Christian Richards

Christian Richards — UX Lead at The Weir Group PLC. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.

Christian Richards

UX Lead

An enthusiastic, rounded individual with a passion for solution-driven thinking. Experienced user researcher and digital strategist skilled in establishing where an organisation is, understanding where they want to go, and defining the best route to achieve their goals and objectives.

Past talks

1 talk · 1 event

2026

UXDX Community: Glasgow: Grit and Governance-Designing for the Real WorldFeb 2026

Talk

Steel-Toed Boots in the Boardroom: Designing Factory Floor Solutions that Stick

This talk shares how Weir’s UX team partnered with engineers to uncover real user needs, the creative methods required to co-create digital and physical tools that operators embraced, and how the UX team brought the factory floor into the boardroom to win global stakeholder buy-in. What you'll learn: 1. User engagement is critical to innovation and to making it stick 2. Use your users (the subject matter experts!) when you're designing solutions 3. Creative storytelling wins stakeholder buy-in

Christian Richards