Service Design Show

How do you scale design beyond a single team, beyond a single department and even beyond a single country? Doug Powell is tasked at IBM to do just that! We also talk about the impact designers have on the big social challenges in the world. Or rather the lack of impact and what we can do about that. Finally we touch upon what I like to call "new design material". It's technologies like AI, VR and...

One of the hardest things in service design is to make actual ideas a reality... the often missing link between design and implementation. In this episode Ryanne van der Eijk shares her experience as former Chief Experience Officer at one of the biggest airlines in the world and now designing the passenger experience at two large airports. We also discuss another hot topic in the industry. Being a...

How can we leverage human psychology to create a better service experience? That's the main topic in this episode with Luke Battye. Should we really focussing on improving the experience in certain touchpoints? Or should we focus more on searching for ways to improve the memory of the service experience... The last thing we discuss is how can we use psychology to help teams solve problems in less...

Why is it hard for designers get compensated according to the true value they are delivering? And what can we do to change that. The Chris Do shares his perspective. How do you define who you are? Which label do you use? This is the second topic we discuss in this episode and it's a fundamental one. Because labels can limit your opportunities to work on problems that are worth solving. And finally...

Are we as designers ready to take true ownership of innovation and accept all the responsibilities that this brings along? That's the major theme in this episode with Mauro Porcini who's the Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo. We also talk about what's needed to successfully bring in a new (design) culture into an existing organisation. A task which many have tried and failed. Mauro shares his most i...

More service designers should get involved in redesigning public services according to Sabine Junginger. We also talk about if we can make policy more effective if we look at it through a design lens. And finally, do you have a clear and concise what a service actually is? Because that's quite an important question if you consider yourself to be a service designer. --------------------------------...

Is there a future for service design agencies when everything goes in-house? That's the existential question Sarah Drummond asks. If we're helping organisations build internal service design capacity what will be the role of the agency in the future? We also discuss how frontline staff can be even more involved an empowered to design services. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE...

Which trends are shaping service design in 2017? And what could they potentially mean for you? That's what this fourth trend report is about. I've browsed through episodes 31 to 40 and looked at what the interesting patterns were. And this is what emerged! 1. The shift from process to outcome 2. Escaping the service design bubble 3. Un-designing services ---------------------------------------- If...

How van Service Designers benefit from AI and Machine Learning? Which parts of the design process can be outsourced to computers? Do we still need to design services or should we take an even more holistic perspective and design for outcomes? Service Design pioneer Peter Fossick dig into these questions! ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 02:10 - First encounter with Service De...

You think Service Design is the new kid in town? Well, Gilles Rougon has been involved in this field since 2000! In this episode he shares how the field has evolved and where it's heading. We also talk about what's needed for Service Design to reach its full potential. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 02:39 - First encounter with Service Design 04:43 - Where did the journey o...

Design research pioneer Jan Chipchase talks about how it's like to run a design studio that has no fixed physical prescense and about his latest book The Field Study Handbook: a how to, why to guide to running international field research project. This episode is a podcast exclusive. A special treat for all you listeners out there. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------- LINKS FROM THE SHO...

How big are the goals that you're working on? Is there a better way to assess the value of design? And why do we need a Ministery of Design? Important questions on which Marcel Zwiers, who's the founding partner of 31Volts, shares his perspective in this episode. Enjoy! ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 02:30 - First encounter with Service Design 03:53 - What if we would look...

Anne Stenros is the Chief Design Officer for the city of Helsinki in Finland. In this episode she talks about her role, the future of cities and why design is by definition always an political act. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 01:53 - First encounter with Service Design 03:44 - Why would you have a Chief Design Officer? 12:09 - How can we use design as activism? 20:22 - W...

Could we be creating more value by designing less? And if we're designing for change what is it that our generation will remember about this age? An episode in which Chirryl-Lee Ryan takes a moment to reflect on design and asks some really powerful questions. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 02:23 - First encounter with Service Design 03:54 - What is progressive reduction? 13...

New challenges emerge as service design is growing up. The Head of Service Design at the UK government, Louise Downe, talks about how we can sustainable scale service design on an organisational level. And why we need to reconsider the role of service designers in general. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 01:55 - First encounter with Service Design 03:55 - How might we scale...

Hartmut Esslinger has been a designer since the age of 5. Today he is still concerned with how we can design better instead of more products. Design for reuse, modularity and sustainability. And we also talk about how education needs to change radically. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 02:25 - First encounter with design 10:55 - What if people would learn to express themselv...

Growing Service Design beyond the boundaries of an agency, department or even an organisation. That is what this episode is all about. Service Design icons, Mike Press and Hazel White, talk about communities, building capacity and the role of leadership. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 02:25 - First encounter with Service Design 06:18 - Why do we need to build communities in...

Does it even make sense to separate product from service design these days? Mark Rolston talks about how these the worlds have been blending into each other. We also talk about the new design materials: data and intelligent systems! We must inherently design for dynamism, but how?! Awesome episode. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 2:30 - First encounter with Service Design 5:...

How do you become a service design craftsman. What does it take? Is it even possible? Mahmoud Abdelrahman shares his thoughts on this topic. We also discuss how we can design for a better project experience. And finally Mahmoud gives an update on the service design landscape in the Middle East. ** Customer Advocacy Posters https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/customer-advocacy-posters-mahmoud-abdelrahma...

What happens in an organisation when a service design project ends? What can we do to make sure that an organisation has the capabilities to continue on the customer centric path? Service design veteran Stefan Holmlid also talks about designing for systems in which welfare isn't tied to a fixed location. And finally we discuss the relationship between politics and design(ers). A lot of the things...

Learn about the trends that are shaping service design. These trends are based on the patterns that have emerged from the last 10 episodes of the Service Design Show. The trends that are addressed in this episode: 1. Unboxing Design Thinking 2. Designing better design teams 3. Culturalizing design methods Let us know us know in the comments what you consider an important trend in service design! T...

We need to move beyond design thinking bootcamps and help people to understand design at a deeper level according to Doreen Lorenzo. Doreen stresses the need for teaching critical thinking and creative problem solving in education. And finally we talk about why businesses still aren't putting the right value on empathy. ---------------------------------------- EPISODE GUIDE 2:23 - First encounter...

How can you make design teams succeed? Fabian Segelstöm talks about what he does at Länsförsäkringar to make sure everyone in his team can perform to their fullest potential. We also discuss how winning design awards helps to build internal leverage. Fabian also shares his personal journey how he transitioned from being an academic researcher to a design director. Fabians PhD paper: Stakeholder En...

What's the secret to turning transaction organisations into ones that are customer ceetric? Jose Mello shares his insight on this topc. Next to that we also talk about how to create meaningful insights. Finally we discuss if everyone is already a designer. On the Service Design Show we discuss how to make a POSITIVE IMPACT through design. If you're interested in Service Design, Design Thinking, Cu...

Marcus Lui talks about why it's important to design for different service rhytms. We discuss how great service concepts can fail because they don't respect the social relationships in a certain culture. Next to this explore the balance between keeping your customers safe and secure without compromising their convenience too much. Finally Marcus raises the question how much design thinking do we ne...