How to convince business and IT to value design?
One of the biggest outcomes of the technology consumerization trend is how it has driven the importance of design. There’s no “waiting out” this trend – an unstoppable wave of interest in design centricity is hitting the business world, shifting the focus in product and service development from features to experience. But why? What is the real value of design? Why is it worth the investment?
5. Public
The challenge
TODAY
Forrester IT survey, 2013
From Information to Innovation Technology
THE FUTURE
72%
Keep the lights on
28%
Drive business
innovation
Drive business
innovation
Keep the lights on
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The revelation
TODAY
Forrester IT survey, 2013
We need room to grow.
THE FUTURE
72%
Keep the lights on
28%
Drive business
innovation
Drive business
innovation
Keep the lights on
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Long term approach
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Design
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Long term approach
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CEO CIO Business
The outcome
I’ll be the
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Innovation
Officer!
We are
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We are
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value!
Employees
Design has become a growing wave that will inevitably embrace every industry and organization and every aspect of our lives.
Design has changed what people expect from business software.
It has shown how simple consumer applications can be.
Now, this simplicity is also expected in the business world.
Design is not a temporal trend. We can’t wait until it goes away. It will just grow stronger!
Think about what happened with some famous companies:
Nokia – they were no 1 in the mobile market for a long time
Kodak – they invented the digital camera
Sony – they invented the Walkman
Did they wait too long?
Why? – We won’t get too far if we only keep fixing the current situation!
We are spending too much resources in keeping the lights on.
We need to simplify so we have more room to grow.
Design can help us to achieve this!
We see a clear shift from focusing just on features and business processes to experience.
The good news is:
There is opportunity! More and more IT organizations are getting it. They see the importance of understanding the end-users’ needs and hire designers.
So we have to learn to surf and help others surf with us.
BUT!
There is a bad news: many IT organizations don’t know how to do this, and how to convert that understanding into innovative solutions.
And there’s even a terrible news: we know that we can achieve this by using design methods, but many IT business leaders don’t believe yet in the power of design.
So how do we convince them?
Design has a monetary value!
Design has a also human value!
First, we need to look at our target audience.
There are short term business goals!
CEO – Ensure future growth, increase revenue
CIO – Reduce costs to keep the lights on
Business Units Executive – Ensure future growth, increase revenue for the business unit
Employees – Get the job done in a simple way
And there are also long term business goals!
CEO – Become market leader, offer innovative solutions and beat competition
CIO – Be seen as innovator
Business Units Executive – Become market leader, offer innovative solutions and beat competition
Employees – Do a good job and be recognized
How do we address all?
Approach for short term goals – use design to improve the current situation and help them embrace a UX mindset.
Approach for long term goals – use design to generate competitive advantage
You need both!
But improving the current situation won’t be enough!
Why?
Because the market and expectations are changing dramatically.
I was last week in Australia at an SAP customer conference and heard an interesting keynote.
He spoke about a survey that was done with 16-24 year old people.
First he presented a prioritized list of companies: VISA, AMAZON, Mastercard, Walmart, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Starbucks
What do you think the question was?
At which brand would you open a bank account?
Rank 6 was Bank of America …
The world is changing!
So we need to “move the organization not only into a UX mindset but into the role of value-generator through innovation”
Do you know why Sony did not invent the ipod?
They did not escape the gravity of their success
They were market leader in all categories: CONTENT (music, movie), HOME (PS2, DVD, TV), PORTABLE DEVICES, BRAND, DISTRIBUTION all silos
The main problem was COLLABORATION between the silos
Design Thinking enables collaboration and interdisciplinary teams working together.
To achieve this mix we need to create a “culture of innovation”.
We do this through people, processes and space.
Design is a catalyst for this
Innovation emerges from the right mix of: business, technology, people.
Design requires certain skills and mindset.
Design is a whole process!
The space is important to foster creativity
With both approaches we manage to address short term and long term goals.
“The final outcome is the transformation of IT into a value generator and the transition of the CIO into the role of chief innovation officer.
Fortified by the growing understanding within the enterprise about the value of UX, the CIO can use that energy to build a culture of innovation, through the right people, processes and new types of workspaces.“
Show the value of design. This learning comprises monetary and human values and the possibility to measure the former one. It refers to the section “The good news” of your presentation.
Start with quick wins. This learning comprises the short term approach. Refers to the section “Short term approach” of your presentation. You can cover the “be visual” part here as well
Let people experience design. This learning comprises the first part of the “long term approach” section of the presentation. It covers the Venn Diagram, in which you explain that you need people (including users), business and technology together to succeed.
Create a culture of innovation. This learning comprises the second part of the long term approach. Covers the content from “create a culture of innovation” onwards.
Design is not added value. Design is value.
“Design transforms (or will transform) the industry”
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