Justin Wuetcher

Human centered researcher, strategist, and advocate for evidence based decision making. Let's ask better questions and find better answers. Also ASL and cats.

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

@sara_aye @Twitter Apparently he will lose his "public interest" protection against bans when he's out on jan 20. so it's only a matter of time! https://t.co/a43jNA879e

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

.@georgeaye @sara_aye @greatergood_ Today's #restorativedesignconference is some of the most amazing discourse on design I've had the privilege of hearing. Thank you for pulling together such BRILLIANT panelists and for organizing this. Please do it again!

[Greater Good Studio @greatergood_]

On teaching design: “How we reimagine teaching is just throwing away the old processes and old tools by which we have just imprinted on other people what we think they ought to know.” Jennifer Rittner
@jenrittner
#restorativedesignconference

[Greater Good Studio @greatergood_]

On scaling as a means of control: "It takes power out of communities to be the solvers of problems that are actually quite local and quite specific and quite culturally relevant." Jennifer Rittner
@jenrittner
#restorativedesignconference

[Greater Good Studio @greatergood_]

#restorativedesignconference

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

“As designers we are often we are often conduits to power, not the power sources themselves. We funnel money into new things and make it manifest in some capacity. And so we amplify others power and if we’re not careful, we’re amplifying malicious power.” -@BCLeeJr

[Greater Good Studio @greatergood_]

"When you're rooted in your values you have to make choices every day on where you’re going to put your energy. In making choices we need to balance--what are the voices that we want to elevate? What are the narratives I want to shift?” --Paola Aguirre @paolaaguirre_s

[Indi Young (she/her) @indiyoung]

Sometimes people misconstrue the word qualitative. They think of qualitative insights as data that has to be qualified with a phrase about how unreliable it is. In reality, both qualitative and quantitative studies can be reliable or unreliable, "fuzzy" or precise.

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

For the record, this is applicable in the business world too. Reading off [even well designed] artifacts or slides is not knowledge sharing or effective communication.

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

@we_are_CUP Any update on when the recording for the "community-engaged design during — and after — COVID?" discussion might be available? I've been wanting to re-listen!

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

@SFath @we_are_CUP @lizogbu @yomariyo @georgeaye This convo has been 🔥🔥🔥 So much amazing perspective shared and dropped, already excited to re-listen soon

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Social justice is LOVE applied to systems, policies and cultures.

[Justin Wuetcher @Jwuetcher]

👏🏼 the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing 👏🏼

[Kim Goodwin @kimgoodwin]

A common mistake I see both UX researchers & data scientists make: sharing ALL the interesting things they learned. You might love your data for its own sake. The exec team wants the three conclusions that matter.

[Rory Linnane Ⓜ️ @RoryLinnane]

Antines Davis taught a group of Milwaukee protesters how to sign “#blacklivesmatter” in #ASL

[kemi @kemimarie]

rt if a black womxn has ever protected you or made you feel safe in their presence.
rt if a black womxn has defended and uplifted you.

[Kim Goodwin @kimgoodwin]

Before jumping in with our design tools & asking “How might we <solve a hard problem>,” we need to ask those who’ve been doing the work, “What are you already doing? How can I help?” Good followership matters as much as good leadership.

[Tatiana Mac @TatianaTMac]

White people:
We gotta talk about burn out. You aren’t conditioned to be thinking about race this much because of your privilege. We need you to do all you’re doing today, tomorrow, and until the end of time.

Let’s talk about ways to focus on current & systemic change.

👇🏽

[No Quarter Will Be Given @chaedria]

Get the entire fuck out of here. I am Chaédria LaBouvier, the first Black curator in your 80 year history & you refused to acknowledge that while also allowing Nancy Spector to host a panel about my work w/o inviting me

Erase this shit.

Please RT.

[Laurie Penny @PennyRed]

Every business and corporation releasing statements of support for #BlackLivesMatter should publicly avow to disregard any criminal convictions resulting from arrests at these protests- and promise to rehire anyone who misses work because of them.