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What is essential for a company to move in the same direction?
What is essential for a company to move in the same direction?
- Having a good communication system
- Using diagrams and user flows to make ideas concrete
- Creating a trusting environment for employees
- All of the above (correct)
When designing for community relationships, why is it important to engage participants from outside the organization?
When designing for community relationships, why is it important to engage participants from outside the organization?
- To reduce the budget
- To increase the company's profit
- To understand the needs, obstacles, risks, and opportunities of the community (correct)
- To design more efficiently
What is the primary goal of Relationship Design?
What is the primary goal of Relationship Design?
- To increase company profits
- To reduce the employee turnover rate
- To strengthen relationships among employees and communities (correct)
- To create new products
Why is it important to consider the downstream implications of business and design choices?
Why is it important to consider the downstream implications of business and design choices?
What happens when we don't understand how our products and services shape the world?
What happens when we don't understand how our products and services shape the world?
Why is a trusting environment important for employees?
Why is a trusting environment important for employees?
What is the consequence of every choice we make in the business and design world?
What is the consequence of every choice we make in the business and design world?
What is the purpose of prototyping possible solutions?
What is the purpose of prototyping possible solutions?
What is the primary focus of Relationship Design?
What is the primary focus of Relationship Design?
What is the best way to build empathy for customers according to Relationship Design?
What is the best way to build empathy for customers according to Relationship Design?
What is the goal of building customer relationships according to Relationship Design?
What is the goal of building customer relationships according to Relationship Design?
Why is it important for employees to understand customers' needs, desires, and obstacles?
Why is it important for employees to understand customers' needs, desires, and obstacles?
What is the result of recognizing the benefits of relationship-building and incentivizing employees?
What is the result of recognizing the benefits of relationship-building and incentivizing employees?
What is the primary benefit of building strong relationships between employees?
What is the primary benefit of building strong relationships between employees?
What do people trust brands for?
What do people trust brands for?
What is the goal of design in Relationship Design?
What is the goal of design in Relationship Design?
Study Notes
Design as a Catalyst for Relationships
- Relationship Design focuses on building trust and encouraging engagement to continually meet people's needs.
- It strengthens connections between people and brands, as well as among people.
Customer Relationships
- Understanding customers' needs, desires, and obstacles is crucial for businesses to meet their needs.
- Building empathy with customers through open, two-way conversations helps companies improve their lives and not just sell products.
- Trust is built when brands take customers' needs seriously, value their input, and align with their values.
Employee Relationships
- Recognizing the benefits of relationship-building and incentivizing employees to develop lasting bonds creates trusting and productive workplaces.
- Good communication, useful tools, and a safe culture for risk-taking are essential for strong employee relationships.
- Design can help create a trusting environment where employees feel safe to take risks and communicate clearly.
Community Relationships
- The consequences of business and design choices can ripple out to impact communities and the environment.
- Considering the downstream implications of choices helps influence outcomes to benefit and protect people.
- Engaging external participants in the design process helps design with people, not for them, and holds companies accountable for their actions.
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Learning Objectives After completing this unit, you’ll be able to:
Explain how design encourages customer relationships. Identify ways design strengthens employee relationships. Describe how design improves relationships with the community.
