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Sep 22

Recruiting for UX research

Finding the right participants for UX research is vital for ensuring valid results and insights. In this blog post, we’ll cover how to find the right people to run research with. Originally posted by Luke Hay, here. In theory, user research should be simple. You just need to ask people…

Research

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Recruiting for UX research
Recruiting for UX research
Research

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Sep 21

Supporting your customer support staff with internal service design

Originally posted by Chris How, here. For most organisations, the dream of providing an entirely digital self-service for customers is often far from reality. With many services, there is still (and always will be) a need to blend digital self-service with real-time help from customer support staff. Our experience working…

Servicedesignforbusiness

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Supporting your customer support staff with internal service design
Supporting your customer support staff with internal service design
Servicedesignforbusiness

7 min read


Sep 21

How UX has changed my approach to desk research

During a recent client project at Clearleft, I returned to my previous career specialisms: desk-based research and report writing. In the past, my first move would have been to open a document and contemplate the blank page. …

UX

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How UX changed my approach to desk research
How UX changed my approach to desk research
UX

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Sep 20

Coding prototypes

We do quite a bit of prototyping at Clearleft. There’s no better way to reduce risk than to get something in front of users as quickly as possible to test whether you’re on the right track or not. As Benjamin said in the podcast episode on prototyping: It’s something to…

Prototyping

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Coding prototypes
Coding prototypes
Prototyping

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Sep 20

Using service design to prevent bad decisions

Originally posted by Richard Rutter, here. A little bit of service design can go a long way. The trick is to be focussed, purposeful and design your communication with a specific outcome in mind. One of the classic tasks of a service designer is to create a customer journey map…

HR

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Using service design to prevent bad decisions
Using service design to prevent bad decisions
HR

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Sep 20

Service design breakfast club

The Service Design Breakfast Club is back! For the first time since the before-times, join us on October 5th 2023 in Brighton. Hosted at Clearleft’s studio in Brighton, our Service Design Breakfast Club allows you to enjoy stimulating conversations over freshly brewed coffee and an assortment of delicious breakfasty snacks…

Service Deisgn

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Service design breakfast club
Service design breakfast club
Service Deisgn

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Jun 15

The Intersectionality of web performance

Web performance is an unalloyed good. No one has ever complained that a website is too fast. So the benefit is pretty obvious. Users like fast websites. But there are other benefits to web performance. And they don’t all get equal airtime. Business A lot of good web performance practices come…

Web Performance

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The Intersectionality of web performance
The Intersectionality of web performance
Web Performance

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Jun 14

What is internal service design?

Internal service design is a term Clearleft uses with clients to emphasise how important the employee experience is in shaping the customers’ experience. When a customer is frustrated with a service, often it’s not just down to the interface they are using (although these can always be improved). …

Service Design

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What is internal service design?
What is internal service design?
Service Design

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Jun 13

Designing a Utopian layout grid: working with fluid responsive values in a static design tool

A layout grid is a useful aid for a designer organising information in a given space. Although these grids have their roots in print design, where dimensions are fixed, fluid layout grids still have some utility in responsive design. This post aims to contextualise the Utopia fluid grid calculator which…

Design Tools

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Designing a Utopian layout grid: working with fluid responsive values in a static design tool
Designing a Utopian layout grid: working with fluid responsive values in a static design tool
Design Tools

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Jun 13

Surveys — a useful, but dangerous research method

Large-scale surveys are commonly used for opinion polls or customer satisfaction. While they can be a vital tool for design research, they should be used with caution. As user researchers, we tend to favour more in-depth qualitative approaches to finding out about user needs and behaviours. But this type of…

User Research

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Surveys — a useful, but dangerous research method
Surveys — a useful, but dangerous research method
User Research

6 min read

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