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DAMIEN NUNES

Damien Nunes is project leader and a service designer at the Service Science Factory (SSF). SSF is an important valorisation entity within Maastricht University that focuses on service and business innovation in the form of projects, research and (post-graduate) education. Damien originally has an engineering and design background and developed himself further in the field of service and business innovation from a design thinking perspective.

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It’s All About Interaction!

The central role of Interaction Design when creating delightful customer experiences

Organisations depend on their competitive advantage in order to become or keep successful, relevant for their customers and grow over time. As we all know, competitive advantage is achieved via either one – or a combination - of the strategies involving pricing, service and product quality or customer service excellence. We argue that another overarching strategy should always be present in a company’s strategy; delivering an excellent, desirable and memorable customer experience.

Ideascale2021-12-15T07:15:19-08:00August 1st, 2018|Categories: Strategies|Tags: branding, Communication, competitive advantage, customer experience, customer insights, Customer Interaction Model, customer journey, customer retention, customer service, data analytics, design, design thinking, hard skills, information systems, Interaction, Interaction design, KPIs, machine learning, mart Algorithms, Natural Language Processing, process improvement, program improvement, soft skills, user experience, user insights, value proposition|

How will Your Organization Prepare for Extreme Scenarios?

A BISS-project powered by the Service Science Factory

Rapid changes in technology, customer needs and society forces large organizations to constantly adapt to a changing context in order to remain relevant. Organizations therefore need to shift their strategy from a reactive to a pro-active approach, or in other words, they need to anticipate the future to prepare for it. Developing extreme scenarios paints a picture of the future and poses the opportunity for organizations to prepare for upcoming challenges and to make use of new opportunities.

Ideascale2021-12-14T13:01:04-08:00August 14th, 2017|Categories: Strategies, Trend Alert|Tags: best case scenario, business development, business model, Business Model Innovation, business opportunity, crisis management, disaster management, extreme scenarios, in-depth article, proactive, rapid response, reactive, risk management, worst case scenario|

Organizational Revolutions through Idea Hacking

Businesses face the dilemma dividing resources between protecting the current value chain and developing new value propositions that in time replace the old ones. Not every organization has the luxury to have its own dedicated innovation unit and still then the ideas might not always be too innovative. Hackathons are an affordable and energizing way to generate innovative ideas that can revolutionize your organization.

Ideascale2021-12-14T07:52:48-08:00April 13th, 2017|Categories: Collaborative Innovation|Tags: bias, business development, Collaboration, collaborative innovation, Communication, Creativity, decision making, Employee Engagement, evaluation of ideas, hackathon, idea hacking, Ideation, in-depth article, innovative companies, strategy|

Using Design Thinking to make your employees ready for the Internet-of-Things

Recent advances in technology put Internet-of-things (IoT)-innovation on top of the management agenda across industries. It is predicted to increase economic value by $11.1 trillion in 2025 (McKinsey 2015). The Service Science Factory and Noventum collaborated on this article to present a state-of-the art view on the Internet of Things and how to implement this vision within organizations.

Ideascale2021-12-14T06:37:50-08:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Strategies|Tags: automation, business alignment, business development, Competition, decision making, design thinking, disruptive innovation, disruptive technology, ecosystem, enterprise innovation, idea management, Ideation, Innovation Culture, IoT, mindset, MNC, opportunity, pitch idea, portfolio management, service innovation, smart products, Technology, trend|