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Crema's Exploratory work is a practical, multi-disciplinary combination of design thinking, research, & strategy — rooted in the experience of what it takes to bring an idea to life.<br/></p></div></div><div class="padding-global services-pic hide"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5eb1d08896b7a78ee2ca7170_hpPRODUCTTEAMS.webp" data-w-id="5dff5147-901c-8a49-bcd7-6c660902e7cc" sizes="100vw" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5eb1d08896b7a78ee2ca7170_hpPRODUCTTEAMS-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5eb1d08896b7a78ee2ca7170_hpPRODUCTTEAMS-p-1600.webp 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5eb1d08896b7a78ee2ca7170_hpPRODUCTTEAMS-p-2000.webp 2000w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5eb1d08896b7a78ee2ca7170_hpPRODUCTTEAMS.webp 2500w" class="software-dev-1"/></div><div id="strategy" class="services-section fixed-container"><div data-w-id="ed448b9d-c96e-6004-6e2b-319b6468b250" class="section-old _100"><div class="sticky-section process services"><h4>Capabilities<span class="service-secondary"></span></h4><div class="service-anchor-link"><a href="#section-1" class="section-link">Innovation workshops</a><a href="#section-2" class="section-link">Product research & strategy</a><a href="#section-3" class="section-link">Customer experience mapping</a><a href="#section-4" class="section-link">Evaluations & audits</a><a href="#section-5" class="section-link">Proofs-of-Concept</a><a href="#section-6" class="section-link">Vision & opportunity shaping</a></div></div><div class="list-container process service"><div id="section-1" data-w-id="ed448b9d-c96e-6004-6e2b-319b6468b25d" style="opacity:0;-webkit-transform:translate3d(0PX, 30PX, 0PX) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-moz-transform:translate3d(0PX, 30PX, 0PX) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-ms-transform:translate3d(0PX, 30PX, 0PX) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);transform:translate3d(0PX, 30PX, 0PX) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);transform-style:preserve-3d" class="services-list-item services-section"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841.jpeg" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 68vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-500.jpeg 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-800.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-1080.jpeg 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-1600.jpeg 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-2000.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-2600.jpeg 2600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841-p-3200.jpeg 3200w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0eefbf7e17db6f8d89_IMG_7841.jpeg 4032w" alt="" class="services-image-small"/><div class="div-block-10"><div class="card padding-16 right-margin-10vw"><div class="services-link bottom-margin-24"><h2 class="bottom-margin-0">Innovation workshops</h2><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" alt="" class="arrow link left-margin-8 hide"/></div><p>Custom-designed workshops provide the time, space, and activities that enable teams to address their most pressing challenges. Using design thinking and other collaborative methodologies, we help frame the problem space, identify the key metrics of success, and prioritize opportunities to consistently accelerate a team’s progress on meaningful work.<br/></p></div></div></div><div id="section-2" data-w-id="78f63975-980d-2f36-b6f4-cae0b61135b8" class="services-list-item services-section"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658.webp" loading="lazy" data-w-id="78f63975-980d-2f36-b6f4-cae0b61135b9" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 68vw" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-1600.webp 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-2000.webp 2000w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-2600.webp 2600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658-p-3200.webp 3200w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fd1f87b4ab2acbf400cb_IMG_7658.webp 6000w" class="services-image-small"/><div class="div-block-10"><div data-w-id="78f63975-980d-2f36-b6f4-cae0b61135bf" class="card padding-16 right-margin-10vw"><div data-w-id="78f63975-980d-2f36-b6f4-cae0b61135bb" class="services-link bottom-margin-24"><h2 class="bottom-margin-0">Product research & strategy</h2><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" alt="" class="arrow link left-margin-8 hide"/></div><p>Our people-centric research approach builds a rich understanding of what people expect from your product. And because we’re product experts, we’re not into research for its own sake or pie-in-the-sky strategies; we bring a wealth of first-hand, practical experience to provide inspiring and realistic strategies for bringing exceptional digital products to life. <br/></p></div></div></div><div id="section-3" data-w-id="6d9d2f20-bed1-dc3c-a5eb-9c2b1872163d" class="services-list-item services-section"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837.webp" loading="lazy" data-w-id="6d9d2f20-bed1-dc3c-a5eb-9c2b1872163e" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 68vw" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837-p-1600.webp 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837-p-2000.webp 2000w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837-p-2600.webp 2600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fc0d3a05ce4dd91572cc_IMG_7837.webp 3673w" class="services-image-small"/><div class="div-block-10"><div data-w-id="6d9d2f20-bed1-dc3c-a5eb-9c2b18721644" class="card padding-16 right-margin-10vw"><div class="services-link bottom-margin-24"><h2 class="bottom-margin-0">Customer experience mapping</h2><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" alt="" class="arrow link left-margin-8 hide"/></div><p>Tools like customer journey maps and service blueprints can help a team to make decisions that are grounded in a holistic view of the customer’s reality. Codifying observations from quantitative & qualitative data alike, these robust visual artifacts unify teams around common objectives and highlight opportunities to serve users more effectively. </p></div></div></div><div id="section-4" data-w-id="a810f576-962e-e3f4-7582-f453068a0fa4" class="services-list-item services-section"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338.webp" loading="lazy" data-w-id="a810f576-962e-e3f4-7582-f453068a0fa5" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 68vw" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-1600.webp 1600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-2000.webp 2000w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-2600.webp 2600w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338-p-3200.webp 3200w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fddab44e991ac86ebfe0_AD9A9338.webp 5472w" class="services-image-small"/><div class="div-block-10"><div data-w-id="a810f576-962e-e3f4-7582-f453068a0fab" class="card padding-16 right-margin-10vw"><div class="services-link bottom-margin-24"><h2 class="bottom-margin-0">Evaluations & audits</h2><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" alt="" class="arrow link left-margin-8 hide"/></div><p>In-house teams can often find themselves trapped in the reality of their current product or roadmap. In order to reach the next level, they need deeper visibility into the experiential and technical aspects of a product. Crema’s unbiased, third-party perspective can help an organization challenge assumptions about what a service is — and what it could be in the future. These insights are commonly used to inform investment, modernization, and roadmapping strategies.</p></div></div></div><div id="section-5" data-w-id="cda5f48a-335f-b836-6a17-b0bc82e563a8" class="services-list-item services-section"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f72335428c664d9ae8bc_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20275.webp" loading="lazy" data-w-id="cda5f48a-335f-b836-6a17-b0bc82e563a9" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 68vw" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f72335428c664d9ae8bc_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20275-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f72335428c664d9ae8bc_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20275-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f72335428c664d9ae8bc_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20275-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f72335428c664d9ae8bc_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20275.webp 1600w" class="services-image-small"/><div class="div-block-10"><div data-w-id="cda5f48a-335f-b836-6a17-b0bc82e563ab" class="card padding-16 right-margin-10vw"><div class="services-link bottom-margin-24"><h2 class="bottom-margin-0">Proof-of-concept design & development</h2><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" alt="" class="arrow link left-margin-8 hide"/></div><p>When working with emerging or unfamiliar technologies, teams often build out a proof of concept to test assumptions about bringing the solution to life. We work with in-house teams and prospective users to validate the desirability of a concept through interactive prototypes, and functional proofs-of-concept can help answer questions about the technological feasibility of an idea. </p></div></div></div><div id="section-6" data-w-id="2a919379-53e9-bf85-0387-4bba687f1996" class="services-list-item services-section"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f824d417ccad312971a5_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20315.webp" loading="lazy" data-w-id="2a919379-53e9-bf85-0387-4bba687f1997" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 100vw, 68vw" alt="" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f824d417ccad312971a5_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20315-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f824d417ccad312971a5_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20315-p-800.webp 800w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f824d417ccad312971a5_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20315-p-1080.webp 1080w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308f824d417ccad312971a5_Crema%20Branding%202022%20_%20Adri%20Guyer%20Photo%20315.webp 1600w" class="services-image-small"/><div class="div-block-10"><div data-w-id="2a919379-53e9-bf85-0387-4bba687f1999" class="card padding-16 right-margin-10vw"><div class="services-link bottom-margin-24"><h2 class="bottom-margin-0">Vision & opportunity shaping</h2><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" alt="" class="arrow link left-margin-8 hide"/></div><p>Mapping a disruption-proof future of your company or product is not a linear process. The cultural landscape, industry trends, and market dynamics are constantly shifting, yet building a resilient program requires attention to these complex systems. Crema helps navigate this multifaceted volatility with imagination and pragmatism. We’ll uncover what makes your offering unique, then chart a course to empower you to capture the truly innovative possibilities & opportunities ahead. </p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="section-old services-testimonial"><div class="logo-container-red"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/6308fad6a4d5f965979fd91d_adamsgabbert-kansas-city-staffing-logo-2022%201%201.webp" loading="lazy" alt="" class="client-testimonial-logo"/></div><div class="flex-horizontal"><div class="testimonial-container service"><p class="quote">“This has been so so good. It’s what we should have done the first time.”</p><div class="text-size-medium text-weight-medium">Denise Kruze<br/>‍<em>CEO, AdamsGabbert</em></div></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="padding-global top-and-bottom-margin-120"><div class="w-layout-grid grid-homepage-insights"><div id="w-node-_74137e87-09b7-5783-cbcb-8861b55ff7f0-ac8805c2" class="flex-horizontal"><a href="/podcast-people-of-product-all-episodes" class="content-link w-inline-block"><h5 class="bottom-margin-0 right-margin-8 top-margin-0">Listen</h5><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" width="32" alt="" class="small-arrow"/></a></div><div id="w-node-_74137e87-09b7-5783-cbcb-8861b55ff7c8-ac8805c2" class="flex-horizontal"><a href="/blog" class="content-link w-inline-block"><h5 class="bottom-margin-0 right-margin-8 top-margin-0">read</h5><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f5948395973/5e8d427e8872839b43b6bc7f_arrow_forward-24px%20(1).svg" width="32" alt="" class="small-arrow"/></a></div><div id="w-node-_74137e87-09b7-5783-cbcb-8861b55ff804-ac8805c2" class="home-page---podcast w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="collection-list-13 _2-column w-dyn-items"><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-14 w-dyn-item"><a href="#" class="home-insights-container w-inline-block"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f7d0d3959a2/61dc413ca193828e402cc80a_Thumbnail.png")" class="option-five-cover"></div><h6 class="subhead">111: Developers Thinking like Designers</h6><p class="bottom-margin-8 hide">Beyond their strong technical knowledge, developers have to bring “big picture perspective” and get wildly creative. If you can broaden your scope beyond your own discipline, then you can guide your team to make intentional decisions that solve even greater problems during ideation. In this episode, Creative Technologist & “Exploratory Team” member CK Hicks shares how developers provide perspective for both technical feasibility and innovative possibility. </p><div class="label">Episode 111</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-14 w-dyn-item"><a href="#" class="home-insights-container w-inline-block"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f7d0d3959a2/61dc413ca193828e402cc80a_Thumbnail.png")" class="option-five-cover"></div><h6 class="subhead">110: A Designer's Role in Early-Stage Innovation</h6><p class="bottom-margin-8 hide">Great designers have a deep focus on understanding the user and getting close to their needs. This is why having an experienced designer involved from the earliest stages of research and ideation is so powerful. In this episode, Product Designer Aubrey Schmidt describes her role in the early innovation space.</p><div class="label">Episode 110</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-14 w-dyn-item"><a href="#" class="home-insights-container w-inline-block"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f7d0d3959a2/61dc413ca193828e402cc80a_Thumbnail.png")" class="option-five-cover"></div><h6 class="subhead">109: Unpacking the “Ecology of Product” in Workshops</h6><p class="bottom-margin-8 hide">Many have gone through “workshops” that are more like glorified business improv sessions. But high-impact facilitated sessions dedicated to unearthing the real problem can help teams get aligned on the best possible solution. In this episode, expert facilitator Justin Mertes describes the outcomes of early-stage tech exploration and the real consequences of jumping into the work without a deep understanding of the context.</p><div class="label">Episode 109</div></a></div><div role="listitem" class="collection-item-14 w-dyn-item"><a href="#" class="home-insights-container w-inline-block"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f7d0d3959a2/61dc413ca193828e402cc80a_Thumbnail.png")" class="option-five-cover"></div><h6 class="subhead">108: Introducing Exploratory Services</h6><p class="bottom-margin-8 hide">Crema can help make the most meaningful and impactful products when we come in as early as possible to explore all of the possibilities. Before you lay the foundation, you have to make sure you’re headed in the right direction. Hear why our team is deepening our exploratory services this year and what it might mean for your project.</p><div class="label">Episode 108</div></a></div></div></div><div id="w-node-_74137e87-09b7-5783-cbcb-8861b55ff7ca-ac8805c2" class="home-blog-post---single blog w-dyn-list"><div role="list" class="homepage-blog-collection w-dyn-items"><div data-w-id="74137e87-09b7-5783-cbcb-8861b55ff7cc" role="listitem" class="collection-item-15 w-dyn-item"><a href="/blog/exploratory-as-a-service" class="blog-link w-inline-block"><div class="top-content-block"><div style="background-image:url("https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f7d0d3959a2/6213c38e51ecbf2ecc6fb9a6_1645052076755.jpeg")" class="featured-blog-image"></div><h6 class="subhead">Exploratory-as-a-Service</h6></div><div class="blog-author-wrapper-2"><img loading="lazy" alt="" src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b6b50e79e9b6f7d0d3959a2/679a4cc51eef66263b34f2da_AD9A1057.jpg" sizes="(max-width: 991px) 24px, (max-width: 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