Steve Portigal
Author of Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries and Interviewing Users
Steve Portigal is an experienced user researcher who helps companies harness the strategic power of insights. Steve has interviewed hundreds of people, inc
Steve Portigal is an experienced user researcher who helps companies harness the strategic power of insights. Steve has interviewed hundreds of people, including families eating breakfast, hotel maintenance staff, probiotic distributors, rock musicians, home-automation enthusiasts, credit-default swap traders, business school professors and radiologists. His clients are leaders in telecommunications, banking, media, energy and eCommerce. He is the author of two books: The classic Interviewing Users: How To Uncover Compelling Insights and new, Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries: User Research War Stories. He’s also the host of the Dollars to Donuts podcast, where he interviews people who lead user research in their organizations.
Rosenverse talks by Steve:
" Paper prototyping was the original scrappy; low fidelity tools produce different responses than high fidelity. "
Looking Back…to Look Ahead
March 26, 2024
" I’ve started giving up on product management and focusing more on product strategy and senior executives. "
The Future of Research: Bridging the Gaps
July 29, 2021
" Sharing war stories helps illustrate the necessity of flexibility and being present in the moment. "
War Stories LIVE! Q&A-Discussion
March 30, 2020
" You probably have messed up. You probably will mess up. It’s inevitable and it’s okay. "
War Stories LIVE! Steve Portigal
March 30, 2020
" Breaking enterprise into small segments lets you apply research methods effectively at scale. "
Discussion
May 13, 2015
