Owners and Leaders of design firms, are you thinking about how to develop ‘new service offerings’ utilising your employed resources and expertise/knowledge pool? Employed Capabilities + New Services = Profitable New Revenue No free thought-piece or step-by-step guide on this one. Instead, my practical experience and support for those interested in exploring the potential that may need a helping hand, like CCD….
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This may be on your list, but are you making the necessary time this needs to; ask yourself the right questions, find the right answers and formulate a plan? How and when you start to build this picture is clearly a significant consideration that warrants engaging some external perspective to; hear your thoughts, observe your set-up and help you explore the options to bring clarity amid the day-to-day challenges of running the business. Here are some testimonials to evidence the value of external perspective if you see the need to plan and could use a sounding board that understands the business...
Loving this award-winning preservation and conversion of a listed 300-year-old ruined cottage in Leominster, Herefordshire – complete with dead ivy and old birds’ nests! The jury described the 115m² scheme as ‘beautifully executed’, ‘unpretentious’, and praised the design for not ‘romanticising the ruin’. Kate Darby, founder of Kate Darby Architects said: ‘What is special about the project is the extreme length we went to preserve everything. Initially there was the prejudice to clear it up, but we realised the value of the project was in that extreme approach.’ …
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Great article by Simon Teer. Having worked with Simon extensively over the past year, 4c Design are working hard to proactively develop solutions based on our market observations and user centred approach. It’s not as easy as being ‘handed a brief’, but it does have a feeling of self determination which is very fulfilling.
...For years, the typical mindset and prevalent behavioural characteristic of many designers towards agency-client relationships has been ‘reactive’ and not ‘proactive’. Why, and to what extent has this changed? With the right guidance, working proactively can transform work-life experiences for the better, and put designers more in the driving seat. The trouble with conventional new business exploration New research published by Design Week (20 March 2017) reveals that 70% of clients still expect designers to free pitch. The What Clients Think 2017 report, which is based on interviews with 455 clients of design consultancies, shows that while nearly 90% of...
Based on the nature of my work since 2002, I define myself today as being three things to design firms – a consultant, a mentor and a coach. In doing so, design firms (and brands) sometimes ask me to clarify the differences in these roles, so here’s a simple description for each which may well be obvious to most but useful to some. Consulting – a consultant is someone accomplished and experienced in their field, offering a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area, that is called upon for professional, specialist or technical advice and/or opinions. Essentially, they...
Proud to share fruits of my labour since Sep 2016…http://www.futurefires.co.uk Special thanks to; Simon Pengelly for the referral, to Darrell at Future Fires for asking me to review their needs and lead a repositioning project and to the super-talented team I put together – Lewie, Barnaby, Simon, Lorri and Paul – who deserve so much credit for making the project come to life! A thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding experience for me to get back to running a project like this for a client brand. Who’s next…?
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”I’d highly recommend having a discussion as Simon is well connected and sees the wood for the trees where it is sometimes difficult for us, as involved as we are with the day to day running of our businesses, to see!”
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