making stuff people love
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Making Stuff People LoveA DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT
With love from The @GreatnessStudio@AmsterdamUX #SustainableEngagement
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ART
HUMANITY
EMOTION
SCIENCE
TECHNOLOGY
INTELLECT
Here are our superpowers.
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This is my UX playbook…It’s an attempt to merge science and art to help people fall in love with stuff we make.
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Design is about relationships.
Image of Ant-Man’s Airplane by Stuart Rankin.
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Design for sustainable
engagement is design for
healthy relationships.
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But Design belongs to all of us, not just designers.…from content strategists to engineers to the end-user.
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HI, I’M BRIAN PAGÁN!
Work: Philips DesignWrite: brianpagan.netTweet: @brianpagan
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The Greatness StudioWe provide UX coaching and mentoring for
Design Graduates, Professionals, & Startups.
www.thegreatness.studio
With love from
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Any healthy relationship has four attributes.
Engaging products have them, too.
MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
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MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCEClimbing these steps makes a product or service more interesting, engaging, and effective over time.
SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENTLADDER OF
@brianpagan – Feb 2017
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MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
Enablers help us climb up each step.
SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENTLADDER OF
Patho
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Princip
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Pro
totyp
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Pro
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@brianpagan – Feb 2017
Climbing these steps makes a product or service more interesting, engaging, and effective over time.
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Enablers help us climb up each step.
Pathos
Principles
Prototypes
ProcessThings to do:
Ways to do it:
Tools & techniques to get started
Things to build for testing assumptions
Empathy and emotion for design
Guidelines for your decision making
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helps us peek through the
emotional lens through which
people perceive what we make.
Pathos
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It’s Design Empathy at every step.
“[The practitioner] makes a connection on an emotional level with the user by recalling his own feelings and resonating with the user’s experience.”
- Dr. Froukje Sleeswijk Visser
1. Discovery
2. Immersion
3. Connection
4. Detachment
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If our product isn’t
meaningful for people, no
amount of "great design"
will make it successful.
MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
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Imagine a Personal trainer…She could be a human coach, a digital app, a physical product, or a combined service.
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What value do we bring to the relationship?
Step 1: Meaning
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Process for Meaning
HERE ARE SOME TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO GET STARTED
“Traditional”Design Research
Lean Startup
Immersion & SimulationEmotional Toolbox Character Map
What value do we bring to the relationship?
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Prototypes for Meaning
BUILD THINGS AND USE THEM TO TEST ASSUMPTIONS
Experience Flows Concierge MVP
Role-playing Sessions Scenario Videos
What value do we bring to the relationship?
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Pathos for Meaning
LET’S CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO FEEL WHAT OTHERS FEEL
What pains do people need to
relieve?
What delights are people hunting
for?
What’s holding people back?
What puts us in a position to help?
What value do we bring to the relationship?
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Principles for Meaning
PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING
Respect people’s privacy and
consent.
Consider your impact on research
participants.
Stay critical at each stage: is this still meaningful?
Consider any unintended
consequences of success.
What value do we bring to the relationship?
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Meaning
PathosWhat pains do people need to relieve?
What delights are people hunting for?
What’s holding people back?
What puts us in a position to help?
Process“Traditional” Design research
Lean startup
Immersion & Simulation
Emotional Toolbox Character Map
PrototypesExperience Flows
Concierge MVP
Role-playing Sessions
Scenario Videos
PrinciplesRespect people’s privacy and consent.
Consider the impact on research participants.
Stay critical at each stage: is this meaningful?
Consider any unintended consequences of success.
What value do we bring to the relationship?
With love from The @GreatnessStudio
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Interactions with
rhythm feel natural
and flow smoothly.
MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
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A trainer has to engage with her clients.
Is she active or passive? Does she pay attention to your input or give you a standard program?
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How do we want to structure the conversation?
Step 2: Rhythm
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Design for Habits(HOOK model)
Conversational Interaction
Content Architecture Meaningful Motion
Process for Rhythm
HERE ARE SOME TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO GET STARTED
How do we want to structure the conversation?
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(Simulated) Chatbots (Digital) Mockups
Paper PrototypesScripted E-mail interactions
Prototypes for Rhythm
BUILD THINGS AND USE THEM TO TEST ASSUMPTIONS
How do we want to structure the conversation?
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What are people afraid of?
What bothers people?
How do people see themselves?
What are the moments before
and after?
Pathos for Rhythm
LET’S CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO FEEL WHAT OTHERS FEEL
How do we want to structure the conversation?
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Listen to people: react to and adapt
with their input.
Only bother people when you
need to.
Build healthy habits for people,
not unhealthy ones.
Use dramatic tension, but
always show a clear path.
Principles for Rhythm
PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING
How do we want to structure the conversation?
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Rhythm
PathosWhat are people afraid of?
What bothers people?
How do people see themselves?
What are the moments before and after?
ProcessDesign for Habits (HOOK model)
Conversational Interaction
Content Architecture
Meaningful Motion
Prototypes(Simulated) Chatbots
(Digital) Mockups
Paper Prototypes
Scripted E-mail Interactions
PrinciplesListen to people: prioritize their input.
Only bother people when you need to.
Build healthy habits for people, not unhealthy ones..
Use dramatic tension, but always show a clear path.
How do we want to structure the conversation?
With love from The @GreatnessStudio
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How do you feel right now?
Any questions?
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Giving things personality
lets us relate to them on a
deep, visceral level.
MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
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Who is this trainer?
Is she closed off or open? Does she crack jokes? Can she be tough and strict?
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How can we connect with people emotionally?
Step 3: Personality
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Brand Identity Content Guidelines
Emotional Data Visualization
System Character
Process for Personality
HERE ARE SOME TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO GET STARTED
How can we connect with people emotionally?
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(Simulated) ChatbotsCharacter Social Media Accounts
Role Playing Posters
Prototypes for Personality
BUILD THINGS AND USE THEM TO TEST ASSUMPTIONS
How can we connect with people emotionally?
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What is a person’s ideal
self?
Whom do people look up to and
respect?
Whom do people trust and believe?
What’s the appropriate
relationship for this?
Pathos for Personality
LET’S CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO FEEL WHAT OTHERS FEEL
How can we connect with people emotionally?
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Always stay in character.
Never patronize people.
Delight people whenever you can.
Show people opportunities
instead of problems.
Principles for Personality
PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING
How can we connect with people emotionally?
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Personality
PathosWhat is a person’s ideal self?
Whom do people look up to and respect?
Whom do people trust and believe?
What’s the appropriate relationship for this?
ProcessBrand Identity
Content Guidelines
Emotional Data Visualization
System Character
Prototypes(Simulated) Chatbots
Character Social Media Accounts
Role playing
Posters
PrinciplesAlways stay in character.
Never patronize people.
Delight people whenever you can.
Show people opportunities instead of problems.
How can we connect with people emotionally?
With love from The @GreatnessStudio
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Enduring relationships are
the most meaningful ones.
MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
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What does the trainer do when you achieved your goal?Does she end the relationship or offer you a new program? Does she learn from mistakes?
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How do we keep the relationship satisfying?
Step 4: Endurance
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Narrative Mapping Business Modeling
Continuous Analytics
Goal & Theme Roadmap
Process for Endurance
HERE ARE SOME TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO GET STARTED
How do we keep the relationship satisfying?
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Your actual productor service
Beta versions of your product or service
Prototypes for Endurance
BUILD THINGS AND USE THEM TO TEST ASSUMPTIONS
How do we keep the relationship satisfying?
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How do people’s feelings change
over time?
What new challenges do people face?
What’s holding people back now?
Why are some people not using
your product?
Pathos for Endurance
LET’S CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO FEEL WHAT OTHERS FEEL
How do we keep the relationship satisfying?
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Embrace opportunities to
pivot.
Stay humble, honest, open, &
critical.
Believe what people do, not what they say.
Engagement is not the end goal.
Principles for Endurance
PRINCIPLES GUIDE OUR DECISION MAKING
How do we keep the relationship satisfying?
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Endurance
PathosHow do people’s feelings change over time?
What new challenges do people face?
What’s holding people back now?
Why are some people not using your product?
ProcessNarrative Mapping
Business Modeling
Continuous Analytics
Goal& Theme Roadmap
PrototypesYour actual product or service
Beta versions of your product or service
PrinciplesEmbrace opportunities to pivot.
Stay humble, honest, open, and critical.
Believe what people do, not what they say.
Engagement is not the end goal.
How do we keep the relationship satisfying?
With love from The @GreatnessStudio
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So let’s get started!
MEANING
RHYTHM
PERSONALITY
ENDURANCE
Patho
s
Princip
les
Pro
totyp
es
Pro
cess
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Upcoming workshops
Design for Meaning: 22 MarchDesign for Personality: 19 April
Design for EnduranceDesign for Rhythm
Let us know if you’re interested
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