The World of UX with Darren Hood
The World of UX podcast, hosted by UX and experience design veteran, educator, and conference speaker, Darren Hood, is dedicated to presenting topics covering and addressing all things UX. We'll cover every UX-related method, discipline trend, career advancement and challenges, education recommendations, UX maturity levels, and maturity level management, and much much more. If you'd like to stay informed about UX, The World of UX is for you!
Episodes
November 17, 2025 • 35 mins
In this episode from the UXR Minds podcast, Darren is interviewed by Dale Husband. They discuss the state of UX today and how to overcome the misinformation that overshadows the discipline.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldouxBookmark the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncenso...
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November 10, 2025 • 60 mins
How do you find the right people for a balanced, effective, and powerful UX team? What traits and skills do you look for? In this segment from the Talk Circuit series, Darren revisits the topic "How to Build a Powerful UX Team" from the TryMyUI conference (Trymata) in 2016.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldouxBookmark the new World of UX websi...
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November 3, 2025 • 38 mins
This week features a talk from a recent conference that has (apparently) been stricken from the organizer's records. Is it because of something Darren said wrong? Nope. It's because of people who refuse to embrace what's right. Ready for some hard truths? Check out UX Domain Knowledge: The Journey, Importance, and Value Proposition!REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#rea...
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October 27, 2025 • 46 mins
This week features Darren's appearance on the Guidelines podcast in 2020, where he talked about his journey into UX and how to manage the development of one's UX acumen, including some under-the-radar factors of great importance. REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldouxBookmark the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit th...
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This week features a panel discussion from Dexignaire's 2021 Design Development Days Conference where the topic of UX-Driven AI was discussed with Darren and Harshit Agrawal of Adobe. Check out this talk and the forecasted factors about the direction of AI, how we should approach it, and what we expected to occur.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#w...
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October 13, 2025 • 22 mins
This episode goes off the beaten path just a tad. Instead of talking directly about UX and some of its inner workings, Darren shares his TED Talk from 2021. In this slightly biographical set, Darren talks about the importance of subscribing to excellence and the associated benefits. Enjoy!REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldoux
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October 6, 2025 • 30 mins
This week, shares last week's talk from the Value UX Conference, focusing on proper definitions of empathy and the importance of exercising empathy beyond UX's stereotypical norms — not just our external users — and the tremendous impact this approach can have on our work and our teams.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldoux
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This week, shares a talk from 2021 for the Students of UXD, where he demystified and provided several insights about UX and how to optimize your learning journey. Check it out.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldoux
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September 22, 2025 • 33 mins
This week, Darren revisits the topic of UX maturity with a focus on the problems that result from being deficient. Check out this short and sweet episode.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldouxBookmark the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at https://uxuncensored.medium.com. Get your specializ...
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September 15, 2025 • 76 mins
This segment of Darren's Talk Circuit series takes us back to 2020 and highlights a Q & A segment witih Nouha Jaafar of the Google Developer Groups (Carthage). Check out this energetic and candid session.REMINDER: Video is available for this episode via select resources. #ux#podcasts#cxofmradio#cxofm#realuxtalk#worldofux#worldouxBookmark the new World of UX website at https://www.worldoux.com. Visit the UX Uncensored blog at ht...
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September 8, 2025 • 52 mins
This segment from Darren's Talk Circuit series is from an appearance on the Aurelius podcast, focusing on the topic of UX maturity. Segments include what UX maturity looks like at the organization and individual level, how UX maturity level impacts the planning and effectiveness of UX work, tips for assessing your personal, team and organizational UX maturity, the impact of UX maturity on leadership and the hiring process, challeng...
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September 2, 2025 • 29 mins
Concluding last week's coverage of the topic, Darren shares additional interactions from the past week and provides insights about what UX is, how the work should be performed, and the dangers and risks associated with putting user interface work before actual UX work.
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August 25, 2025 • 25 mins
Many hear and see the UX/UI combo acronym and assume it to be viable. First seen in 2012, its usage has skyrocketed in the past few months like never before. Is it viable? Is it a trustworthy representation of who UX professionals are and what they do? Does the acronym's usage cause any harm? This week, Darren deconstructs a few social media posts where people profess to give clarity about this subject in hopes of helping provide s...
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August 18, 2025 • 41 mins
Throughout their careers and at many milestones, many UXers find themselves asking questions about how to evaluate and manage their careers and the trajectory of their skills and knowledge. No matter how a person entered the discipline, this has been proven to be a constant state of curiosity. In this talk, Darren will provide a practical and repeatable 7-step process to help guide you on how to approach, evaluate, grow, and manage...
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August 11, 2025 • 37 mins
The landscape of UX today is quite active. Given that information is crucial for personal growth and development, one would expect all the resources provided to be beneficial; however, this is far from the case. Many of the resources presented today are chock full of obstacles in the form of misinformation that are adding to the seemingly ambiguous space we know as UX. In this talk from a UX Akron event in 2021, Darren provides iss...
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August 6, 2025 • 29 mins
When engaging in a task, project, or journey, focusing on the right things serves as the foundation of one's success. As people enter the world of UX and launch their careers, they unfortunately get subjected to a high volume of misdirection. In this episode, Darren will highlight three key aspects of misdirection that dominate UX circles: UX hiring, education, and the UX/UI combo acronyms. Check out the episode for more info.
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July 28, 2025 • 23 mins
When getting started in UX, many ask what they need to do in order to "stand out" and usually spend the next few years in a cycle that's destructive and counterproductive to themselves and the discipline of UX as a whole. In this episode, Darren provides insights about what standing out really means and offers an alternative path for those truly seeking to succeed in pure UX.
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In the conclusion of the AMA and Talkin’ Shop session with Darren, Lou Susi, and Yaddy Arroyo, the trio talked about such topics as the product designer title, challenges of workplace dynamics, overlooked factoids associated with UX mentoring, the vanity of UX celebritism, nightmares experienced as a senior practitioner, quality teachers and their impact on up-and-coming UX professionals, managing tough environments, and the import...
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In the second part of this Talkin' Shop and Ask Me Anything combo session, the following topics are addressed: the value proposition of UX; the pitfalls and consequences of poor UX hiring; the importance of good UX leadership; the necessity of critical thinking; psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism in UX circles; encountering and managing different types of human behavior; people who labor to benefit the disciipline vs. lo...
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In Part One of this Talkin' Shop and Ask Me Anything combo session, the group discusses the following subjects: Artificial intelligence, design systems, UX writing, high-level book recommendations, recognizing Frankenstein design requests, achieving contentment as a UX professional, and the importance of UX strategy.
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