Human-centred design consulting services

Use the human experience to transform your business

What is human-centred design?

Human-centred design (HCD) is a strategic approach that prioritizes the needs, behaviours and experiences of users when developing products, processes and services. This approach leverages behavioural science, user research and analytics to create more intuitive and effective user experiences.

HCD aims to improve both the employee experience (EX) and customer experience (CX) by aligning business processes with how people actually work and interact. This can lead to increased productivity, efficiency, brand loyalty and profitability. By focusing on the real-world pain points and daily friction that users face, HCD helps businesses create solutions that are more satisfying and effective.

Why is human-centred design important?

Companies of all sizes—in multiple industries and with different business models—are reaping the benefits of HCD. Organizations that embrace HCD seek to understand people’s needs, motivations, concerns and behaviours. These companies leverage skilled resources to create tools, processes and experiences that exceed employee and customer expectations.

Turn user experience into a driver for change with human-centred design

Take an HCD approach that keeps people at the centre and delivers a return on investment (ROI) across your organization.

No process, solution or technology exists in a vacuum. Understanding how your customers, users and employees engage with every aspect of your business can help optimize your business and drive success.

RSM’s HCD advisors help middle market organizations navigate their most pressing challenges, including:

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Increasing top- and bottom-line growth

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Building higher employee efficiency and productivity

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Generating greater business profitability

HCD is a rigorous, strategic framework for aligning your processes, products and services with actual human engagement. By leveraging a deep understanding of your users, prospects and employees, you can create a more intuitive, effective and profitable experience. 

Our approach draws upon behavioural science, user research and advanced analytics to uncover the unique demands and motivations of your specific audience. By distilling these findings into clear insights, we create a framework and validate user responses as your audience evolves.

Human-centred design methodologies with an iterative approach

Our tailored framework of research and co-creation allows us to design customized HCD strategies that focus on the human experience. Our unique approach to HCD applies behavioural science to get you closer to your audience’s true motivations.

An iterative approach

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Customer experience, acquisition and segmentation

Customer experience, acquisition and segmentation

  • Understand customer behaviours and motivations so your products and solutions truly resonate
  • Segment your target market and design a user experience that drives customer acquisition and growth
Employee experience

Employee experience

  • Attract, retain and support your best workers 
  • Explore your employees’ priorities so you can meet changing expectations in culture, technology and support
  • Align employee experiences with your overall business plan, goals and mission so you can effectively develop your company culture and upskill your workforce
Brand marketing

Brand marketing

  • Align your brand experience with customer and employee expectations
  • Distill your value proposition, identify and prioritize customer preferences, rethink your approach to marketing, and build both market share and brand loyalty
Product design and build

Product design and build

  • Work to regain market share, reach specific customer segments or launch a new product or brand
  • Get to root causes, distill customer and organizational priorities, and align stakeholders around those findings
  • Build a roadmap that saves time and cuts expenses on projects and initiative.

Human-centred design consulting services

Customer experience, acquisition and segmentation

  • Understand customer behaviours and motivations so your products and solutions truly resonate
  • Segment your target market and design a user experience that drives customer acquisition and growth

Employee experience

  • Attract, retain and support your best workers 
  • Explore your employees’ priorities so you can meet changing expectations in culture, technology and support
  • Align employee experiences with your overall business plan, goals and mission so you can effectively develop your company culture and upskill your workforce

Brand marketing

  • Align your brand experience with customer and employee expectations
  • Distill your value proposition, identify and prioritize customer preferences, rethink your approach to marketing, and build both market share and brand loyalty

Product design and build

  • Work to regain market share, reach specific customer segments or launch a new product or brand
  • Get to root causes, distill customer and organizational priorities, and align stakeholders around those findings
  • Build a roadmap that saves time and cuts expenses on projects and initiative.

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"All along, RSM has been fantastic, from understanding the problem, designing and architecting the solution, doing user experience testing to make sure it was the right solution, and then building the solution. I have been happy from beginning to end."

Executive, Global food production organization

Industry-focused approach

Having industry depth and experience is essential when evaluating an organization’s operating model. At RSM, we leverage the strength of our firm, soliciting the right balance of functional, technical and industry insight. We take an enterprise approach with an industry-first impression when shaping your vision and strategy. By leveraging this strategy, we’re able to define leading-edge solutions that deliver meaningful insights and value, allowing you to unlock results that directly solve for industry, business, technical and economic challenges.

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