Tanya Pinto
Principal UX Researcher (Copilot AI for Office Suite), Microsoft · Brand-side
Topics Tanya shaped
AI & technology, Researcher craft & identity, Insights function & business
Episodes
- Tanya Pinto — Human at the Center: Empathy, AI, and the Researcher's Discernment — Ep. 5 · Apr 15, 2025
What Tanya said — indexed claims
- Researchers should evaluate every stage of the UX/research workflow — exploration, planning, preparation, recruitment, execution, reporting — and intentionally choose where to leverage AI rather than defaulting to or rejecting it wholesale. — Ep. 5 · 16:30 ·
cl-tanya-pinto-006 - The most effective leaders intentionally create space for learning and experimentation during work hours — not as after-hours self-improvement — and that allowance can change the trajectory of an employee's whole career, especially in a fast-moving AI environment. — Ep. 5 · 22:15 ·
cl-tanya-pinto-010 - Effective AI adoption requires a culture of psychological safety around experimentation — taking baby steps, accepting that some attempts will fail, iterating, and bringing colleagues along at their own pace, including those who are still afraid of AI. — Ep. 5 · 34:15 ·
cl-tanya-pinto-015 - Complexity theory complements (does not replace) the scientific method by encouraging researchers to first assess how knowable and controllable a problem actually is, and to lead with empathic understanding when systems are not fully knowable rather than defaulting to a hypothesis-and-experiment frame. — Ep. 5 · 59:00 ·
cl-tanya-pinto-018 - AI democratization is a net positive: it lifts the conversation on both sides, forces researchers to hone their craft and land impact precisely, and creates better cross-functional partnerships through shared tools and multiple perspectives. — Ep. 5 · 19:40 ·
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Connected across the corpus
- Steve Olenski (CMO Whisperer Advisory) — 5 cross-references
- J. Walker Smith (Kantar) — 3 cross-references
- Don DeVeaux (Michigan State University) — 2 cross-references
- Bill Salokar (Gazelle Global) — 1 cross-reference
- Charitie Dantis-Gayo (New York Life Insurance) — 1 cross-reference
- Elle Park (Arcutis Biotherapeutics) — 1 cross-reference
- Sarah Kling (Amazon (Devices)) — 1 cross-reference
- Sasha Mitts — 1 cross-reference
- Vladimer Botsvadze — 1 cross-reference
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