- Case study
LNER
This is the story of how we helped LNER better understand how digital can help staff deliver a great customer experience.
- Case study
This is Engineering
This is the story of how we worked with the Royal Academy of Engineering to improve their This is Engineering campaign website.
- Case study
UCL audience research
This is the story of how we helped University College London better understand one segment of their audience.
- Viewpoint
Using service design to prevent bad decisions
A little bit of service design can go a long way. The trick is to be focussed, purposeful and design your communication with a specific outcome in mind.
Richard Rutter
- Case study
Natural History Museum Biodiversity
This is the story of how we helped the Natural History Museum build a tool to create awareness of biodiversity.
- Case study
Springer Nature
This is the story of how we collaborated with a global academic publisher to set their digital direction for success.
- Case study
Sage new concepts for product adoption
This is the story of how we helped uncover and develop original ideas to increase adoption for a market-leading SaaS product.
- Viewpoint
Principles for Design Principles
What rules should you keep in mind when creating design principles?
Katie Wishlade
Futures, features and fixes – Setting your product team up for success
Successful and sustainable digital products come from a blend of innovation and iteration. Yet most design teams and their digital product roadmaps are out of balance.
Chris How
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Financial services company
This is the story of how we helped a financial services company breathe life into their vision for the future.
- Case study
Virgin Holidays Experience Strategy
This is the story of how creating a customer experience map provided the roadmap for the next 12 months of digital transformation
- Viewpoint
Applying a system mindset at both a service and product level
The one thing that has stood me in good stead throughout my whole career is taking a system’s approach to all problems - no matter whether they are at a service or product level.
Katie Wishlade
- Viewpoint
The vital key to design impact
Our research with 400 designers revealed a vital contributing factor to design achieving the greatest impact.
Richard Rutter
- Viewpoint
Personas aren’t bad, and you’re not a bad designer if you use them
Twitter periodically demonises commonly used, yet seemingly harmless design tools. We explore why it's not about being on team personas, team JTBD or any other new tool, but being on team human that counts.
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Virgin Holidays Design Culture
This is the story of how Clearleft helped Virgin Holidays build its own design capability, change its approach to digital and get shortlisted for Digital Transformation at Wirehive 100 2018 Awards.
- Viewpoint
Business as unusual: a resolution for reinvention
Every business needs a managed programme of innovation to embrace and exploit change. Innovation isn’t hard. It's a habit. So let’s make a resolution to turn 2018 into the year of business as unusual.
Chris How
- Viewpoint
PowerPoint Culture vs. Post-it Culture
Are there ever winners in the war between PowerPoints and Post-it notes? Or is it about picking your battles?
- Case study
Virgin Holidays Design Sprints
This is the story of how we helped Virgin Holidays articulate a vision for the future, along with a stack of potential new product ideas, using design sprints.
- Viewpoint
The usability of deliverables
Ever felt like you were churning out paperwork like one of those monkeys at typewriters in the Simpsons? Here's why the devil sometimes is the detail, and how simple walkthroughs are a useful but often underrated communication tool.
- Viewpoint
Sticky Note Fatigue and the Fog of Knowledge
I’m starting to see a slightly disturbing trend in our interactions with senior leadership teams, which I’m calling sticky note fatigue.
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Penguin.co.uk
How do you bring thousands of authors, publishing brands, imprints and marketing teams together into one website? This is the story of how we led Penguin Random House through digital transformation.
- Viewpoint
Public Speaking Workshop for The Digital Festival
Public speaking is something most of us are faced with at some point in our careers, whether it’s running a meeting, presenting to clients, or talking at an industry event. Over the years I’ve met plenty of people who would make amazing speakers, if they could get over their nerves. To help, we've decided to run a half day workshop on public speaking as part of the Brighton Digital Festival.
- Viewpoint
Is UX strategy a thing?
Over the past few years, I’ve seen an increasing number of people using the term “UX strategy”. But Is UX strategy real or imaginary? Is it something you can define and differentiate from other forms of strategy, or is it just a fancy job title to aggrandise yourself, up your day rate, and sell more consultancy hours?
- Tiny Lesson
Introducing Theory of Change
Or why you should be asking “What’s the point?” Design for objectives not for goals.
Richard Rutter
- News
Digital Archivism at the British Library
Yesterday, much of the Clearleft team took a trip to the British Library in London. There, a lucky few of us got a tour of the Digital Archive facility with Dr Jeremy Leighton John.