Progress or Process? Two Lenses for Jobs to be Done

Hosted by John Gusiff and Dominic Ricchetti

Wed, Jun 3, 2026

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Quantitative JTBD Methods for Smarter Product & Experience Decisions
JOHN GUSIFF and DOMINIC RICCHETTI
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What you'll learn

Understand the Two Complementary JTBD Lenses

Learn when to use Jobs as Progress vs Jobs as Process — and how they work together to improve product and GTM decisions.

Match the Lens to the Demand Stage

Latent and Emerging demand call for the Progress lens. Patterned and Scalable demand call for the Process lens. Learn w

Use Jobs as Progress to Find the Switch

See how qualitative JTBD surfaces customers' Desire for Progress — the switching forces that produce messaging that actu

Use Jobs as Process to Find What to Build, For Whom

Follow the analytical chain: 100+ outcomes → 9 factors → 4 segments → 3 priorities. The math behind segment selection an

Choose Which Segment to Invest In

A 2×2 strategic framework — Product Readiness × Growth Goal — that turns segmentation findings into commercial action.

Why this topic matters

Most teams pick one method and live with the blind spots. Qualitative finds the why but can't size it. Quantitative finds the what but misses the switching story. This session uses the real Ramp case study to show the full arc — and how the research bar is moving from interesting findings to confident recommendations.

You'll learn from

John Gusiff

Managing Partner, Customer Centric LLC

John Gusiff is the Managing Partner of Customer Centric Solutions LLC, which he founded in 2002 after 15 years helping leading B2C, B2B, and B2B2C brands improve customer acquisition, engagement, service, and retention.

He combines human-centered design, JTBD insights, and applied behavioral science to help executives in marketing, sales, product, and customer experience rethink how they serve customers and drive growth.

His client work includes American Honda, Canada Goose, Citibank, Ecobee, G Adventures, Gympass, Humana, Porch, lululemon, Royal Ambulance, Shaklee, and TransAlta.

Dominic Ricchetti

Insights Architect & Consultant CX/UX/MR

Dominic (Dom) Ricchetti is a quantitative research expert with 40 years of experience at leading research firms and brands. He launched the Product Lab at ServiceNow and drove product innovation through advanced analytics.

Dom developed many custom methods, particularly for the JTBD frameworks, personas, segmentation, driver analysis and conjoint studies. With a foundation in engineering, computer science, and masters in operations research, market strategy, and business planning Dom empowers professionals new to the field or looking to expand their quantitative skills.

His career involves qualitative and quantitative research at ServiceNow, Intuit, Microsoft, YouTube, REI, Nordstroms and other leading companies.

Previously at

lululemon athletica
Microsoft
Intuit
Ecobee
ServiceNow
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