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Overcoming the “blank page” challenge with AI

Matthieu Manzoni
Akshay Shakkarwar
Cagsun Acemoglu
December 2, 2024
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You know you should be talking to your customers more. But between managing your team, handling day-to-day operations, and pushing your innovation projects forward, finding the time for proper customer research feels almost impossible. So you end up making educated guesses about what your customers want, hoping you're on the right track.

We hear this from innovators like you all the time. During our recent product showcase, one participant put it perfectly: "We need to examine the actual job customers do to understand where the real opportunities are."

That's why we've added AI capabilities to our platform – to help you get past that blank page. Instead of starting from scratch, you now have an intelligent guide that prompts your thinking, enables you to structure your knowledge, and ensures you consider all the important aspects of your Customer Profile. It's like having a coach looking over your shoulder, asking the right questions to draw out what you already know while highlighting what you still need to learn.

The problem with guessing

Here's the thing about relying on gut feeling: sometimes you're right, but when you're wrong, it costs you. Time spent building features nobody wants. Money is invested in solutions that miss the mark. Opportunities lost while you were heading in the wrong direction.

You need a better way to:

  • Check if your customer assumptions are actually true
  • Figure out what your customers are really trying to achieve
  • Keep track of everything you learn about your customers
  • Test your ideas before investing too much time and money

A helping hand for customer research

That's why we've added AI capabilities to our Innovation Platform. Think of it as having a knowledgeable colleague who's always available to help you think through your customer research. This new feature:

  1. Helps you think it through: Like a good coach, it asks the right questions to help you lay out everything you think you know about your customers in a Customer Profile.
  2. Spots the gaps: It helps you identify what you still need to learn about your customers.
  3. Connect the dots: Links what you learn about customers directly to your testing activities, so insights don't get lost.
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How we make it work

We've combined AI technology with our proven innovation methods. But unlike generic AI tools, our platform:

  • Lives right where you do your innovation work
  • Guides you using methods we know work
  • Helps you capture insights as you go
  • Makes it easy to share what you learn with your team

What this means for you

This new approach helps you:

  • Save precious time: Get guidance when you need it, without waiting for consultants
  • Stay on track: Follow a proven process for understanding customers
  • Learn as you go: Build your customer knowledge systematically
  • Share what you know: Help your whole team understand your customers better

From understanding to action

But here's what really matters: this isn't just about creating Customer Profiles. It's about helping you move from understanding to action. The platform helps you take what you learn about customers and turn it into experiments you can run to test your ideas.

Moving forward

Understanding your customers isn't a one-time exercise – it's an ongoing journey of discovery and validation. Our platform is designed to support you through this journey, helping you build and refine your customer understanding systematically over time.

Want to see how this could work for your innovation efforts? Learn more about our innovation platform and its growing suite of innovation management features at strategyzer.com/platform.

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About the speakers

Matthieu Manzoni
Growth Solutions Lead, Strategyzer

Drawing from his private equity experience in trade finance and consumer goods, Matthieu guides organizations through business model transformation as Strategyzer's Growth Solutions Lead. A graduate of McGill University and INSEAD, he focuses on scaling Strategyzer's innovative approaches to help companies grow.

Akshay Shakkarwar
Chief Innovation Strategist, Strategyzer

Drawing from his management consulting experience at Deloitte, Akshay guides organizations as Strategyzer's Chief Innovation Strategist. An MBA graduate from SPJIMR SP Jain Institute, he helps teams make innovation more systematic.

Cagsun Acemoglu
Service Design, Strategyzer

A product manager at Strategyzer, Çağsun brings deep expertise in engineering, service design and design research from his consulting work with global firms at Accenture and Fjord. His entrepreneurial ventures in sustainability make him both a guide and practitioner of Strategyzer's innovation methods, giving him firsthand insight into the challenges and opportunities our users face.

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Akshay Shakkarwar
Cagsun Acemoglu
December 2, 2024
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December 2, 2024
#
 min read
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Visual Tools
Software
Testing

You know you should be talking to your customers more. But between managing your team, handling day-to-day operations, and pushing your innovation projects forward, finding the time for proper customer research feels almost impossible. So you end up making educated guesses about what your customers want, hoping you're on the right track.

We hear this from innovators like you all the time. During our recent product showcase, one participant put it perfectly: "We need to examine the actual job customers do to understand where the real opportunities are."

That's why we've added AI capabilities to our platform – to help you get past that blank page. Instead of starting from scratch, you now have an intelligent guide that prompts your thinking, enables you to structure your knowledge, and ensures you consider all the important aspects of your Customer Profile. It's like having a coach looking over your shoulder, asking the right questions to draw out what you already know while highlighting what you still need to learn.

The problem with guessing

Here's the thing about relying on gut feeling: sometimes you're right, but when you're wrong, it costs you. Time spent building features nobody wants. Money is invested in solutions that miss the mark. Opportunities lost while you were heading in the wrong direction.

You need a better way to:

  • Check if your customer assumptions are actually true
  • Figure out what your customers are really trying to achieve
  • Keep track of everything you learn about your customers
  • Test your ideas before investing too much time and money

A helping hand for customer research

That's why we've added AI capabilities to our Innovation Platform. Think of it as having a knowledgeable colleague who's always available to help you think through your customer research. This new feature:

  1. Helps you think it through: Like a good coach, it asks the right questions to help you lay out everything you think you know about your customers in a Customer Profile.
  2. Spots the gaps: It helps you identify what you still need to learn about your customers.
  3. Connect the dots: Links what you learn about customers directly to your testing activities, so insights don't get lost.

How we make it work

We've combined AI technology with our proven innovation methods. But unlike generic AI tools, our platform:

  • Lives right where you do your innovation work
  • Guides you using methods we know work
  • Helps you capture insights as you go
  • Makes it easy to share what you learn with your team

What this means for you

This new approach helps you:

  • Save precious time: Get guidance when you need it, without waiting for consultants
  • Stay on track: Follow a proven process for understanding customers
  • Learn as you go: Build your customer knowledge systematically
  • Share what you know: Help your whole team understand your customers better

From understanding to action

But here's what really matters: this isn't just about creating Customer Profiles. It's about helping you move from understanding to action. The platform helps you take what you learn about customers and turn it into experiments you can run to test your ideas.

Moving forward

Understanding your customers isn't a one-time exercise – it's an ongoing journey of discovery and validation. Our platform is designed to support you through this journey, helping you build and refine your customer understanding systematically over time.

Want to see how this could work for your innovation efforts? Learn more about our innovation platform and its growing suite of innovation management features at strategyzer.com/platform.

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