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Service Design
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Perspectives on service design, product strategy, and capability building from the Blueprint Base team.

Why Your Digital Transformation Is Failing (And It's Not the Technology)

Most organisations blame the tools when their digital transformation stalls. The truth is harder to hear: the problem was never the technology. It was the decision to buy technology before understanding the service.

18 March 2025·47 likes

Service Design4 min read

The Hidden Cost of Skipping Discovery

Skipping discovery feels like a time-saver. In practice, it is one of the most expensive decisions a product or service team can make. Here is how to calculate the true cost, and how to make the case for doing it properly.

24 February 2025·31 likes

Public Sector4 min read

What the Government Digital Service Got Right (And What Most Organisations Still Miss)

The Government Digital Service changed how the UK thinks about public services. A decade on, its most important contributions are still not fully understood outside Whitehall, and the private sector is leaving significant value on the table by ignoring them.

30 January 2025·58 likes

Tools & Methods4 min read

Service Blueprinting 101: The One Diagram Every Leader Should Understand

Service blueprints reveal what is actually happening inside your organisation when a customer interacts with your service. They are the most powerful conversation-starter in any service design toolkit, and you do not need to be a designer to use one.

12 December 2024·74 likes

Leadership5 min read

How to Build a Business Case for Service Design Investment

Telling a CFO that better design will make users happier rarely unlocks budget. Here is how to reframe the value of service design in terms that finance and operations leaders actually respond to.

5 November 2024·39 likes

Strategy5 min read