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Experience Curve

Map the emotional and practical journey of work today: the highs, lows, friction points, and moments that shape how people feel about their work.

O-M-EXP-EXC

Experience Curve

Map the emotional and practical journey of work today: the highs, lows, friction points, and moments that shape how people feel about their work.

O-M-EXP-EXC

Introduction

Numbers don’t capture the full picture. The experience curve reveals how people actually feel about their work and where friction exists, providing crucial input for designing better human-AI collaboration.

Phase

Map

Lens

Experience

Purpose

Understand current work experience

Output

Experience Curve

Who’s Involved

UX designers, HR, frontline staff, managers

Duration

2-4 hours

Steps

  1. Identify key work journeys to map

  2. Define stages and touchpoints in each journey

  3. Capture emotional highs and lows at each stage

  4. Identify pain points, frustrations, and friction

  5. Document moments that matter (positive and negative)

  6. Highlight opportunities for AI to improve experience

Template

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Get the collaborative templates we use with clients

Skip the blank page. Every Orbit Method tool has a working canvas behind it: structured, labelled and ready to fill in with your own organisation. We’re preparing a sample set as FigJam files. Subscribe and we’ll send it as soon as it’s ready.

We’ll email you when the sample lands, plus template updates and new episodes. Unsubscribe anytime.

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©2026 Orbit Method™

By Shaped + SIS Decisions + Milpress

©2026 Orbit Method™

By Shaped + SIS Decisions + Milpress

©2026 Orbit Method™

By Shaped + SIS Decisions + Milpress