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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Internships shouldn't be about shadowing from the sidelines. Our 2026 summer interns dive straight into real service design challenges, learning by doing and shaping what's next. Read their reflections: thisisharmonic.com/learning-by-...

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Learning by Doing: Two Interns Reflect on Their Summer at Harmonic - Harmonic Design

By Harmonic 2026 interns: Calina Gasser and Shuruthi Saravanan

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In a world shaped by digital tools and AI, craft still matters. As Becky Scheel explores in her latest piece, hands-on techniques like collage and service storming push us to experiment and notice. Making itself is a form of thinking. youtube.com/shorts/YMeHE...

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Why We Use Collage to Get People Unstuck

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We are growing our freelance bench at Harmonic! If you are a service designer who loves tackling complex enterprise challenges from strategy through delivery, let's connect. Explore the role here thisisharmonic.com/about/open-r...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In the Age of Exceptions, Be the Raccoon 🦝 When standard deviations become the norm, 5-year plans crumble. Our latest blog explores why hyper-optimizing for average conditions makes organizations brittle—& how taking a cue from 🦝 can build real system plasticity. thisisharmonic.com/beyond-optim...

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Beyond Optimization: Designing for Plasticity in a Changing World - Harmonic Design

Biologists call this plasticity: an organism's ability to change its characteristics or behavior in response to its environment. It can be behavioral,

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’ve been over-optimizing... but what if that’s actually making your organization brittle? Optimization strips out slack & discretion—the exact buffers needed when shock hits. Design must focus on plasticity: designing systems that adapt as the world changes. thisisharmonic.com/beyond-optim...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This Saturday, September 19 is International Red Panda Day. Why red pandas? They're taxonomically unique, highly adaptable, a little unconventional, and equipped with a surprisingly useful extra digit. Like the red panda, service design has its own particular way of seeing and doing things.

This ecosystem map looks at the taxonomy, characteristics, diet, and range of one of Harmonic’s favorite species: the red panda.

Red pandas aren’t really raccoons. They aren’t really bears. They’re their own thing: the sole living members of their own family, Ailuridae. They also have a “false thumb” that helps them grasp bamboo, flexible ankles that help them climb down trees headfirst, and a diet that includes everything from bamboo shoots and leaves to fruit, insects, bird’s eggs, and acorns.

Taxonomically unique, highly specialized, and pretty darn fascinating.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

✈️ Workshop: Pardon Our Mess: Maintaining Alignment When Operations Can’t Stop We’re talking airports. But the challenge shows up in healthcare, retail, transportation, and more. 📅 Oct. 28 📍 Nextview Frankfurt Design Thinking Center Enjoy 10% off the workshop with: WSHARMONIC10 tinyurl.com/sdgc26

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Pardon our mess: Maintaining Alignment When Operations Can't Stop | SDGC26

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Big news! Harmonic Design is a proud sponsor of #SDGC26 in Frankfurt this October! We’re bringing workshops on live experience orchestration with Fraport and journey management, plus our practitioners will be around throughout the conference. In person or virtual? Let us know! #ServiceDesign

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The places where your teams, products, & departments meet are usually where experiences break down. But those vulnerable gaps are also where your biggest strategic opportunities live. Parc Masterson explores how service design turns collaboration into lasting org change youtube.com/shorts/sTtI1...

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Your greatest opportunities are hiding in the gaps that nobody owns

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You can hire someone to lead change, but you can't hire your way out of a system that isn't built to support it. Parc explores why lasting organizational change depends on designing the conditions, rituals, and structures that help new ways of working take hold. youtube.com/shorts/26VR8...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We’re hiring a Service Design Practice Director at Harmonic. This is a role for someone who wants to help shape not just the work, but the practice itself: how we think, how we grow, and how we support designers. goodmaven.com/get-hired-in...

Graphic - We're hiring a service design practice director

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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Your greatest opportunities are hiding in the gaps that nobody owns

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A CD becomes a streaming subscription. A toaster becomes a “smart” device. A product now need an account to use. These might seem like separate problems. But they’re connected by a bigger question: who is the service really creating value for? thisisharmonic.com/the-dark-sid...

a graphic that says: Design for Mutual Value.

Make the value exchange visible and create more value than you extract.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When does servitization stop creating value and start creating lock-in? Subscriptions, smart toasters, data, and the right to repair all point to the same question: are we designing services that create value, or extract it? Read more in our latest blog: medium.com/@thisisharmo...

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The Dark Side of Servitization: 5 Questions Designers Can Ask to Create Value, Not Extract It —…

By Becky Scheel, Lead Designer, Creative and Community

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The goal of coaching isn't to make people dependent on the coach. Leah Berg explores how combining coaching, mentoring, and teaching can help teams build the confidence and capability to solve problems for themselves. Read more: thisisharmonic.com/a-little-cur... Watch: youtube.com/shorts/sgeL1...

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Building Design Capability Starts With Thought Partnership

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Coaching isn't about giving someone the answer. Leah Berg explores the difference between coaching, mentoring, and teaching — and why effective coaching creates a thought partnership that helps people develop their own ability to move forward. youtube.com/shorts/HqW09...

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What Makes Coaching Different From Mentoring or Teaching?

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Coaching isn't one-size-fits-all. Neither is service design. In our latest short, Leah Berg shares how asking one intentional, curious question shifted retros from routine, check-the-box meetings into a powerful driver of continuous alignment and practice evolution. youtube.com/shorts/n6TVF...

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Coaching Isn't One-Size-Fits-All. Neither Is Service Design.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Public libraries are essential civic spaces. For over a decade, we’ve partnered with library systems to align staff workflows, spaces, and digital channels. Here’s how we help libraries innovate from the inside out: thisisharmonic.com/services/lib...

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Libraries - Harmonic Design

Libraries are evolving—expanding their role as community anchors, workforce hubs, digital educators, and civic connectors. We partner with library systems to

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Welcome Roberta Dombrowski to Harmonic! With 13+ years in design research, strategy, and org development, Roberta builds human-centered systems that work for the people inside them. Boston-based, mindfulness practitioner, and gardener—we’re glad to have you on the team!

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Studio pup joy ✨ for your Wednesday!

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Harmonic Design and Livework are entering a strategic partnership to expand the global impact of service design. Together, we’re combining complementary strengths, international reach, and a shared belief in design as a catalyst for meaningful change. thisisharmonic.com/harmonic-des...

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Harmonic Design and Livework Create Global Service Design Partnership - Harmonic Design

Harmonic Design and Livework are joining forces to deliver international best-in-class service design. This strategic partnership will open up new

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

At Harmonic, Darwin Muljono brings a distinct lens to our service design practice—merging complex systems theory, critical realism, and design futures to interrogate why service tensions occur in the first place. Get to know Darwin at: thisisharmonic.com/about/team/d...

Darwin likes reading, writing, drawing — you know, things that humans used to enjoy struggling through and doing for the sake of it

Recommended book: A Realist Theory of Science by Roy Bhaskar

What is good service design to you?
Structural, Critical, Human

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

What makes a successful World Cup host city? It's easy to point to the stadium. It's harder to see the transportation, wayfinding, security, volunteers, accessibility, and hospitality that make the experience work. Service design hiding in plain sight.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We just wrapped Harmonic Practice Week, focusing on how we show up for complex business problems and maintain team resilience under pressure. We took the work inside the office and out—pairing internal workshops with a Wednesday night gathering.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wrapping up the Practice Week with our afternoon sessions, pups included

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

A fun night hanging with the community

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

at Burle's, heading to New Realm at 7:30

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Refuel kicks off tonight in Atlanta! The route: Burle's ▶️ New Realm ▶️ Three Taverns Ponce. Catching up with the Harmonic team and the local design community mid-crawl? Look for the 🌞 balloon to find the group.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Dinner tonight to kick-off Practice Week with the Harmonicas

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Join us this Wednesday! We're making our way down the Beltline on June 17 for Refuel—a casual night to bring Atlanta's design & creative community together to catch up. First drink is on Harmonic for the first 30 guests! RSVP for headcount: www.eventbrite.com/e/refuel-a-n...

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Refuel: A Night for the Atlanta Design & Creative Community

No panels. No programming. Just good people, real conversations, and a free first round of drinks on Harmonic.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

What does it take to build real service design capability inside a public library? At Richland Library, embedded coaching helped teams grow service design skills, align around outcomes, and collaborate more deeply. Case study: thisisharmonic.com/case-studies... #ServiceDesign #PublicLibraries

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Building Service Design Muscle in Public Libraries - Harmonic Design

Through collaborative and inclusive methods, our team of consultants developed a forward-thinking strategic plan that has defined five strategic priorities that will transform the community while prov...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Organizations are more like the Swiss Alps than a Swiss watch. Think clouds, not clocks. When strategy doesn't connect to human experience, systems reject it. Parc Masterson shares how to design for fit and close the structural gaps using the Relationship ARC. thisisharmonic.com/fit-isnt-fou...

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Fit isn't found, it's designed. - Harmonic Design

Not interpreted or layered on. Not executed downstream after decisions get made — but integrating and informing what decisions are made and why. This is

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

When everything in your organization works, why does it feel like nothing connects? In his latest article, Parc Masterson introduces a practice to move from shifting strategies to building a movement: The Relationship ARC (Artifacts, Rituals, Commitments). thisisharmonic.com/fit-isnt-fou...

A diagram showing the conditions for fit: Rituals, Artifacts, Commitments

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Growth isn’t stuck because teams fail—it’s stuck because journeys are fragmented. Journey management brings visibility across the lifecycle, revealing real ROI opportunities. Read more at thisisharmonic.com/the-business... #ProductManagement #ServiceDesign #JourneyManagement #ThisIsHarmonic

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The Business Case for Journey Management - Harmonic Design

Journey management can address this problem very well; while you seem to be doing everything right by the book, yet the needle still doesn’t move on real,

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

We are thrilled to welcome our new summer service design interns, Calina Gasser (SCAD) and Shuruthi Saravanan (Parsons)! They bring great strengths in field research, service blueprinting, and facilitation. We are excited to work side-by-side with Calina and Shuruthi this summer.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We are hiring a full-time Service Design Project Manager in Atlanta (or remote) to keep our complex consulting work on track. If you have 4–6 years of PM experience and love co-creating value in an intentional, growing studio, let's chat. Apply here: jobs.lever.co/harmonicdesi...

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Harmonic Design - Service Design Project Manager

We are looking for an organized, people-centered project manager to sit at the heart of our service design consultancy. You will be the connective tissue between executive partners, engagement leads, ...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

No panels or agendas. We're making our way down the Beltline on June 17 for Refuel—a casual night to bring Atlanta's design & creative community together to catch up. First drink is on Harmonic for the first 30 guests! RSVP for headcount: www.eventbrite.com/e/refuel-a-n...

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Refuel: A Night for the Atlanta Design & Creative Community

No panels. No programming. Just good people, real conversations, and a free first round of drinks on Harmonic.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Service design insights, minus the noise. Harmonic Notes is our newsletter sharing thoughtful perspectives, studio updates, and invites to events worth showing up for. No fluff—just useful ideas and good energy, delivered to your inbox. 📧 Join us →https://harmonic-signup.subscribepage.io/

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Executive pressure to rush AI adoption is creating a sea of point solutions looking for problems. Building without systemic fit results in fragmented customer experiences. CEO Patrick Quattlebaum breaks down how to bring intention back to your strategy: thisisharmonic.com/start-with-v...

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A Mandate Is Not a Strategy: Start With Value, Then AI - Harmonic Design

AI has supercharged executives' relentless desire to accelerate. Leadership says use AI, teams scramble to find applications, and suddenly, you've got

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Air travel disruptions test every part of the customer experience. A recent airline engagement explored how clearer notifications, aligned teams, and simplified systems can create more consistent, human-centered communication when travelers need it most. ✈️ thisisharmonic.com/case-studies...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We recently celebrated 8 years of Harmonic Design! Instead of organizing one big event, we gave everyone a small “Harmonic 8” stipend and one prompt: celebrate however feels meaningful to you. ☕️ Some people grabbed coffee 🌮 Some took themselves to lunch 🌱 Some bought books, plants, pastries

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Is your product release velocity ruining your end-to-end customer experience? Mariah Mills explores how seeding journey management upstream shifts the value of CX from tracking past data to shaping upstream decisions. thisisharmonic.com/integrating-...

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Integrating CX and Journey Management with New Product Development - Harmonic Design

Many organizations have mature product development practices but immature CX and journey management capabilities. This can lead to faster feature optimization

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Our May Harmonic profile features Patrick Quattlebaum (PQ), CEO of Harmonic Design. PQ helps organizations close the gap between what they promise and what people actually experience—aligning systems, services, and human needs through service design. thisisharmonic.com/about/team/p...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Journey management isn’t failing—your org is working as designed. Our CEO & co-founder Patrick Quattlebaum on why resistance is structural, not personal—and why pushing harder isn’t the answer. Read more: thisisharmonic.com/why-your-org... #JourneyManagement #ServiceDesign

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Why Your Organization Rejects Journey Management (And Why That’s Normal) - Harmonic Design

Today, we call this type of gathering the practice of journey management. The lift of modeling journeys, organizing and connecting maps, and tying them to

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Eight years on, Orchestrating Experiences still shapes how we turn complexity into clarity—designing meaningful experiences layer by layer, together. See how the approach continues to evolve: thisisharmonic.com/services/orc...

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

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Harmonic Notes is our useful, low-frequency newsletter. We’ll arrive every other month with insights on service design, studio updates, and event invitations—plus a few additional notes when appropriate. No fluff, just valuable ideas and positive vibes.

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Harmonic Design @thisisharmonic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

AI agents aren’t just tools anymore—they’re participants. In his latest blog, Patrick Quattlebaum, CEO and co-founder, explores what it means to design not just what systems do, but who they are. Full blog: thisisharmonic.com/designing-wh...

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Designing Who AI Is, Not Just What It Does - Harmonic Design

AI assistants and agents have joined us as active participants. From relatively simple support chatbots to more autonomous agents running full workflows,

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