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Intro


Jay

Hasbrouck

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Intro


Jay

Hasbrouck

Ethnographic thinking—freed from the constraints of the ‘ethnography as tool’ perspective—asks not just what consumers want, but why the organization is solving for that particular challenge in the first place.

See more in the book: Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset, Routledge Press.

Click here to schedule a keynote, talk or podcast appearance.

YOU'LL FIND ME...

...Exploring

...Listening

...Facilitating

...Analyzing

...Sketching

...Situating

...Adapting

...Interpreting

...Strategizing

...SHARING

...Mentoring

...CollaboratinG

...writing

...Celebrating

 

I'm an anthropologist and strategist committed to exceptional product, service, and systems innovation and growth. My experience includes structuring and managing initiatives that infuse the development process with cultural awareness and emerging customer needs. I thrive on systemic challenges and see collaboration as a critical component of impactful innovation. My approach prioritizes adaptive methods and holistic analysis.

I'm a visualizer, actualizer, thought partner, catalyst, life-long learner, and occasional alchemist.

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Speaking


Speaking


Speaking Engagements

Appearances

Eyes on Tomorrow: How Pathfinders Help Facebook see beyond the Horizon to Build Responsible Products, EPIC Panel 2021.

Host of EthnoPod, various guests

Anthropology and Pathfinding, Guest on Anthro-to-UX Podcast, Hosted by Matt Artz

Ethnographic Thinking and Pathfinding, Guest on Anthroperspectives Video Podcast, Hosted by Keith Kellersohn

Making the Case for Business Anthropology, Panel Member, Hosted by Yuliya Grinberg, Robert Morais, and Matt Artz

How to Think Like an Ethnographer, Hosted by Adam Gamwell on This Anthro Life

The Power of Ethnographic Thinking in Design, Hosted by Gerry Scullion on ThisIsHCD

Thinking Like an Anthropologist on Andi Simon’s On the brink

What is Ethnographic Thinking? with Veronica Reyero on Antropologia 2.0

Talks

Resonance = Impact: Effective Storytelling for your XFN” Figma, March 2023

From Skillset to Mindset,” “Tools for XFN Engagement,” Instacart, April 2023

Curiosity, Adaptation, and Storytelling: How to Use Ethnographic Thinking for More Strategic Innovation” EPIC China Talk, June 2021

Using Your Ethnographic Superpowers to Build Partnerships in Cross-Functional Teams” Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Talk, March 2021

Ghosted in MalaysiaF***UpFriday, Applied Anthropology Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, February 2021

Who's Holding the Flashlight?: Looking Back to Look Ahead” Facebook Speculative Design Summit Keynote Presentation, November 2020

Getting Ahead of Appropriation: Ethnographic Thinking and Full-Spectrum Insight” Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings, March 2019

Curiosity, Adaptation, and Storytelling: How to Use Ethnographic Thinking for More Strategic Innovation” Webinar at Ethnographic Practice in Industry Conference website, August 2018

From What to Why: Inverting the Role of Ethnography in Innovation” Webinar at Innovation Learning Network, August 2018

Beyond Fieldwork: Using Ethnographic Thinking
to Build Strategic Innovation
” Connect & Collaborate, Stryker, June 2018

(with Charley Scull) “Ethnographic Thinking for Wicked Problems: Framing Systemic Challenges and Catalyzing Change” Tutorial at Ethnographic Practice in Industry Conference, September 2016

How Ethnography Informs Design” Future of Fish: Designing the Future of Sustainable Fishing, July 2009

Hackers as Healers: Finding Inspiration for Sustainable Technology DesignExposed: A Design Research Exchange, Phoenix, AZ, March 2009

'My House Made Me Green,’ or ‘Why I’m not a Treehugger'” American Anthropological Association 106th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2008

“Green Networks: Shifting Subjectivities and 'New’ Environmental Values” Students and Educators Environmental Discussions (SEED 2) :: Panelist, San Francisco, CA, April 2008

Hackers as Healers: Finding Inspiration for Sustainable Technology Design” Computer Human Interaction (CHI), Panelist on “Beyond the Hype: Sustainability and HCI” Florence, IT, April 2008

Dead, Dying and Disabled Technologies: Finding Inspiration for Sustainable Design” Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting :: Panelist on “New Directions in Engaged Anthropology: Technologies, Empowerment, and Sustainability,” Memphis, TN, March 2008

“Bright Green: Social Sustainability and Technology” Sustainable Practices, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, April 2007

“From Hippy to Hip: Exploring Domestic Praxis in Green Homes” Networking Ecological Footprints Research Team, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, February 2007

(with Sue Faulkner) “ Why are you taking my picture?’: Navigating the Cultural Contexts of Visual Procurement” Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference, Portland, OR, September 2006

“Network Compatibilities: The Internet and the Earth Liberation Front” American Anthropological Association 104th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC., November 2005

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Publications


Publications


Reviews of Ethnographic Thinking

Book Review: Ethnographic Thinking, by David Rubeli in EPIC Perspectives

Ethnographic Thinking: Review of a Breakthrough Book, by Ian H. Smith in Being Guided

Anthropology as Strategy: A Review of Jay Hasbrouck’s “Ethnographic Thinking, by Maia Green in anthrodendum

10 Must Read Books on Anthropology in Business and Design, by Amy Santee in Practicing Anthropology

Book Review, on Putting People First

Publications

Ongoing: Blog - Ethnographic Mind

2018 Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset. New York: Routledge Press.

2018 Building an Innovation Strategy from Cultural Insights, EPIC Perspectives.

2015 Beyond the Toolbox: What Ethnographic Thinking Can Offer in a Shifting Marketplace, EPIC Perspectives.

2013 (with Charley Scull) Hook to Plate Social Entrepreneurship: An Ethnographic Approach to Driving Sustainable Change in the Global Fishing Industry. Handbook of Anthropology in Business, R. Denny and P. Sunderland, eds., New York: Routledge Press.

2011 From Refurbish to Renew: The Trope of Healing in Sustainable Technology Design. Design Philosophy Collection Six.

2008 (with Allison Woodruff) A Bright Green Perspective on Sustainable Choices. Computer Human Interaction Conference Proceedings, April.

2008 Green Homeowners as Lead Adopters: Sustainable Living and Green Computing. Intel Technical Journal. Volume 12 Issue 01 Published February 21.

2007 Mapping the Digital Home: Making Cultural Sense of Domestic Space and Place. Intel Technical Journal. Volume 11 Issue 01 Published February 15

2006 (with Sue Faulkner)“Why are you taking my picture?”: Navigating the Cultural Contexts of Visual Procurement. EPIC Proceedings. Sept. 2006, No. 1: 259-270.

2005 (with Meshkati, N., E. Abdi, C. Cooper, J. Finzi, J. Hasbrouck, S. Pahulu, D. Peterson, J. Steele, and V. Todd) Sustainability of the Los Angeles Jewelry District: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Technical, Social, Economic, Safety, Health and Environmental Issues. Los Angeles: University of Southern California, Center for Sustainable Cities.

2005 Primitive Dissidents: Earth Liberation Front and the Making of a Radical Anthropology. Doctoral Dissertation for Ph.D., Social Anthropology, University of Southern California.

2004 Social Sustainability in a Conflicted Landscape: Alternative Tourism and Collective Farming in Jalcomulco, Mexico. In A Case Study of Sustainability: Jalcomulco, Veracruz. Los Angeles: Center for Sustainable Cities, University of Southern California.

2002 Social Theories of Urban Sustainability in the Developed World. Los Angeles: Center for Sustainable Cities, University of Southern California.

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Background


Background


Background & Experience

Education

Ph.D., Social Anthropology

University of Southern California, 2005

Graduate Certificate, Center for Sustainable Cities

 

M.A., Visual Anthropology

University of Southern California, 2000

Graduate Certificate, Gender Studies

 

B.S., Public Policy and Management

Carnegie Mellon University, 1988,

Minor, Art

Positions

Pathfinder, Long-Term Bets Team, Google, 2022-Present, Seattle, WA (Areas of focus: Generative AI, Foresight Methods, AR/VR, Creator economy, New business models, Competitive landscape)

Pathfinder, Facebook Feed & Stories, New Product Experimentation, Meta, 2019-2022, Seattle, WA (Areas of focus: enabling community formation, authentic expression, storytelling, social gaming, emerging primitives)

Founder, Ethnographic Mind, 2018-Present, Seattle, WA

Founder, Filament Insight & Innovation, 2008-2019, Seattle WA

Partner, ethnoworks, 2010-2019, Seattle, WA

Senior Human Factors Specialist, IDEO, 2008, San Francisco, CA

Research Scientist, Intel (Digital Home Group), 2006-2008, Hillsboro, OR

Research Fellow, USC Center for Sustainable Cities, 2002-2005, Los Angeles, CA

Adjunct Professor of Ethnography, California Institute of the Arts, Critical Studies Department, 2003-2004, Valencia, CA

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Industries


Industries


Industries & Clients Served

Technology

Intel, Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA), SAP, Nokia, Fujitsu-Seimens, Astro

Healthcare

Ascension Health, Kaiser Permanente, Harvard Vanguard, Group Health Cooperative

Sustainability

The Packard Foundation, Los Angeles Jewelry Manufacturers Assn., State of Veracruz (Mexico) Secretaría de Turismo / Univ. of Veracruz

Consumer Goods

Amway, SC Johnson, Whole Foods Market, Kimberly-Clark

Nutrition

Metagenics, Nutrilite

Non-Profit

AARP, Alzheimer’s Greater Los Angeles, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Government

Department of Energy

Ikaria (now Mallinckrodt)

Pharmaceuticals

Pet Health

Pet Care

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Locations


Locations


International Sites & Focus

Egypt

Inside/Out: Tech and Place in the Home

France

Prototyping a Uniquely French Sales Model for Wellness Products

Germany

Compartmentalization and Technology; Work/Home Divide and Opportunity Seeking; Designing Green PC’s

Japan

Inspiring New Customer Service Interactions

Malaysia

The Role of Class, Religion, & Government in Sales; Ethnicity and Home Entertainment

Mexico

Post-NAFTA Ecotourism

Russia

Reconfiguring Place, Product, and Customer Service: A Prototype Sales Center

Third Places & Technology in Education

South Korea

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Contact


Contact


 

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