Why I created this course

Why I created this course


Hi there, I’m Daniele 👋 I have a weird job.

I’m a Service Designer and I help companies make their customers hate them a little less. My job is to create better experiences between you, the customer, and the services and enterprises you interact with.

In my nine years as a designer, I noticed that a really special mindset comes with the job. That’s why, at first, I created this course only for my clients. The goal was to let them understand how I’ll be working with them and why that’s sometimes pretty different to what they are used to.

I thought I’d make this content accessible outside of my client network too 🎁. In this way anyone who wants to start an innovation project with Service Design can better understand its practioners. Understanding the mechanics of a specific profession makes it easier to have a strong partnership where everyone respects the skillset and culture of each discipline.

Beyond tools

To understand more deeply the power of Service Design, you have to go beyond the practical tools and activities that a Service Designer is engaged in. I believe that you have to understand the mentality 🧠 of a professional, their beliefs, and their values in order to fully understand why they do what they do. 

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About this course

  • Why I created this course
  • What you’ll learn

1. Service designers focus on a human-centered approach

  • Introduction
  • Service designers believe everyone is a user
  • Service designers are not the experts, others are1
  • Recommended course: 100 Service Design Principles
  • Service designers believe perception is key

2. Service designers love to make shit happen

  • Introduction
  • Service designers prototype instead of talking
  • Service designers love to fail
  • Service designers go from low fidelity to high fidelity

3. Service designers are lazy

  • Introduction
  • Service designers steal and adapt tools from smarter people
  • Service designers look for lazy solutions
  • Service designers repackage older ideas
  • Service designers love simple solutions

4. Service designers don’t think in terms of silos but in journeys

  • Introduction
  • Service designers believe services are like icebergs
  • Service designers think in journeys
  • Service designers aren't focused on just one company

5. Service designers deal with uncertainty

  • Introduction
  • Service designers accept that they are weak
  • Service designers understand the phases of a design project
  • They separate divergent from convergent thinking
  • Recommended Article: The Design Process: What is the Double Diamond?3
  • Service designers know that innovation is a mess
  • Recommended Reading: The Design Squiggle Story
  • Service designers know that change needs many steps
  • Recommended Reading: Understanding the Kubler-Ross Change Curve
  • Service designers make step-by-step decisions2
  • Recommended Video: An Introduction to Assumptions Mapping with David J. Bland1
  • Recommended Video: Introducing the Eisenhower Matrix
  • Recommended Reading: How to Use Dot Voting Effectively1
  • Service designers summarize what they learn
  • Recommended Reading: Affinity Diagramming for Collaboratively Sorting UX Findings and Design Ideas
  • Service designers verify what they have learned from different angles

Going further

  • Bravo 👏
  • Resources to go further1
  • 💌 Your next courses and your personal coupon code
  • Thank you!