Designing with People: Balancing Data & Rational Thinking with Human Emotions

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Designing with People

And Examining the Tyranny of Logic, Rationality, Data, and the Misgivings of Objective Analysis

The Design Thinking Process

MFA’s do poorly as MBA’s.

empathydefine

ideate

prototype

test

Business likes:

Prioritization

Alignment

Hierarchy

Numbers

Predictability

And does not like:

Nonlinear thinking

Disagreement

Chaos

Emotions

Ambiguity

Business likes:

Prioritization

Alignment

Hierarchy

Numbers

Predictability

And does not like:

Nonlinear thinking

Disagreement

Chaos

Emotions

Ambiguity

Recipe forbanal mediocrity

Recipe forwantondestruction

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Data > Emotions?

What makes data so special? Or data-driven algorithms?

Trust.

1 + 1 = 2

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Stocks grow about 7% year over year. That’s the definition of “average.”

We all KNOW the companies that over perform.Because there aren’t too many of them.

The stuff on servers like these is not sufficient–on its own– to make any company wildly successful.

Let’s fight data with data.

5% of all decisions are made rationally. –Daniel Kahneman, “Thinking, Fast and Slow”

Humans…are not rational.

Relying strictly on data, logic, and rational thinkingis a great way to commodify anything you create.

While this is necessary…

this is what people actually remember.

Getting to know you.

Who are you?

Misunderstood? Do you ever wonder how people judge you? Or feel those judgments aren’t accurate?

Wouldn’t it be great if people could just get to know the real you?

What we say What we do What we think What we feel What we believe

What we say What we do What we think What we feel What we believe

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DIFFICULT TO SEE

STABLE

What we say What we do What we think What we feel What we believe

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What we say What we do What we think What we feel What we believe

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REVEALING

What others say What others do What others think What others feel What others believe

Empathy

What others say What others do What others think What others feel What others believe

DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY

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Being Empathetic.

say & do

think

feel

believe

What empathy is: What empathy is not:

Living with the Tribe

A skill

Conversation

“I feel your pain”

Watching Survivor

A tool

Getting answers

“That looks like it hurts”

A way of being A step in a process

1Overcome your addiction to being right about things.

(and avoid that trap of being “not wrong”)

2Pay Attention and listen.

What others say What others do What others think What others feel What others believe Fears

Anxieties

Experiences

CultureEnvironment

Genetics

Hopes

Dreams

What others say What others do What others think What others feel What others believe Fears

Anxieties

Experiences

CultureEnvironment

Genetics

Hopes

Dreams

Understanding someone’s experiences can reveal what’s important to them.

Motivations.

scale?But what about…

None of us are unique and beautiful snowflakes

People have much in common.But it’s hard to see if we only think of ourselves.

And “statistical significance” doesn’t mean “more true”

Empathic Design in Practice.

It’s not about the cheeseburger

Efficiency

Calculability

Predictability

Control

Not about these things, either

“you can sneer, but it’s the glue that holds communities together.”

“They should have gone with something that more communicates speed, convenience, and the brand as an icon.”

–some tone-deaf “restaurant consultant”

Design should not attempt to control what people say, do, think, feel, and believe.

Design should be about more than just making nifty apps and gadgets for affluent people.

Design should be about more than just increasing profits and improving efficiency.

Designers People

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