A new and creative solution (product/ service/ technology/ digital etc) is deemed to be an innovation when it creates value for the customer and the organization. Value creation for the customer will lead to significant adoption and hence revenue for the business.

Several organizations realize this and are designing solutions which are customer centric. However, more often than not this effort does not result in the customer experience enhancement that was envisaged. Many believe that digitalization of customer journey using best available technology (solutions offered by ever mushrooming start-ups) is the mantra for success. But, there have been cases where large dollar spends on digitalization projects have not had significant impact on customer experience. In fact, projects had to be taken post digitization on how to improve adoption & usage of these digital solutions!! Double whammy!

So, what’s missing even when organizations are mapping customer journeys and investing in digital & technology solutions? There are several reasons for the sub-optimal outcomes. Some of these are –

Customer journeys are mapped from a process view rather than a job-to-be-done view

Customer needs across the journey are based on current understanding (many times assumed based on experience) rather than deep insights obtained through primary research

Solutions are designed using best-available digital solutions/ technologies rather than defining innovative solutions which will actually solve the underserved customer needs and create that “aha”

Innovate & Transform Customer Experience!

Transforming customer experience and increasing adoption of solutions (product/service/ at interactions) offered requires designing (or redesigning) solutions and offerings based on “underserved needs of the customers”. Design/ redesign solution to solve for functional as well as emotional jobs-to-be-done! This is what we call “inclusive-by-design”.

BMGI Research – Inclusive-by-Design

Women’s requirements from a car:

BMGI research uncovers “underserved needs” of women drivers!

BMGIs Value Proposition

Deliverables: We work with organizations to deliver the following:

Customer journey maps and associated “Job Maps”

“Underserved needs” of customers: opportunities for driving innovation

Innovations solutions that are “inclusive-by-design”

Completed projects

Increase in new solution success rates

Improved adoption of new products/ solutions

Improved NPS/ customer experience scores

Increase in market share

Revenue from new markets/ new customer segments

Our approach consists of the following steps:”

Build customer journey maps and associated “Job Maps”

Obtain deep insights across the customer journey using primary ethnographic techniques/ methods

Determine “underserved needs” of customers: opportunities for driving innovation

Determine innovations solutions that are “inclusive-by-design”

Support implementation that drives transformation of customer experience, increase in adoption levels, etc