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Summary
When messy systems become visible, performance follows. Legalese turns into service blueprints; enterprises are modeled end-to-end; teams rally around a single source of truth; and AI opportunities are mapped to real workflows. Our panelists will review the day’s case studies and unpack how to shift behavior, accelerate agreement, and keep metrics honest.
Key Insights
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Making invisible organizational systems visible enables teams to identify root causes and accelerate progress.
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White space risk, the gaps between roles and functions, is a key challenge that visibility helps reduce.
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Service design is transitioning from a supportive role to strategic leadership in complex initiatives.
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Scaffolding—temporary frameworks or hacks—acts as a leadership tool to drive change without perfect processes.
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Service design tools like journey maps and blueprints function as knowledge graphs that can enable AI applications.
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Designers serve as mediators or 'design diplomats,' helping resolve tensions and align stakeholders on shared goals.
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Human facilitation and critical thinking remain essential despite automation pressures, especially for co-creation.
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Visual and artistic skills must be combined with strategic intent to effectively communicate and influence.
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The metaphor of mandalas and scaffolding reflects the temporary but structured nature of service design interventions.
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Ethnographic storytelling remains critical to capturing system complexity and could be augmented by AI as an assistant ethnographer.
Notable Quotes
"Making the invisible visible makes things move forward and create alignments."
"White space risk is about the surprises that happen between organizational boundaries and roles."
"Service design is not only supporting but leading – it’s about having opinion and data to lead change."
"Scaffolding is about hacking and doing things differently, not lowering the bar but delivering value continuously."
"Service blueprint is a knowledge graph – it gives AI intent and helps AI be more useful."
"Designers act as mediators and neutral parties to get stuck projects unstuck through design diplomacy."
"Critical thinking is our strongest asset, not just automation or AI."
"Art and visuals help represent what people cannot see, but only with strategic intention and understanding."
"The mandala metaphor reminds us not to be emotionally attached to deliverables; sometimes you build to throw away."
"Storytelling helps surface machine quirks and failures that aren't documented—AI as assistant ethnographer has great potential."
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