How to practice and not give up on Service Design?

How to practice and not give up on Service Design?

"You are what you do everyday"

This idea is one of the key ideas that might help you if you are really passionated about Service Design. If you have a real passion about Service Design, you'll practice it every day no matter what.

The context and limits don't really matter

No matter if you:

  • You don't feel like it

  • Your job isn't really about Service Design at the moment

  • You don't have much time

Because in the end even if you work in a completly other field at the moment, have kids and no time, you still can find 5 minutes everyday to practice your passion.

You need a daily routine

Practically I'd suggest to have a daily routine that is about Service Design.

It can be reading about Service Design, writing about Service Design, improving a specific skill, etc.

Personally I've found that it's much simpler to do something everyday instead of trying to do it once a week. When something is done everyday there is a kind of muscle memory that kicks in. You don't need motivation or planning to get started. You just get started. Just like brushing your teeth.

Service Design Katas

If you are interested in improving your Service Design skills you might find the "Service Design Katas" I've created interesting.

These are simple exercices you can do daily to improve your skills in Service Design.

Get the Service Design katas

Recommended readings

If you want to build such a daily practice over the years I'd recommend you read these books that will really help you get into this mindset:

  1. Atomic Habits: to learn to build the habits

  2. Grit: to learn to stick to one key passion over years

Q&A: Career in Service Design

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Starting a career in Service Design

  • How can we get more junior Service Design positions?
  • Is it possible for a junior service designer to do freelance work?
  • What’s the best way to gain real-world experience when starting in service design?
  • I’m x years old is it too late to learn service design?
  • What does a junior service designer do?
  • What skills do you need to become a service designer?

Finding a Service Design job

  • Why am I not getting any interviews for service designer jobs?
  • ▶️ Are there enough Service Design jobs out there?
  • How to do networking as a Service Designer?
  • Should I try to find a passion or an ideal job?

Job interview tips for Service Design practitioners

  • ▶️ What are your tips on verbal communication Service Design job interviews?
  • ▶️ What are job interview tips for new Service Designers?

Transitioning to Service Design

  • What is a good background for a service design/strategy consultant?
  • ▶️ How can I use my past career when transitioning to Service Design?
  • ▶️ How can you work in a service design job if you don’t have a service design degree?
  • ▶️ How can I realise that I bring lots of experience when I transition to Service Design?

The different types of service designers

  • What are the archetypes of service designers?
  • Can an introvert thrive as a Service Designer?

Daily Service Design work

  • How to practice and not give up on Service Design?
  • ▶️ How to apply Service Design insights in your daily work
  • ▶️ How to tackle the impostor syndrome?
  • ▶️ How can you show that different backgrounds contribute to the service design work in valid ways?
  • ▶️ How do you best communicate what's the role and what isn't the role of the Service Designer

State of the Service Design job market

  • Where do Service Designers work?
  • ▶️ Service Design in big organizations?
  • Can service designers work from home or remotely?
  • Do people recommend a service design career?
  • Can I work part-time as a service designer?

Career development

  • ▶️ Six Sigma or Service Design certification?
  • ▶️ What are Service Design communities I can join?
  • ▶️ How to grow as a mid-level service designer?
  • What are the most important things to consider when becoming a senior service designer? How can people achieve this goal?
  • ▶️ Can a service designer survive a recession?
  • What are the mental health challenges a service designer will be faced with?