了她学习教练技术的经历,以及如何将教练技术应用于团队管理中,提升团队成员的积极性和工作效率。她还分享了在不同国家和地区进行用户研究的经验,以及如何应对不同文化和语言环境下的挑战。 Chin Chin: 我是一名全能型人才,负责公司所有方面的工作,包括项目管理、团队管理、人力资源、招聘、市场营销和销售等。疫情期间,公司被迫转向远程办公,这带来了许多挑战,例如团队成员的 Zoom 疲劳、士气低落等问题,以及远程用户研究和与客户面对面沟通的困难。为了应对这些挑战,我们采取了混合办公模式,并组织线下活动来加强团队凝聚力。 在业务拓展方面,我们尝试开发线上课程 SOMIA Academy 和市场研究报告,但后者效果不佳。通过这些尝试,我们学习到,在开发新产品或服务时,需要有风险承受能力,并根据客户需求调整方案。此外,我们还意识到,深入细致的用户研究和将研究结果转化为可行的建议是公司成功的关键。 团队成员的热情和敬业精神非常重要,但同时也需要注意避免团队成员因追求完美而导致倦怠。在与客户的沟通中,我们始终保持诚实,并勇于尝试新的项目,即使超出既有能力范围。 我通过学习教练技术提升领导力,更加注重与团队成员的沟通和互动,并提升自我认知。在进行用户研究时,我们会根据项目需求选择远程或线下方式,并会根据实际情况雇佣当地人员协助。我们主要专注于定性研究,对于定量研究则会推荐合作方。 未来一年,我们将加强市场营销和销售策略,以应对经济下行压力。对于初级 UX 研究员,我的建议是持续学习、积极寻求反馈、勇于实践,并不断提升自己的技能。

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Chin Chin discusses her journey from a visual communication designer to running SOMIA Customer Experience, a consultancy specializing in product innovation and strategic design.

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Chin Chin started out as a visual communication designer, with her role expanding towards strategic experience design. She is a person who is always looking to learn so she can acquire skills to help her career as well as her clients.

Over the course of her work, Chin Chin has collected different experiences in design and product management. She has worked across multiple industries including consumer electronics, household appliances, computers, food and beverage and digital services.

Since 2016, Chin Chin has been managing Somia Customer Experience, a consultancy specialising in Product Innovation and Strategic Design. Chin has honed her craft working in multinationals, new ventures, as well as her own start-up. With her experience, she helps businesses identify their business needs to rightly frame what is needed to generate thoughtful value propositions.

Chin is also an animal lover at heart which led her to start and manage the brand and marketing of a social enterprise, GOOOD Pet Collars, in 2010. She also organised 9LivesShow, an art and design exhibition to bring awareness to care for community cats, as part of the Singapore Design Week 2017 and 2019.

Join us to hear us cover:

  • Challenges & learnings running a boutique UX consultancy

  • Managing remote research/design teams

  • Working in UX field research in countries like Indonesia

  • How does coaching help you be a better UX-er?