<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we're thinking about the ideal user journey, we're missing a trick...This week, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABmykA4B8x2HIpnTWqCwU3zMulfreDEnQvk"&gt;Emily Anderson&lt;/a&gt; shared her sage advice with me on how we can build better products by paying more attention to risk and what users don't tell us.&lt;strong&gt;In her words:&lt;/strong&gt;→ Users will always use things in ways we don’t expect.→ They cut corners, use workarounds, scan content.→ They find ways to reach their goal→ Even if it's not how it was designedSuper insightful conversation that I'll be sharing as part of the Curious Designer, later in October, but for now – here's a taster for what's to come.Take a look at Emily's Post on the matter: &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://lnkd.in/ewb69WZV"&gt;https://lnkd.in/ewb69WZV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit &lt;a href="https://curiousdesigner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1"&gt;curiousdesigner.substack.com&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Curious Designer

Mark Boyes-Smith

User Journeys with Emily Anderson

OCT 11, 202328 MIN
Curious Designer

User Journeys with Emily Anderson

OCT 11, 202328 MIN

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<p></p><p>If we're thinking about the ideal user journey, we're missing a trick...This week, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABmykA4B8x2HIpnTWqCwU3zMulfreDEnQvk">Emily Anderson</a> shared her sage advice with me on how we can build better products by paying more attention to risk and what users don't tell us.<strong>In her words:</strong>→ Users will always use things in ways we don’t expect.→ They cut corners, use workarounds, scan content.→ They find ways to reach their goal→ Even if it's not how it was designedSuper insightful conversation that I'll be sharing as part of the Curious Designer, later in October, but for now – here's a taster for what's to come.Take a look at Emily's Post on the matter: <a target="_blank" href="https://lnkd.in/ewb69WZV">https://lnkd.in/ewb69WZV</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://curiousdesigner.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">curiousdesigner.substack.com</a>