UXR Meetup · Wed, October 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM (UTC)

Why Insights Fail to Reach the Right People: And How a Research Engine Fixes It

Great product decisions don't happen by accident. They happen when the right insights reach the right people at the right moment.

In this session Julian Della Mattia, author of "Building the Research Engine", and Senior User Insights Manager at DuckDuckGo, breaks down the three pillars of a sustainable research practice that gets insights in front of decision-makers when it matters: Culture, Infrastructure and Communication.

You'll walk away with a practical self-diagnosis and concrete actions you can take immediately to shift how your organization values, processes and shares user knowledge.


Our Speakers

Julian Della Mattia

Julian is a Researcher specialised in Research Operations, with a career focused on building research practices from the ground up—from infrastructure to culture and processes. He has worked closely with teams across Europe and the Americas, helping design, product, marketing, and research partners make better-informed decisions by developing systems that enable effective learning about users, the market and the problem space. Author of Building the Research Engine.


What to expect

In this Meetup, you'll learn:
How your team's beliefs about research shape every product decision
Why surfacing and pricing unproven assumptions is the fastest cultural shift you can make
How timing and format determine whether insights drive action or collect dust
How to make research accessible and easy to consume

Register to join

Get a front-row set to your next UXR ‘aha!’ moment.
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC)
Online, Zoom