Product innovation

Can design make a bigger difference to the bottom line? How do you find the time and space for design to foster innovation? What is ‘innovation’ anyway?

Is human-centred design bad for innovation? That was the provacation behind a recent design discussion.

Like many designers, I have a complicated relationship with A/B testing. In this article I’m going to explore some of the pros and cons of this approach.

Over the last few years, I’ve worked on various product teams at different levels of velocity, but I’ve noticed that moving quickly is not the same as moving effectively.

A guide for designing successful business tools

Following on from my previous post 'Become an undercover innovator - how to spot your opportunities', here's a more detailed look at how you can take the lead, develop ideas and turn them into innovation in action.

We want you to become an undercover innovator - this is the first of two articles giving tips on how to kick-start design-led innovation in your organisation.

One thing we see time and again with corporate clients is the huge gulf between the leadership’s vision for the company, and what they are actually able to deliver. Fortunately this is something design, and especially design thinking, can help with.

The story of how we created a healthcare app, at no cost to the NHS, by using the power of web technologies, some design nous, a little critical thinking, and a good dose of enthusiasm.

Striding along a narrow footpath that slices up the side of a steep Lakeland fell, you pause to admire the majestic view – “is that Bow Fell in the background? How much further until I start heading for the tarn?” you muse.

At the start of October we took on a team graduate interns for a three month period to "design a product that turned an active digital behaviour into a passive one". Their internship finished today, so this is the story of the project, an introduction to what they created, and the lessons Clearleft learned along the way.