UX Strategy thought-leader video series – Ronnie Battista

Welcome to our interview series on experience design strategy.

In the second of a series of videos talking with global leaders and experts in user experience strategy we interview Ronnie Battista, practice lead for experience design at Slalom consulting and co-creator of experience design programme at Rutgers University.

In this 30 min video we discuss some of the more fundamental questions about UX Strategy including how to integrate UX strategy into your business, what challenges businesses face and how to overcome them. 

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Interview Notes

• Definition of UX strategy [1:08]

• First questions UX strategists should be asking companies [2:01]

• What is the UX strategy process [3:10]

• Conditions for creating a UX strategy that’s going to take [5:35]

• Challenges facing industries trying to implement UX strategy [6:03]

• How to create a customer centric organisation [8:56]

• Why UX design is changing business environments [13:18]

• The next big areas for skills development in UX strategists [16:29]

• Communitas and connecting with customers [21:34]

• The future of UX design [24:30]

Useful links

• Connect with Tim on Twitter

• Connect with Ronnie on Twitter

• Theo Forbath article on interconnectivity

• Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal

• More useful articles for Developing a UX Strategy

• Find out about our Strategy & Planning practice