Powerful technology,usable experience.
01The challenge
Egen, an innovation-focused technology services company, built an AI tool to help its customers navigate emerging business challenges. The technology was highly capable; unlocking its value needed a more intuitive experience.
We partnered with Egen to evaluate the tool, identify opportunities for improvement, and establish a practical roadmap for continuously evolving the experience.

02How the work came together
Workstream
- Discovery workshops to align on product vision and business goals
- Experience mapping to define key journeys and opportunities
- UX assessment to prioritize high-value improvements
- Lean user research to validate assumptions and uncover friction
- AI-assisted concept exploration to visualize future-state ideas quickly
Our approach
- Facilitated workshops to align teams around users, goals and product direction
- Mapped critical journeys to find friction and simplify complex experiences
- Ran lean research with stakeholders to surface real-world usability needs
- Used AI to explore and visualize potential improvements quickly
- Prioritized incremental enhancements over a disruptive redesign
- Stayed embedded through implementation, refining recommendations as the product evolved
- Fed observations from live client workshops back into the roadmap
03Key outcomes
04Lasting impact
Rather than treating UX as a one-time design exercise, we established an iterative partnership centered on continuous improvement. By combining strategic UX thinking, lean research, AI-assisted concepting and real-world workshop observations, Egen gained a sustainable framework for evolving the tool as new capabilities emerge.
05In their words
We had built a powerful tool with a tremendous amount of capability, but we knew the experience needed to be simpler. shUX helped us step back, see it through a different lens, and identify where we could make the biggest improvements. Their approach was practical, collaborative, and allowed us to make meaningful changes quickly without slowing down development.”
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Sometimes the biggest challenge is knowing what to tackle first. Let’s uncover the opportunities and find a clear path forward.

