Danny Spitzberg

Lead Researcher | Turning Basin Labs

Best at learning from the people who were there before him
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Danny (he/him) is a UX researcher for a cooperative economy, with a background in economic sociology and experimental research. He is currently Lead Researcher with Turning Basin Labs, a staffing and training co-op based in California, facilitating worker- and user-led studies on workplaces and platforms. 

Previously, Danny worked with a variety of community-owned digital tools including Up & Go, a platform for booking home cleanings in NYC. He also created the Ownership Model Canvas with the co-op accelerator Start.coop, and organizes with Exit to Community to enable startup ownership transitions. 

Danny believes everyone can do standardized, imaginative, and influential research.

Currently listening to:
on their summer reading list:
The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy by Albert O. Hirschman