Service Dominant Logic (SDL) might say that Tesla now provides short-term pet watching services.
Amusing Offering: Tesla “Dog Mode”
Amusing Offering: Scapegoat Employees
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/98f5lf/til_of_professional_fired_men_that_were_used_as/ “Well, you see it’s this way, Tom happens to be the store’s professional fired man. There isn’t an hour goes by but some disgruntled customer comes in with a complaint about some error and demands that the person who is responsible for the error be reprimanded. That’s where Tom comes in. He is sent... Continue Reading →
Amusing Offering: Choose-your-own Uber Experience
Sometimes it is hard to navigate the boundaries between social norms and service culture. What is allowed? What is correct? What is repugnant? A sense of humor usually helps.
Interesting Service Characteristics
(Originally published in November 2014) As stated in an earlier post, a service is defined by the Oxford dictionary as “the action of helping or doing work for someone.” By breaking this definition down, we see a service is comprised of three things: an intangible good (the outcome of the action), a provider, and a... Continue Reading →
Amusing Offering: Wag Brigade
Pig greets travelers at San Francisco airport: LiLou is the first swine to join the airport’s a team of therapy animals, and is believed to be the only airport porker in the country. Adorable. Memorable. Unexpected.The Wag Brigade brings joy to an otherwise stressful environment.
Amusing Offering: Flying Pizza
Cuba's Flying Pizzas: When Cuba expanded private enterprise in 2010, Marta Castaeda and her husband were granted a license to open up their own pizzeria A novel delivery experience adds value!
Amusing Offering: Dentist Distractions
I see two basic ways to reduce the pain of a negative experience: either speed it up, or make it more enjoyable. Here’s an example of the latter - A “Where’s Waldo” puzzle in a dentist’s ceiling
Amusing Offering: Acceptance Celebration Kits
A wonderful little experience for students to commemorate being accepted into college. My only suggestion (in the spirit of “Yes, and…”) — is that they should ask students to take a photo of their glittery celebration and tag it “#AcceptanceDance”
Amusing Offering: The Iron Ring
The Iron Ring: Learn about Engineering at the University of Waterloo through our traditions! "The ring is meant to remind engineers of their obligation to protect those they serve." I love the usage of ritual, inclusion, and an enduring physical reminder of purpose.
Amusing Offering: Car Wreck Coasters
Captioned: “Local bar has metal coasters made from cars wrecked in drunk driving accidents for St. Patrick’s Day”
Amusing Offering: Hotel + History
This was posted by a friend on facebook: “Every room in the hotel sees to have a shard of some kind in a case next to the room number. In my room anyway, another chard from the same item with an explanation is embedded into my bedside table, too. What an interesting way to help ppl... Continue Reading →
Amusing Offering: Vending Machine Transparency
Japanese coffee vending machine shows its working process live on a LCD screen. The value of transparency and delays Is it even real? Is it fake / pre-recorded? Does it even matter? Does faux-transparency give real value to users, or is it just an entertaining way to pass the time?If the drink came out too... Continue Reading →
Amusing Offering: Metro Raves
Illegal Underground Drum and Bass Rave Featuring Harry Shotta@harryshotta Shuts down TFL Drum and bass rave rave on the subway? I wish every car on the subway had an unwritten and unenforced, but well-understood theme. For example: If you’re with small children, take car #2. If you have pets, car #3. If you’re single and... Continue Reading →
Amusing Offering: Bar Rewards Responsible Patrons
A local bar puts these on windshields of vehicles left in their parking lot overnight.
Newest isn’t always Best
(Originally published in October 2014) From renting movies, to selling clothes, to providing family vacation packages, every business should strive to understand how it can provide the best possible service experiences. Services have existed since long before formalized economies and, along with the rest of the world, have always changed and evolved in response to... Continue Reading →
Designerly Thoughts From Yosef 