"Customers Included," presented by Mark Hurst

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Transcript of "Customers Included," presented by Mark Hurst

SOCIALMEDIA.ORG/SUMMIT2014ORLANDOOCTOBER 27–29, 2014

“Customers Included: How to Transform Products, Companies, and the World — With a Single Step”

MARK HURSTCREATIVE GOOD

Customers Included

@markhurst

“The Playpump is an ingenious water pump driven by a children’s roundabout.”

2005

2006

$16 million

Fail

In Malawi, Canadian aid workers Owen Scott and

Duncan McNicholl

2010

Total time:

3 minutes, 7 seconds

Total time:

28 seconds

“Yes, the message is – stop immediately.”

“[We] found no signs that communities had been consulted

prior to installation.”

“I met women who had been without their own supply of clean

drinking water for months.”

“The very nature of innovation requires that we try new things

and take risks.”

15,573

29,987

“Don’t get distracted by the shiny object. Execute on the fundamentals.”

-Reed Hastings, April 2013

Before Project Impact

During Project Impact

1 Weird Trick To Include Customers

Yes, but…

iMac iPod

iTunes iPhone

iTunes App Store iPad

“Mr. Jobs didn’t buy into focus groups.”

“The lesson from Steve: don’t listen to your customers.”

“Mr. Jobs didn’t buy into focus groups.”

“You’ve gotta start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology.”

Lessons

Remember to…

Remember to… 1. Spend time with customers

Remember to… 1. Spend time with customers

2. Find out what they want

(don’t ask)

Remember to… 1. Spend time with customers

2. Find out what they want

(don’t ask)

3. Execute on the fundamentals

Thank you

@markhurst

SOCIALMEDIA.ORG/SUMMIT2014ORLANDOOCTOBER 27–29, 2014

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