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Daniele Catalanotto
Think about the stuff that you leave at the end of the service
We spend an enormous amount of time into thinking how things should start (1). Service creators and owners spend also a ...
Daniele Catalanotto
Don’t build it. Partner to make it happen
A lot of the time, things already exist in some shape or form. Instead of building a new service from scratch, what if y...
Daniele Catalanotto
Think in seven generations
The seven generations principle is an idea used by Indigenous people (1) to reflect on a long-term perspective.
It makes...
Daniele Catalanotto
When in doubt, look for the co-benefits
How do you choose between two options to make your service more sustainable? Sometimes these decisions feel like a vanil...
Daniele Catalanotto
Be imperfect but be consistent
If I can’t do it well, I won’t do it.
That’s a bit the thinking that many of us have.
For example we say to ourselves: I w...
Daniele Catalanotto
Turn sustainability into a creative constraint
I did a bit of math to figure out how much more resources me doing videos instead of written articles has. The short ans...
Daniele Catalanotto
Don’t do it alone: you are an email away from community
Starting isn’t easy. But was is even harder is to continue the hard work especially when you try to make a service more ...
Daniele Catalanotto
Start local, or with your passion, where you have skills
Where the fuck do I even start? That’s often the question that the students I coach ask me when they embark on project t...
Daniele Catalanotto
Rebuild your hope by seeing all what has changed
A Service Design Principle about hope
If something doesn't feel possible we don't bother trying. In most cases that's sma...
Daniele Catalanotto
Buy tools to automatically reduce your consumption
We were at IKEA with my wife. During a stop at the toilets, I noticed that when washing my hands, the water flow was mor...