This Is Service Design Doing: Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World 1st Edition

I read this for a grad program I am in and it was a really great, easy read. Lots of examples, and call outs, but my favorite part are how they highlighted key points and did little mini reviews at the end of each chapter. Very helpful book.

As a Product Owner for enterprise-level digital capabilities, I found this book to be extremely valuable. It provides some existing concepts in a refreshing way but, more important, introduces dimensions and new ideas for Product Owners and supporting teams to elevate their customer journey and customer satisfaction. I appreciate how comprehensive and thorough this book is. You can certainly jump around and focus on areas of interest, and get a deep dive into things like journey mapping. I've read it cover-to-cover, personally.

The book (and the online course) is a fantastic resource. Very well done and applicable to my work as a professional Service Designer.

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The actual design is ironic. It appears they based it off of other horizontal, “workbook” / “playbook” style Guides vs a general design / reference book - However it is more text-heavy than templated, and not consistently described in easy-to-follow instructions (assuming this is in the Methods counterpart?). It combines some of those two things with a lot of methodology, some use cases / examples, pictures, or sometimes external resources…depending on the section.Pages are extremely thin, magazine-like material — making them easy to rip and hard to read bc the book has zero structure. Comparing to 5 other similar books on-hand, because the content is more of a reference book, they’d benefit from larger font, and exploring other page-layouts for easier reading / better content presentation (for example, their 2-column pages with diagrams / images are decent, however, the same presentation style is not used consistently throughout the chapters). Additionally, from a UX perspective, color-coding sections to stages or minor improvements to the design/organization of concepts, would help walk someone through the process / themes / use cases.For example, beginning with core activities / design process (chapter 3) before diving into basic service design tools (chapter 4). The 'Tools vs. Methods' page does a good job distinguishing content-type. However, its very strange to me that chapter 3 would be standalone and not integrated into chapters 5-8 where the Tools are discussed in proper context, detail, sequence (Including picture of the index for 'Journey Mapping' as an example of how hard it would be to jump around throughout the book to paint a holistic picture of this foundational stage/activity).Would likely be hard for a novice practitioner to fully grasp the process / “why” from this 1 resource (Perhaps the methods one is more practical?). The sheer # of esteemed contributors (all with great inputs) may have contributed negatively in that regard, without a common thread / story / edit to clean and unite the text-heavy sections.That said, still 4 Stars bc the content really is great as a reference — and I’ve used frequently for a refresher or to see if it sparks new ideas or approaches, mostly jumping around reading chapters at a time on a need-basis. But I will say, I am hesitant to invest in the Methods book for fear of repetition / similar experience.

As an experience designer, I feel like I've been waiting for this book all my life. It's delightfully laid out, easy to read, and packed with helpful examples and methods for doing excellent work in service- and experience design. I've never seen a book with such thoughtful and inclusive collaboration from so many practicing experts. Reading it is like drinking from a firehose of wisdom.

This book is a follow-on to This is Service Design Thinking --also worth reading-- however has a practical approach that one can pick up and as the title states start doing. At the top of my recommendation list

The pages are thin and flimsy. Layout gives Keynote/Powerpoint vibes. The physical sensation of using this book is not a pleasant one (it feels like turning a page risks tearing it out of the book), but the content is useful. One wishes there was more color-coded organization. It feels very scattered and overwhelming. Some text seems less than the minimum-recommended 6pt font. The physical and organizational limitations of this book detract notably from the experience of using it.