UX Design for Sustainable Engagement
A healthy relationship helps everyone involved in some meaningful way. The rhythm feels fluid, natural, and balanced. Interaction is personal, because participants listen actively and respond with emotion to each other. And the benefit endures, growing deeper over time.
When we create something, we start a relationship with whomever uses it. It’s our responsibility to make it a healthy one.
These hallmarks of a healthy relationship are also the four key attributes of a sticky, i.e. sustainably engaging, product or service.
The Ladder of Sustainable Engagement is a framework for crafting products & services that provide meaningful value, have a balanced rhythm, embody an emotional personality, and endure over time.
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References
- My original post on uxdesign.cc
- Kouprie & Sleeswijk Visser, F (2009) A framework for empathy in design: stepping into and out of the user’s life. Journal of Engineering Design 20(5) 437-448
- The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
Further Reading
- Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care – Cleveland Clinic
- Replacing Personas with Characters – Alan Klement
Special thanks to Hester Bruikman!