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Design sprint case study

[Case Study] Here is the story of how an EdTech company used Design Sprints in their quest to revolutionize the Traditional Public school system. Ultimately, it will be known as the story of how a team ran a Durran Design Sprint to help a local company that serves 650+ schools and over 100.000 users rethink its platform and redefine its target audience.

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[Case Study] In 2010, London transformed into a city for cycling with the introduction of Barclays Cycle Hire - London's self-service, bike-sharing scheme. This is the story of how Simon made a positive difference in everyday life in London.

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Misinformation battle

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post of the week 💊

__JP Paiva / design-driven product strategist / linkedin)

Look back to your previous experiences and search for behaviour patterns. I've always delivered value with design, but never realized it.

Last night I had a call with a very good friend of mine and he asked me “how did product design become more clear as the right path to you?”

Going back to 2009, I was working for Spin and fell in love with instructional design. 3y later I opened my first service design agency. The first one in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ever since I started a new job after those two experiences, I did my best to deliver value in my first 90 days at the company I was working at. When you’re in a junior role, have little to no knowledge of the current company’s process and culture, you don't have enough experience to deliver more strategic value. You have to use the til then learned skills to accomplish whatever you set out to do and have your mind open for learnings.

In my case, even though I didn't have quite considerable experience with it, I used design to stand out and deliver value to the company I was working for. That's what I knew to do at the time, that's what I had confidence working with. It was either a rebuilt slide deck, or a more visual metrics dashboard, or a product report, or even just a simple folder re-organization.

Looking back to those and many other experiences I had along with my career, the Design mindset has always been clearly present and I knew I had to include it in my product path to make my career more meaningful and fulfiling.

So here's my humble tip: look for patterns in your past experiences. You might have the answer to many questions right there.

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