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# Improve your design
- URL: https://www.cesarrg.com/improve-your-design/
- Published: 2023-04-04T12:36:19.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-17T06:46:44.000Z
- Author: César Rodríguez
- Tags: Design, Techniques, Innovation

#57 - Apr.2023

Any design process requires an in-depth understanding of who you are designing for, the problem you are solving, and how likely the solution fits the problem. Here are 3 things you can do now to increase your chances of success in your next design journey: 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/2023/04/IMG_0889.png)

- **Understand your customer**: sound familiar, right? Yet, many times we fail to identify [who is the customer](https://www.cesarrg.com/talking-to-customers/) and understand their needs. Use empathy as your north star. Follow their journey. Learn from their [workarounds](https://www.cesarrg.com/workarounds/). Create [trust bonds](https://www.cesarrg.com/customer-do-not-really-care/) and [listen actively](https://www.cesarrg.com/active-listening/).
- **Discover opportunities**: prioritizing which specific problem to solve is a mix of [outcome-driven decisions](https://www.cesarrg.com/product-discovery/) and good instincts. Map your [assumptions](https://www.cesarrg.com/being-right/), link your opportunities to the outcomes you want to achieve, and experiment.
- **Validate**: design is about validating your hypothesis and being humble enough to discard it if needed. There are many [validation techniques](https://www.cesarrg.com/test-it/) based on what you are trying to test. Be open-minded. Let the data and learnings speak for themselves.

Apply these 3 approaches and you will be better positioned to serve your customers and innovate on their behalf. 

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