BLESSING
MBIPOM
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Speaker Bio and Photo
Blessing is an Associate Research Director at IBM with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and over a decade of experience delivering impactful research across public and private sectors. She specialises in user experience research, translating deep insights into accessible products and services that meet real user needs. Her work has been recognised with the IBM Client Star Award and Innovate UK's Best KTP Project Award.
She volunteered as an ambassador for IEEE Women in Engineering UK and Ireland. She mentors early and mid-career professionals in UX and tech and believes that when a woman sees someone who looks like her doing work she aspires to, it feels more possible.
She has spoken at the British Computer Society AI Conference in Cambridge, the AI in Education Conference in Chicago, IBM's International Women's Day celebration, IBM Consulting EMEA SumIT, and NUX Sheffield 2026, which drew the event's largest audience to date. She is an IBM-recognised Speaker and Presenter.
Testimonials
Really enjoyed Blessing's interactive session on one of my favourite topics: the power of asking good questions. She left us all with 5 great questions that lead to better insights (I’ve already used 3 of them today!)
Event Attendee and Speaker
Blessing, it was the best talk I have seen about the use of open questions to get insights with good, easy to remember examples.
Event Sponsor
I personally felt the talk was delivered very professionally, and engaged the audience well. I feel the main part of delivering a talk is connecting with our audience and keeping them engaged after a long day at work - which I think you smashed!
Event Organiser
What I Speak On
The art of asking better questions
Why the quality of your questions changes everything, and how to slow down and go deeper in research, conversations, and everyday work.
Building confidence, visibility and eminence
How to speak up in meetings, handle stakeholder conversations, and say what you mean without second-guessing yourself every time.
UX Research in the real world
Lessons from over a decade of research across public and private sectors. What works and what most people get wrong.
Overcoming imposter syndrome at key career moments
Practical ways to stop letting self-doubt get in the way of the opportunities you have earned.