Lola Famulegun is a former NN/G employee who published practical guidance on scoping and strategy for research studies, user panels, and reporting UX work as business outcomes.
A clear guide to UX research democratization—definition, misconceptions, benefits, research ops, templates, training, tech, and AI best practices for scaling quality insights.
UX teams should report business outcomes — not activity or UX metrics — to show impact on revenue, cost, risk, speed, retention, and to secure resources.
The endowment effect explains why users value things more once they feel ownership. In UX, we can design for this effect to increase engagement and user retention.