Research quality doesn't live in a single person anymore. As teams scale and insights get distributed, the craft of research has to travel with it—through systems, enablement, and the right guardrails.
We'll dig into how research leaders are staying close to quality when they can't be close to every project.
When insights move through systems instead of a researcher's hands, something can get lost in translation. Customer-centricity is easy to claim and hard to verify.
We'll explore what it actually looks like to track and protect research impact as it moves across an org—and how leaders know it's landing.
The best research teams aren't just answering questions—they're shaping which questions get asked. That takes more than good methods. It takes a seat at the table before the agenda is set.
We'll talk about the leadership conditions that put research upstream, not on-call.

Webinar Host
Founder, CEO
@ Design Executive Council

SVP of Design @ Expedia Group

Head of Research @ Expedia Group

Global VP and Head of Design @ Newell Brands

Former VP of Customer Experience
@ Amazon Web Services

VP of Product Design
@ Cisco Networking

Director of Research @ Dscout

Global VP and Head of Design @ Newell Brands