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What we think about Customer Journey, User Experience, Psychology and Human-Centered Design.

Service Design – Guardian Supplement

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There was a Service Design Supplement in the Guardian this morning! It’s great to see some publicity being given to Service Design, with the Guardian (my favourite paper) creating a ten page supplement. Customer Journey Mapping is one of the tools used by service designers, and to me it is the link between Web 1.0 [...]

Different Customer Journeys for Fridges, Flowers and Frocks

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The idea that there might be a standardised customer journey is exasperating. Different customer journeys are taken for different products.

Broken Customer Journey – HM Revenue and Customs

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Attempting to pay Tax & NI online started with some great design, but ended in a disastrous customer journey.

How To Create a Buzz By Moving Chairs Around

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Make a conference experience feel sold out, full, exclusive, buzzy by moving a few chairs…

Just Five Seconds To Decide

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We often don’t think that hard to decide. Now we can test what we see in five seconds.

Usability Driven Off Track by Jakob Nielsen

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Different perspectives on usability idea can drive it away from its initial trajectory and lose its richness.