User Experience Design (The MiiR Model) with Vera Polyakova

Bett and Russ speak with, Vera Polyakova, a very passionate user experience design specialist who, as you will hear, clearly spends a lot of time thinking about what it takes to make software products more engaging.

We touch on a wide range of topics related to usability and user experience.  Of special interest is the MiiR model Vera created.

About Vera:
Vera is the User Experience and Design Specialist at Lifedash, Inc. where she identifies company wide design principles, conducts psychology literature research, performs market research, and leads usability testing initiatives for all products. Vera has a unique background for someone focused on user experience at a software startup; her background is in Industrial-Organizational psychology and has a strong interest in leadership development and coaching.

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Vera Recommended:
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action By Simon Sinek

The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change By Jennifer Aaker, Andy Smith

Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives By Laura Whitworth, Henry Kimsey-House, Karen. Kimsey-House, Philip Sandahl

Bett Recommended:
Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values By Fred Kofman

Figure It Out an article at Havard Business Review

Russ Recommended:
Switch-How to Change Things When Change is Hard By Chip and Dan Heath

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