The Practical Innovator's Guide to Customer-Centric Growth

The Practical Innovator's Guide to Customer-Centric Growth

The Invisible Interface: How Screenless Tech Will Get Your Jobs Done Differently

A look a the AI, ambient systems, and outcome-driven principles behind the next wave of productivity

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Mike Boysen
Jun 01, 2025
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Table of Contents

The Tyranny of the Tiny Screen: Why Our Current Mobile UI Paradigm is Ripe for Disruption

  • The Unseen Costs of Constant Connectivity

  • What Jobs Are We Really Hiring Our Smartphones For?

  • The Smartphone Slab: A Temporary Evolutionary Step?

Elevating the Abstraction: The Core of Screenless Innovation

  • Shifting from Features to Outcomes

  • The Power of Invisible Solutions

  • Technologies Enabling This Shift (Working Today, But Underutilized)

The Novel Strategy: Principles for Designing Screenless Interactions

  • Outcome-Driven Design as the Foundation

  • Key Pillars of the Screenless Future

  • Examples in Action: Reimagining Common Tasks

  • Getting It Done Completely Differently: The True Innovation

The Path Forward & Implications

  • Benefits for Businesses and Individuals

  • Challenges and Considerations

  • The Role of JTBD in Navigating this Transition

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