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074 - Why Your “Why” Isn’t Cutting It And How to Dig Deeper

In this episode, Sophia gets real about the tension between OOUX in theory vs. the messy reality of the real world. Learn how to ask those jaw-dropping, scope-shifting “why?” questions without annoying leadership. She breaks it down into four pro-level steps so you can bring more clarity, alignment, and confidence to your work.

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A dive into the weeds on UX systems, information architecture, human psychology, data wrangling, structured content, UX process, and above all simplifying the complex.

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20 powerful strategies to elevate your UX/product/content practice IMMEDIATELY. (Like really.) With Sophia Prater, chief evangelist for Object-Oriented UX & creator of the ORCA Process.

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