Summary: <p> <br> <img class="superhero" src="https://i1.wp.com/userdefenders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/026-Nikkel-Blaase.jpg?resize=789%2C1024" alt='User Defenders "Deep Thought" Nikkel Blaase'></p> <blockquote><p>Nikkel Blaase reminds us that we are not our users. He encourages us to make time for deep thinking. He teaches us that without failing, there’s no learning. He guides us to not spend too much time figuring out a solution if we don’t know what the problem is. He shows us how creating value for our users creates value for our business. He also motivates us to never stop learning, practice as often as we can…and stay curious.</p></blockquote> <p>Nikkel Blaase (Deep Thought) is a product and interaction designer from Hamburg, Germany currently working at XING. He’s the founder of “Design Made For You” studio. He’s a fantastic writer who’s published viral articles on Medium, FastCoDesign and InVision. He’s passionate about bringing product thinking to the world of product development in order to as he says build products that people actually want. When he was a teenager, he played guitar in a punk rock band.</p> <ul> <li>Secret Identity (2:55)</li> <li>Origin Story (5:18)</li> <li>Biggest Superhero (7:55)</li> <li>What Is Product Thinking (9:26)</li> <li>Second Career Choice (11:10)</li> <li>Biggest Failure (12:08)</li> <li>Do Designers Lack Empathy For Their Businesses? (17:32)</li> <li>Awkward Testing Story (20:45)</li> <li>Design Superpower (24:17)</li> <li>Design Kryptonite (26:42)</li> <li>Design Superhero Name (29:51)</li> <li>Fight For Users (35:46)</li> <li>Future Of UX Design (39:01)</li> <li>Generalist vs. Specialist (44:05)</li> <li>Habit Of Success (44:58 )</li> <li>Invincible Resource (46:11)</li> <li>Book Recommendation (48:24)</li> <li>Favorite Conference (51:13)</li> <li>Best Advice (52:20)</li> <li>Most Excited About (54:07)</li> <li>Next Big Blog Ideas (55:07)</li> <li>Contact Info (56:00)</li> </ul> <p> <a href="http://userdefenders.com/podcast/026-we-are-not-our-users-with-nikkel-blaase/#more-455" class="more-link"><span>(more…)</span></a></p>
