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Design Business Council > Design strategy
Putting Design into R&D
02
Apr

R&D exists in every business; some ad hoc and some structured. Putting design in R&D

Posted in: Business of design , Communication design studio mentor , Design business strategy , Design studio management , Graphic design business mentor ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
When clients don’t understand branding
17
Mar

Many clients don’t understand branding let alone design. We need to explain it in terms they understand.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , design for branding , Design management , Design strategy ,
Mini-case studies: designers doing business development well
05
Mar

Every design business owner knows the importance of keeping their clients happy and satisfied, but very few of us analyse the value that a positive experience will have on our bottom line. We do it very well FOR our clients but we don’t do it TO them.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , Design Business Model canvas , Design management , Design strategy ,
The true value of clients
19
Feb

Every design business owner knows the importance of keeping their clients happy and satisfied, but very few of us analyse the value that a positive experience will have on our bottom line. We do it very well FOR our clients but we don’t do it TO them.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , Design Business Model canvas , Design management , Design strategy ,
The Business of Design is human centred
06
Feb

Recent talk about the business of design focuses on traditional ways of doing biz dev, costing, pricing and positioning. That’s so last decade; it’s now about the human side of the business of design.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , Design Business Model canvas , Design management , Design strategy ,
Want new business? Get out of the building
04
Dec

With half the country working remotely and clients wanting to work from home there has to be a new approach to business development and selling the value of design.
The question is how do you develop a new approach?

Posted in: Design business strategy ,
Tags: Design Business Model canvas , Design management , Design strategy ,
Future of design industry
Technology doesn’t disrupt, design does
17
Apr

Designers are the disruptors. They move away from technology-driven answers to human centred designs.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Human centred design ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
Design research
Getting paid for research
28
Mar

In design research you are trying to understand the customers beliefs, experiences, attitudes, behaviour and interactions.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Studio management ,
Scoping for value
Scoping for value
14
Mar

We aim to get recognised and paid for the value we create, not the hours we spend on the project. We want to shift from a cost focus to a value focus.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
Moving design from an expense to a revenue stream
26
Feb

That’s what design-led businesses do. They see design has a part to play in every part of their business and the actively apply it.

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Agile design business , Design disruptors , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Design value chain analysis , Empathy mapping , Rebrand , Studio management ,
Clients don't understand design value
Stop selling design value
14
Feb

Clients don’t understand design value because it is design language, not business language

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Studio management ,
Humanity centred design
Human centred design is dead – or it should be!
31
Jan

HCD has served us well but with the recent pandemic there is a shift to humanity centred design

Posted in: Design business strategy , Design value chain ,
Tags: Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Studio management ,
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