We worked with a client on their five-year strategy. More importantly, we then worked backwards to see how we can work towards it starting today. In this post, we use this case study to explore design concepts like 'futures thinking' and 'backcasting', and how they can help us create the future we want.

In celebration of our fifth birthday, we look back at why we were created to begin with: There's a gap in the market: the focus to improve the customer experience often competes with cost reduction and efficiency creation. But that doesn't need to be the case! These two approaches not only can, but should work together to create great customer experiences while increasing efficiency.

What if healthcare were driven by the patient experience instead of by policies? A Physical Rehabilitation Clinic I worked with did exactly that. In this blog, we'll explore how service design can transform healthcare experiences and outcomes for both patients and healthcare providers, all while respecting policies and ensuring quality.

A leading Australian university's Risk & Compliance team wanted to improve the services they provide internally. Collaborating with them, we took a holistic and people-centred approach. This not only enabled the uni to manage their risks and compliance with ease, our approach also minimised risk at each step along the journey.

Combining human-centred design and process improvement can help you achieve the shift in your organisation's culture, processes, and systems necessary for a digital transformation, while keeping your customers at the forefront. In this blog, we share our secret recipe for a successful Digital Transformation.

Strategies can no longer be set from the top and expected to be successful. They need to engage at every level and to do that, you need a Human-Centred approach.

Places can facilitate connection. They can engage, inspire, and stimulate people. By viewing places as services, we can apply a service design lens to the design of places. We explore placemaking and how well-designed places can delight.

The more complex a problem is, the greater the chances that we’ll miss something. However, taking a holistic approach and being flexible in how you approach methodologies can improve your chances of designing a solution that sticks, without arguing over which tool or methodology to use.

It’s easy to get set in routines and ways of thinking that make up your everyday life. This can impact your ability to think “outside the box” as the traditions, practices, and rules you observe every day create a familiar and comfortable structure. However, when problems arise, we need to look at the context of the problem with new eyes.

We have left jobs, not because of the work we did, but because our leaders weren’t aligned to our values. We have left otherwise solid jobs to follow our inspirational leaders to new companies. From these journeys, we know that who we work for is just as important, if not more, than the work we do each day.

Human-Centred Design and Continuous Improvement are a match made in heaven. How do you bring them together to really design the life cycle experience?

Designing services is complex. But there are some keys to designing ‘multi-customer’ services that you can to bring into the centre from the very beginning to make it easier.

A team induction delivers a deeper understanding compared to a regular organisational induction as it connects new employees with their role, their team and provides the individual with a strong sense of belonging. It delivers the practical knowledge that new people need to be equipped with to do their job with zest and confidence!

A Leadership Playbook is an essential component of the employee experience, as it defines who you are as an organisation, and why you exist. It provides your people with the guard rails for how you want to operate and work. Reigniting the connection between your team and company playbook can have a significant impact on your Employee Experience and, ultimately, drive high performance.

There are times when you need to get technology involved whether that is with upgrading an existing system or creating a new experience using new technology.