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5 Whys

The 5 Whys is a root cause analysis technique that drills past surface symptoms by asking "Why?" repeatedly to uncover the true underlying problem.

30 minutes or more.
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5W1H Method

The 5W1H method systematically breaks down design problems by answering Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How to build shared understanding.

The entire project team, including relevant stakeholders if possible.
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Analysis of Cognitive Work

Analysis of Cognitive Work examines how people process information and make decisions during complex tasks to improve system design and reduce errors.

Minimum 14 days.Research team, 3 or more participants.
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UX & AI

From GUI to Intent: Why Your Carefully Designed Buttons Don’t Matter Anymore

Jakob Nielsen declared the death of the GUI. When users delegate tasks to AI agents instead of clicking through your flows, the new UX battleground shifts from pixel-perfect layouts to API discoverability, data structure clarity, and autonomous action safety.

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UX & AI

The Mixed-Initiative Interface: Designing Control Handoffs Between Humans and AI

Your AI agent optimizes pricing. Suddenly it makes a decision that looks wrong. Can the user override it? Should they? The hardest UX engineering problem of 2026 is not building AI that acts autonomously — it is building the seams where autonomy transfers cleanly between human and machine without losing state, context, or accountability.

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