UXR Meetup · Wed, April 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM (UTC)

Strategic Foresight for UX Researchers: Methods to Anticipate the Future

We often forget that in times of change, there is also great opportunity. And UX researchers today have an unprecedented opportunity to become the strategy leaders within their organizations who identify and solve the highest-risk problems.

Strategic foresight is a set of methods devised to anticipate and create the future.

Join Sam Ladner, PhD as she explores these methods, based on research from her upcoming book, Practical Foresight.


Our Speakers

Sam Ladner

Sam Ladner (she/her) is a sociologist who helps teams innovate, design, and learn. She is the author of Practical Ethnography: A Guide to Doing Ethnography in The Private Sector and Mixed Methods: A Short Guide to Applied Mixed Methods Research. She is now an independent researcher and consultant, writing her third book, tentatively titled Practical Foresight: Strategic Foresight in Applied Settings.


What to expect

In this Meetup, you'll learn how to anticipate risk and position research at the heart of organizational decision-making.
Understand today’s UXR moment in a historical context
Learn the general contours and methodology of Strategic Foresight
Outline the Twin Challenges in doing Strategic Foresight
Learn how you can position yourself to solve today's unique challenges

Register to join

Get a front-row set to your next UXR ‘aha!’ moment.
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
Online, Zoom