User research insights

User research insights transform raw data into actionable understanding that drives product decisions. While many teams excel at gathering user feedback through surveys, interviews, and usability tests, the real challenge lies in moving from observations to meaningful insights that reveal why users behave the way they do – and what to do about it.

Yet many teams struggle to bridge the gap between collecting user feedback and generating insights that actually influence product strategy and design direction. The problem isn't lack of data – it's knowing how to analyze and synthesize findings into insights that answer critical questions: What do users really need? Why are they struggling? Which improvements will have the greatest impact? These insights become the foundation for product strategy, design decisions, and stakeholder alignment.

This guide will walk you through the complete process of deriving user research insights – from understanding what separates findings from insights, to practical frameworks for analysis, synthesis, communication, and application in your design process.

Key takeaways

• Insights are interpretations, not observations: While findings tell you what happened, insights explain why it matters and what to do about it. The best insights are actionable, surprising, and grounded in solid evidence.

• Synthesis requires systematic analysis: Transform raw data into meaningful insights through thematic analysis, pattern recognition, and data triangulation across multiple sources to increase confidence in your findings.

• Context is critical: User behavior never happens in isolation. Consider environmental factors, emotional states, experience levels, and situational constraints when interpreting research data.

• Collaboration strengthens insights: Involve cross-functional team members in analysis to surface diverse perspectives, challenge assumptions, and increase stakeholder buy-in for research-driven decisions.

• Communication determines impact: Even profound insights lose value if poorly communicated. Structure reports around actionable recommendations, prioritize findings by impact, and use visualizations to make insights accessible to all stakeholders.

• Insights evolve through validation: Treat insights as hypotheses to test and refine rather than fixed truths. Continuous validation ensures your understanding remains accurate as user needs and product contexts change.

• The right tools accelerate insight generation: Platforms like Lyssna streamline the process from data collection to insight validation, helping teams move efficiently from research to actionable understanding with automated analysis, collaborative features, and rapid participant recruitment.

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What are user research insights?

User research insights represent the meaningful understanding that emerges when we move beyond surface-level observations to uncover the deeper patterns, motivations, and implications hidden within our research data.

Definition and importance

User research insights are interpretations of research findings that reveal underlying user motivations, unmet needs, and behavioral patterns. Unlike raw data or basic findings, insights provide the "why" behind user actions and offer clear direction for product decisions.

Findings include articulated observations – what you saw, heard, and collected. They represent data points that directly relate to your research goals. However, findings are just pieces of the puzzle. Insights are the gems that emerge from your findings. They are interpretations of your findings and answer questions like "What does this mean?" and "Why does this matter to customers?"

Key characteristics of valuable insights:

The importance of insights extends beyond individual research projects. They become the foundation for:

• Product strategy decisions: Informing roadmap priorities and feature development.

• Design direction: Guiding interface choices and user experience improvements.

• Stakeholder alignment: Creating shared understanding across teams.

• Innovation opportunities: Identifying unmet needs that could drive new solutions.

Pro tip: The "so what?" test
Before calling something an insight, ask yourself: "So what?" If your answer is just restating the observation, dig deeper. Keep asking "so what?" until you uncover the underlying user need or motivation. That's when you've found your insight.

Findings vs insights: The key difference

Understanding the distinction between findings and insights is crucial for effective research synthesis. This difference determines whether your research influences product decisions or simply documents what happened.

To determine if an observation, finding, or theme qualifies as an insight, consider these questions:

• Is it the first time you're hearing it?

• Is it meaningful to you and the project?

• Is it grounded in actual data?

• Does it inspire clear and direct action?

• Does it present a new perspective?

• Is it simple to understand?

The transformation from findings to insights requires synthesis, interpretation, and connecting dots across multiple data sources. This process is where the real value of user research emerges.

Common pitfall: The insight impostor "Users prefer the blue button over the red button" sounds like an insight, but it's just a preference finding. A real insight would explain why users prefer blue – maybe it signals trustworthiness in their mental model, or red triggers associations with errors and warnings.

Why user research insights matter

User research insights serve as the bridge between understanding users and creating products that truly serve their needs. They transform abstract research data into concrete directions for product teams.

Turning qualitative data into product decisions

Qualitative research generates rich, nuanced data about user experiences, but this information often feels overwhelming or difficult to act upon. Insights provide the framework for translating qualitative observations into specific product decisions.

The transformation process involves:

• Pattern recognition: Identifying recurring themes across multiple users and research sessions.

• Prioritization: Determining which user needs have the greatest impact on product success.

• Opportunity identification: Spotting gaps between user expectations and current product capabilities.

• Solution direction: Pointing toward specific design or feature improvements.

For example, if multiple users struggle with a particular workflow, the insight might reveal that the underlying issue isn't the interface design, but a fundamental mismatch between the user's mental model and the product's logic. This insight would direct the team toward restructuring the information architecture rather than making surface-level interface changes.

Successful insight application requires:

• Clear connection to business goals: Insights should link user needs to measurable business outcomes.

• Specific recommendations: Vague insights lead to vague solutions; specific insights enable targeted action.

• Stakeholder buy-in: Insights must be communicated in language that resonates with different team members.

• Measurable impact: The best insights include ways to validate whether proposed solutions actually address the underlying user need.

Aligning design and business goals

One of the most powerful aspects of user research insights is their ability to align seemingly competing priorities between user needs and business objectives. Well-crafted insights demonstrate how serving users better ultimately drives business success.

Insights create alignment by:

• Revealing shared value: Showing how user satisfaction directly impacts business metrics like retention, conversion, and customer lifetime value.

• Prioritizing features: Helping teams focus on improvements that matter most to both users and the business.

• Reducing risk: Identifying potential problems before they impact user experience or business performance.

• Building empathy: Helping business stakeholders understand user perspectives and motivations.

Consider a scenario where business stakeholders want to add more promotional content to increase revenue, while designers worry about cluttering the user experience. User research insights might reveal that users actually appreciate relevant promotions when they're contextual and helpful, but they abandon the product when promotions feel intrusive or irrelevant. This insight guides the team toward a solution that serves both user needs and business goals.

Improving user satisfaction and retention

User research insights directly impact the metrics that matter most to product success: user satisfaction, engagement, and retention. By understanding the deeper reasons behind user behavior, teams can address root causes rather than symptoms.

Insights drive satisfaction improvements through:

• Emotional understanding: Revealing how users feel during different interactions, not just what they do.

• Pain point identification: Uncovering friction points that users might not explicitly mention but significantly impact their experience.

• Delight opportunities: Discovering moments where small improvements could create disproportionately positive user experiences.

• Expectation management: Understanding what users expect from the product and how well current features meet those expectations.

The process of deriving user research insights

Transforming raw research data into actionable insights requires a systematic approach that combines analytical rigor with creative interpretation.

Collecting and organizing data

The foundation of strong insights begins with well-organized data collection. Without proper organization, even the richest research data can become overwhelming and difficult to synthesize effectively.

Effective data collection strategies:

• Standardized formats: Use consistent templates for interview notes, survey responses, and observation records.

• Real-time documentation: Capture insights and initial observations immediately after research sessions.

• Multi-modal data: Combine quantitative metrics with qualitative observations for richer understanding.

• Contextual information: Record environmental factors, user emotions, and situational details that might influence behavior.

Organization frameworks that support insight generation:

• Chronological organization: Arrange data by research timeline to identify evolving patterns.

• User journey mapping: Organize findings according to different stages of the user experience.

• Thematic clustering: Group related observations before formal analysis begins

• Research question alignment: Structure data according to your original research objectives

The goal is creating a data foundation that makes patterns visible and connections discoverable. Well-organized data reveals insights that might remain hidden in chaotic collections of notes and recordings.

Thematic analysis and pattern recognition

Thematic analysis turns individual observations into meaningful patterns that reveal deeper user truths. 

Here are ten tips on how to identify themes and patterns:

Systematic pattern recognition involves:

• Affinity mapping: Grouping related observations to identify themes.

• Frequency analysis: Noting how often specific issues or behaviors appear.

• Severity assessment: Evaluating the impact of different findings on user experience.

• Cross-method validation: Confirming patterns across different research approaches.

The key is moving beyond surface-level categorization to understand the underlying reasons why patterns exist.

Pro tip: The power of the third mentionIf you hear something once, it's interesting. Twice, it's a coincidence. Three times? That's a pattern worth investigating. Start flagging observations when they reach that third mention – you're likely onto something meaningful.

Data triangulation for stronger insights

Triangulation involves using multiple data sources to support your research findings. Here are some common approaches:

Michele Ronsen, user research executive and Founder and CEO of Curiosity Tank, emphasizes the value of this approach: "Data triangulation enhances the validity of your findings, provides a comprehensive view of the problem, and increases confidence in your research outcomes."

Benefits of triangulation:

• Increased confidence: Multiple data sources reduce the risk of drawing conclusions from limited or biased information.

• Comprehensive understanding: Different methods reveal different aspects of user experience.

• Validation of findings: Confirming insights across multiple sources strengthens their credibility.

• Gap identification: Highlighting areas where different data sources contradict each other, revealing opportunities for deeper investigation.

Strong insights emerge when multiple data sources point toward the same underlying user truth, even if they manifest differently across research methods.

Remember: Triangulation isn't about volume
More data sources don't automatically equal better insights. Three complementary sources that confirm the same underlying pattern are more valuable than ten sources that contradict each other. Focus on quality and relevance over quantity.

Collaborating across teams for interpretation

The most valuable insights often emerge through collaborative interpretation rather than isolated analysis. Different team members bring unique perspectives that can reveal things that individual researchers might miss.

Effective collaboration strategies:

• Cross-functional analysis sessions: Include designers, product managers, developers, and business stakeholders in synthesis workshops.

• Perspective sharing: Encourage team members to share their interpretations and hypotheses about the data.

• Assumption challenging: Create safe spaces for questioning existing beliefs and exploring alternative explanations.

• Expertise integration: Leverage technical, business, and design expertise to understand the full implications of research findings.

Check out the below recording to see how Odette Jansen, Head of Research at ING, runs synthesis workshops in her organization.

Structured collaboration approaches:

• Insight generation workshops: Dedicated sessions focused on moving from findings to insights.

• Stakeholder interviews: One-on-one conversations with key team members about their interpretation of the research.

• Hypothesis development: Collaborative sessions to develop testable explanations for observed patterns.

• Priority alignment: Group discussions about which insights have the greatest potential impact.

As Michele reminds us: "In the end, remember that the people who need to consume and act on the research are your users, too. They're the ones who will transform your insights into real-world impact." 

Involving stakeholders in the interpretation process increases both the quality of insights and the likelihood of successful implementation.

Try this: The 5-minute insight pitch
Can you explain your insight to a colleague in 5 minutes and have them understand both what you found and why it matters? If not, you probably need to simplify or refine it. Great insights are memorable and easy to communicate.

How to communicate and apply insights

Even the most profound user research insights lose their value if they can't be effectively communicated and applied by product teams. The way you present and integrate insights determines whether they influence decisions or gather dust in research repositories.

Building clear, actionable reports

Effective insight communication requires structuring information in ways that resonate with different stakeholders while maintaining clarity and actionability.

Essential elements of user research reports:

• Executive summary: Key insights and recommendations in 2-3 bullet points.

• Research context: Brief overview of methods, participants, and research questions.

• Primary insights: 3-5 main insights with supporting evidence and implications.

• Actionable recommendations: Specific next steps organized by priority and effort required.

• Supporting evidence: Relevant quotes, data points, and examples that validate insights.

Marry your analysis approach and framework with the specific product decisions to be made. Present your data in business terms, such as KPIs, and in other formats that resonate with your stakeholders. Organize your takeaways by function, priority, and confidence level. Always include specific recommendations organized into "short-term recommendations" and "long-term considerations."

Report structure that drives action:

• Problem statement: Clear articulation of user needs or business challenges.

• Insight explanation: What you discovered and why it matters.

• Evidence summary: Key supporting data without overwhelming detail.

• Recommendation specificity: Concrete next steps with success criteria.

• Implementation guidance: Practical advice for turning insights into product changes.

Michele recommends connecting your synthesis approach directly to product needs: "Marry your analysis approach and framework with the specific product decisions to be made. For example, are you trying to rename a feature, inform navigation, or evaluate impact vs feasibility, opportunity vs effort, cost vs time, frequency of use vs satisfaction, or importance vs urgency?"

She also stresses the importance of stakeholder alignment: "Present your data in business terms, such as KPIs, and in other formats that resonate with your stakeholders. Organize your takeaways by function (e.g. content, design, development, marketing), priority, and confidence level, collaborating closely with your team."

For recommendations, Michele suggests: "I find organizing these into 'short-term recommendations' and 'long-term considerations' is always well received." She adds an important reminder: "Manage your expectations. This process takes practice and continuous refinement."

Framework: The insight formula
Structure your insights like this: "[User group] struggles with [behavior/task] because [underlying reason], which means we should [specific action]." This format forces clarity and actionability.

Example: "First-time users abandon onboarding because they don't understand the value proposition upfront, which means we should redesign the welcome screen to highlight key benefits before asking for information."

Writing techniques for clarity:

• Lead with impact: Start each insight with its implications rather than the supporting data.

• Use active voice: Make recommendations direct and ownership clear.

• Avoid research jargon: Translate technical terms into language that all stakeholders understand.

• Include user voice: Incorporate direct quotes that bring insights to life.

• Provide context: Help readers understand how insights connect to broader product strategy.

Visualizing insights for stakeholders

Visual communication transforms complex research findings into digestible, memorable insights that stakeholders can quickly understand and act upon.

Effective visualization approaches:

• User journey maps: Show how insights connect to different stages of the user experience.

• Impact/effort matrices: Help prioritize recommendations based on potential value and implementation complexity.

• Before/after scenarios: Illustrate how proposed changes would improve user experience.

• Persona updates: Integrate insights into existing user personas or create new ones.

• Problem/solution frameworks: Clearly connect user needs to potential product improvements.

Visual storytelling techniques:

• Progressive disclosure: Start with high-level insights and provide detail on demand.

• Emotional mapping: Show how user feelings change throughout their experience.

• Comparative analysis: Highlight differences between user segments or usage scenarios.

• Timeline visualization: Demonstrate how user needs or behaviors evolve over time.

• Ecosystem mapping: Show how insights connect to broader user goals and contexts.

Tools and formats for different audiences:

• Executive presentations: High-level insights with clear business implications.

• Design workshops: Detailed user journey maps and interaction scenarios.

• Development planning: Technical requirements and implementation considerations.

• Stakeholder updates: Progress tracking and impact measurement.

The goal is making insights accessible and compelling for people who weren't involved in the original research but need to act on the findings.

Integrating insights into design sprints

Design sprints provide an ideal framework for rapidly translating user research insights into testable product improvements. The key is seamlessly weaving insights into each phase of the sprint process.

Sprint integration strategies:

Monday (Map): Use insights to define the problem space and identify opportunity areas.

• Review key insights that relate to the sprint challenge.

• Map user pain points and unmet needs onto the current experience.

• Identify specific moments where insights suggest intervention opportunities.

Tuesday (Sketch): Let insights guide solution ideation and concept development.

• Reference specific user quotes and behaviors during brainstorming.

• Use insights to evaluate which ideas best address underlying user needs.

• Ensure proposed solutions align with discovered user mental models.

Wednesday (Decide): Apply insights as evaluation criteria for solution selection.

• Prioritize concepts that address the most significant user pain points.

• Consider which solutions best match user expectations and workflows.

• Use insights to predict potential user responses to different approaches.

Thursday (Prototype): Build prototypes that specifically test insight-driven hypotheses.

• Focus prototype fidelity on areas where insights suggest the greatest uncertainty.

• Include elements that allow testing of key assumptions revealed through research.

• Design prototype interactions that mirror discovered user preferences.

Friday (Test): Validate whether solutions successfully address the underlying insights.

• Design test scenarios that recreate the conditions where insights were discovered.

• Ask questions that probe whether proposed solutions meet identified user needs.

• Gather feedback that can refine or challenge existing insights.

Continuous insight application:

• Sprint retrospectives: Evaluate how well insights guided decision-making.

• Cross-sprint learning: Apply insights from one sprint to inform future sprint planning.

• Insight validation: Use sprint outcomes to strengthen or refine existing insights.

• Team education: Help team members develop skills in insight application.

This integration ensures that user research insights directly influence product development rather than remaining separate from the design process.

Common mistakes in user research synthesis

Even experienced researchers can fall into traps that undermine the quality and impact of their insights. Understanding these common mistakes helps teams avoid pitfalls that can derail otherwise solid research efforts.

Confusing data with insights

One of the most frequent mistakes in user research is presenting findings as insights without the crucial interpretation step. This confusion leads to reports full of observations but lacking the meaningful understanding that drives product decisions.

Common manifestations of this mistake:

• Reporting what happened without explaining why: "Users clicked the wrong button" instead of "Users clicked the wrong button because the visual hierarchy doesn't match their expectations."

• Listing behaviors without interpreting motivations: "Users abandoned the form" rather than "Users abandoned the form because they felt uncertain about data privacy."

• Focusing on metrics without understanding context: "Conversion rate dropped 15%" without exploring the underlying user experience factors.

How to avoid this mistake:

• Always ask "so what?" For every finding, push yourself to explain its implications.

• Connect observations to user goals: Explain how findings relate to what users are trying to accomplish.

• Identify root causes: Look beyond surface behaviors to understand underlying motivations.

• Frame findings in terms of opportunities: Show how observations point toward specific product improvements.

The insight transformation process:

1. Start with the observation: What did you see or measure?

2. Add context: What circumstances influenced this behavior?

3. Interpret the meaning: Why did this happen?

4. Identify implications: What does this mean for the product?

5. Suggest action: How should the team respond to this understanding?

Self-check: Are you reporting or interpreting?
Reporting uses language like "showed," "said," "clicked," or "preferred." Interpreting uses language like "because," "suggests," "reveals," or "indicates." If your statement is all reporting and no interpreting, you haven't reached an insight level yet.

Overlooking user context

User behavior never happens in isolation, but it can easy to analyze findings without considering the broader context that influences user actions. This oversight can lead to insights that miss crucial factors affecting user experience.

Contextual factors frequently overlooked:

• Environmental conditions: Physical space, device limitations, time constraints, and multitasking scenarios.

• Emotional state: User stress levels, confidence, and emotional investment in the task.

• Experience level: Prior knowledge, skill development, and learning curve considerations.

• Social factors: Influence of colleagues, family members, or peer expectations.

• Temporal context: Time of day, seasonal factors, and deadline pressures.

Strategies for maintaining contextual awareness:

• Document environmental factors: Record details about when, where, and how research takes place.

• Ask about circumstances: Include questions about user context in interviews and surveys.

• Consider usage scenarios: Think about different situations where users might interact with the product.

• Map emotional journeys: Track how user feelings change throughout their experience.

• Validate across contexts: Test insights in different user situations to ensure they hold true.

Questions to ensure contextual consideration:

• How might this insight change in different user environments?

• What external factors could influence the behaviors we observed?

• Are we seeing the complete picture of user experience?

• How do user goals and constraints affect our interpretation?

• What assumptions are we making about user context?

Lack of prioritization in reporting

Research often generates multiple insights, but presenting them without clear prioritization overwhelms stakeholders and dilutes the impact of the most important findings. Without prioritization, teams may focus on minor issues while missing opportunities to address major user needs.

Common prioritization mistakes:

• Treating all insights equally: Presenting findings in chronological order rather than importance,

• Focusing on frequency over impact: Emphasizing issues mentioned by many users without considering their severity,

• Ignoring business constraints: Recommending solutions without considering implementation feasibility,

• Missing quick wins: Overlooking simple improvements that could provide immediate value,

The stakeholder attention span rule: You have about 5 minutes of stakeholder attention before they start thinking about their next meeting. Lead with your top 1-2 insights. Everything else is supporting detail they can read later. Respect their time and they'll respect your research.

Effective prioritization frameworks:

Impact vs effort matrix

User need severity

Business alignment

Prioritization communication strategies:

• Lead with top priorities: Present the most important insights first.

• Explain prioritization criteria: Help stakeholders understand how you ranked insights.

• Provide implementation timelines: Suggest when different insights should be addressed.

• Connect to business goals: Show how prioritized insights support organizational objectives.

Best practices for generating better insights

Developing consistently valuable user research insights requires intentional practices that go beyond basic analysis techniques. These best practices help teams generate insights that are both meaningful and actionable.

Encourage cross-functional collaboration

The most powerful insights often emerge when diverse perspectives come together to interpret research findings. Cross-functional collaboration brings different expertise and viewpoints that individual researchers might miss.

Building collaborative insight generation:

• Include diverse voices: Involve designers, developers, product managers, marketers, and business stakeholders in analysis sessions.

• Create psychological safety: Establish environments where team members feel comfortable sharing different interpretations.

• Structure collaboration: Use facilitated workshops and structured activities rather than unguided discussions.

• Document different perspectives: Capture varying viewpoints even when they don't lead to consensus.

Effective collaboration techniques:

• Insight generation workshops: Dedicated sessions where teams collectively move from findings to insights.

• Perspective rotation: Have different team members interpret the same data to surface varied insights.

• Devil's advocate exercises: Assign someone to challenge emerging insights and propose alternative explanations.

• Stakeholder interviews: One-on-one conversations with key team members about their interpretation of research findings.

Managing collaborative challenges:

• Balancing voices: Ensure that all perspectives are heard, not just the loudest or most senior.

• Resolving disagreements: Develop processes for handling conflicting interpretations constructively.

• Maintaining focus: Keep discussions centered on user needs rather than internal preferences.

• Time management: Structure sessions to be productive without becoming overwhelming.

Benefits of collaborative insight generation:

• Richer interpretation: Multiple perspectives reveal aspects of data that individual analysis might miss.

• Increased buy-in: Team members who participate in insight generation are more likely to act on findings.

• Skill development: Collaboration helps team members develop their own insight generation capabilities.

• Organizational learning: Shared analysis builds collective understanding of user needs across the organization.

Use structured frameworks for synthesis

Structured frameworks provide systematic approaches to insight generation that help teams move beyond intuitive analysis to more rigorous and comprehensive understanding.

Popular synthesis frameworks:

Jobs to Be Done (JTBD):

• Focus on understanding what users are trying to accomplish.

• Identify the functional, emotional, and social jobs users hire products to perform.

• Reveal opportunities where current solutions fall short of user needs.

5 whys analysis:

• Dig deeper into user behaviors by repeatedly asking "why."

• Uncover root causes rather than surface-level symptoms.

• Move from observations to underlying motivations and needs.

Opportunity solution trees:

• Map user problems to potential solutions systematically.

• Visualize how different insights connect to business opportunities.

• Prioritize solutions based on user impact and business value.

User story mapping:

• Organize insights according to user journey stages.

• Identify pain points and opportunities within specific workflow contexts.

• Connect insights to specific user goals and tasks.

Framework selection criteria:

• Research objectives: Choose frameworks that align with your research goals.

• Team familiarity: Consider which approaches your team can implement effectively.

• Time constraints: Select methods that fit within your analysis timeline.

• Stakeholder needs: Use frameworks that generate insights in formats stakeholders can easily understand.

Custom framework development:

• Adapt existing methods: Modify established frameworks to fit your specific context.

• Combine approaches: Use multiple frameworks to generate different types of insights.

• Iterate on methods: Refine your synthesis approach based on what works best for your team.

• Document processes: Create templates and guides that help team members apply frameworks consistently.

Iterate insights with continuous testing

The best insights evolve through continuous validation and refinement rather than being treated as fixed truths. This iterative approach ensures that insights remain accurate and relevant as user needs and product contexts change.

Continuous insight validation:

• Test assumptions: Design research activities that specifically validate or challenge existing insights.

• Monitor metrics: Track quantitative indicators that relate to qualitative insights.

• Gather ongoing feedback: Collect user input that confirms or refines understanding.

• Cross-reference sources: Compare insights across different research methods and time periods.

Insight evolution strategies:

• Regular review cycles: Schedule periodic assessments of existing insights to ensure they remain accurate.

• New data integration: Update insights as new research findings become available.

• Context consideration: Adjust insights based on changing user contexts or product features.

• Stakeholder feedback: Incorporate team member observations about insight accuracy and usefulness.

Building learning loops:

• Hypothesis formation: Turn insights into testable hypotheses about user behavior.

• Experiment design: Create research activities that can validate or refute insight-based hypotheses.

• Results integration: Use experimental outcomes to strengthen, refine, or replace existing insights.

• Knowledge sharing: Communicate insight updates to ensure team alignment on current understanding.

Signs that insights need updating:

This iterative approach ensures that insights remain valuable guides for product decisions rather than becoming outdated assumptions that mislead teams.

Getting started checklist

Ready to improve your insight generation process?

• Review your last research report – are you sharing findings or insights?

• Identify one finding you can transform into an insight using the "so what?" test

• Schedule a synthesis session with your cross-functional team

• Set up a centralized place to store and tag insights

• Plan your next validation study to test an existing insight

How Lyssna can help

Transforming raw data into actionable insights requires the right tools and efficient processes. Lyssna helps you move quickly from research to validated understanding.

• Gather rich, contextual data: When you need multiple perspectives to uncover meaningful patterns, run card sorting, tree testing, first click tests, preference tests, five second tests, surveys, prototype testing, and live website testing. Combine multiple test types in a single study to gather the layered data that leads to stronger insights.

• Find the right participants fast: When timelines are tight and you need insights quickly, recruit from our research panel of 690,000+ participants across 124 countries with 395+ targeting options. Get responses within hours, not weeks. Or use built-in screeners to recruit your own participants with the exact characteristics you need.

• Spot patterns in your data: When you're analyzing hundreds of responses, visual data presentation including heatmaps, click maps, and interactive charts helps you identify trends and outliers quickly. Spend less time organizing data and more time uncovering what it means.

• Get stakeholder buy-in: When you need to communicate insights to stakeholders, export results and collaborate directly in the platform. Team members can review findings, add their perspectives, and align on what actions to take based on what you've learned.

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Diane Leyman

Senior Content Marketing Manager

Diane Leyman is the Senior Content Marketing Manager at Lyssna. She brings extensive experience in content strategy and management within the SaaS industry, along with editorial and content roles in publishing and the not-for-profit sector