What is service thinking?

What is service thinking?

Service Thinking or Service Design Thinking is an approach to imagine, prototype and build the interaction between humans and organizations.

In Service Design Thinking we would say that every interaction that someone has with an organization can be designed in order to bring value both to the customer and the organization.

Go further?

I would recommend this article to go further: Service Design 101
This question was first asked to me on Quora where I answered it in these words in 2009.

Q&A: Basics of Service Design

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  • ▶️ Does every service need service design or just a specific type?

Basic definitions

  • What is Service Design?
  • Is this a product or a Service?
  • What are other names used for service design?
  • Is there a common acronym for Service Design?
  • What is service thinking?
  • Is service design strictly for digital services?
  • What are typical examples of industries in the service sector?

The work of a service designer

  • What does a service designer do?
  • How to implement a service you deliver correctly?
  • What are the parts of the Service Design job I love the most, and which ones are the ones that I hate the most?