“Design is really about the way products and services come to life. The companies that build the most enduring relationships with customers often do so by creating an environment where design flourishes. They have leadership that embraces design, executives who trust their gut and their employees as much as they trust all the data they receive abut their business. To really grasp design is to intuit what customers want, often before customers even know what they want it. That’s not something you can learn in a focus group or an online survey.” – Jay Greene

This quote is from Jay’s book “Design Is How It Works: How the Smartest Companies Turn Products into Icons.” It was also quoted in Thomas Lockwood’s book “Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value.”

Thanks to Michael Magoolaghan for submitting this quote!