Kate EveryImproving the interoperability of health and social care services with service designIn order to address system-wide issues within healthcare, we need to take a system-wide approach to the design and delivery of solutions.7 min read·Nov 30, 2023----
Kate EveryUser research, design and trauma: understanding practitioner experiencesIn early 2023, I conducted a survey to find out more about practitioner experiences of trauma in research and design. Here’s what I found.17 min read·Oct 13, 2023--1--1
Kate EveryWhat holds us back from being trauma-informed designers and researchers?As designers and researchers, we want to do the right thing by our users and our teams. So why don’t we always do it in practice?7 min read·Aug 23, 2023--1--1
Kate Everyinresearchops-communityApplying trauma-informed principles to user-centred designIdeas for how to apply trauma-informed principles to research and design work, in a practical way. Co-designed at UX Scotland.15 min read·Jul 26, 2023--4--4
Kate EveryThanks for these very practical tips for researching with users going through (or having been…One thing I would add though - in my experience, I think it is a bit of a misconception that this only applies in sensitive areas like…1 min read·Jul 19, 2023--1--1
Kate EveryinUX CollectiveWhy trauma-informed approaches are vital to design and researchAs researchers and designers, we run the risk of retraumatising our participants. We must employ a trauma-informed approach to our work.12 min read·Aug 23, 2023--2--2
Kate EveryAre ‘non-functional user needs’ a thing?I was recently out walking, thinking about user needs (I know, I’m cool) and I was getting a bit stuck on something. I find user needs…8 min read·Jan 19, 2023----
Kate EveryinUX CollectiveEthical design is a risk management strategyIt‘s not enough to talk about designing ethically as the “right thing to do.” We need to reframe ethical design as risk management.7 min read·Oct 22, 2022--1--1
Kate EveryEmbracing complexity: is it time to rethink empathy and user needs?I recently re-read Thomas Myddelton’s fantastic blog post Research heresies and it got me thinking. He talks about “unhelpful beliefs that…6 min read·Jul 22, 2022--3--3
Kate EveryGetting started with design ethics: A curated resource listUpdate: 29/11/225 min read·May 9, 2022----