Do you recommend doing a course in service design to be considered as a service designer? Again, a lovely question. And I have to say, I'm totally biased. So I'm an educator. So my work is to build courses and to help people get certified and have that diplomas and stuff. So obviously I will say yes.

Because I think that learning from others is always a good thing. But to be clear, it's not enough. You also need a lot of experience and another thing that I think is very important is observation of how others work and how others do their work. And just as a little pointer, you see here that there is a little link, down below in the slides.

You can always then... Explore this link to have more information and more details about my personal view, if this is something that you are interested in. So I'm completely biased, but now to answer the second part, which is, does it help to feel, to be like, to be recognized like a service designer?

And here I will answer. It might help especially you, maybe not the others but you, if you feel an imposter syndrome. If you feel like, oh, I don't feel like I know stuff. I don't feel like I'm able to do the services I think. Then, a diploma, a certification, is a proof for yourself that you're able to do it.

Obviously, if you don't have an imposter syndrome, just do the work, show your work, and people will see if it has any value. But if you have this imposter syndrome, it might be quite helpful to go this route. Following a course, definitely useful, especially if you have an imposter syndrome. But don't forget, observation and practice are key.

Also needed for you to be a real service designer.