Building balance for a brighter future
Transformative ideas deserve powerful execution. We help brave leaders craft intuitive experiences that foster balance in a changing world. Together, we’ll build tools that meet your goals and shape a better tomorrow.
The balancing act
Dayani is a new breed of consultancy that empowers organizations to create meaningful impact.
We integrate community-centered design with innovative solutions for sustainability, equity, and technological change.
Blending strategic insight, co-creation, and transformative technologies, we turn ambitious visions into balanced realities.
Trusted by change-makers
Verizon
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Salt Security
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Peet's Coffee
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Proofpoint
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Nium
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Onora Global
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Stow Energy
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Solidigm
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qb. Consulting
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Fred & Ted
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Grove Collaborative
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Verizon 〰️ Salt Security 〰️ Peet's Coffee 〰️ Proofpoint 〰️ Nium 〰️ Onora Global 〰️ Stow Energy 〰️ Solidigm 〰️ qb. Consulting 〰️ Fred & Ted 〰️ Grove Collaborative 〰️
Our Services
Modern solutions for today’s needs, our services are built to address complex challenges with balanced, community-centered solutions. In every project, we deploy emerging technologies, integrate diverse voices and expertise, and bridge natural boundaries.
That way, we address our client’s immediate challenges while also driving lasting, positive impact across ecosystems, communities, and industries — positioning their organizations at the forefront of sustainable, technology-enabled change.
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We create intuitive, AI-powered interfaces that make complex data and systems accessible to users. We’ve been building data-driven, personalized systems for years and know the traps for enterprise AI.
Start with a two-week sprint to harness your dataset and transform it to a working, AI-enhanced visualization.
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World-saving technologies are too often stuck behind low acceptance and slow adoption from the people who would gain the most from them. We speed up the curve with user-centered design for clean experiences with complex technology products in the public and private sectors.
Start with an intensive, one-day user journey mapping workshop with your team and ours to uncover the frictions and prioritize actionable improvements.
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We co-create platforms that connect marginalized communities to the processes and services that can bring them technological advancements, bringing equity and access to critical resources in uncertain times. Our co-design process brings together community members, institutional leaders, and AI-assisted tools to create resilient strategies.
Start with a needs assessment and ideation, a three-week sprint with community interviews, data analysis, and collaborative ideation to identify key community needs and imagine a digital solution.
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We design tools and frameworks that streamline partnerships between government entities, private companies and research institutions, focusing on high-impact, cross-cutting projects that benefit the public good. We have history at all sides of these complex relationships, and use it to cut across sectors with integrated, multiparty solutions.
Start by finding the collaboration bottlenecks in a two-week process mapping exercise that reveals new opportunities for closer partnerships.
Ready to shape the future?
Book a free session to start building.
Navigating change
In our entangled world, we are learning more and more about the ripple effects our actions create. About how every business decision we make reverberates well-beyond our Zoom screens.
These ripple effects take shape in predictable and unexpected ways. The challenge lies in recognizing these shifts to adapt proactively, so we can harness change as a catalyst for positive transformation rather than being overwhelmed by it.
At Dayani, we’re inspired by this delicate balance between achieving immediate business objectives and broader societal impacts. That’s why we have purpose-built our disciplines to help you navigate these complex waters and nourish change that supports us all.
Our process is rooted in the belief that the most impactful solutions emerge when we consider the interconnectedness of global challenges, local needs, and user experiences.
We’re skeptical of one-size-fits-all processes, but themes across our work include:
Holistic challenge mapping
We start by mapping your challenge within a broader ecosystem, considering global trends, local impacts, and diverse stakeholders – including non-human ones.
AI-assisted insight generation
We pair rich on-the-ground research with powerful AI tools to analyze large amounts of data and uncover hidden patterns and unexpected insights.
Co-creative workshops
We bring together diverse voices – from community members to industry experts – with yours and ours for collaborative sessions grounded in real-world needs and experiences.
Rapid prototyping and validation
We leverage low-code/no-code tools to quickly build and test prototypes. An agile approach that allows us to validate ideas with real users early and often, ensuring solutions that truly resonate.
Impact-driven implementation
Our implementation strategies focus on maximizing positive impact across multiple dimensions — user experience, business goals, community needs, and long-term sustainability.
Adaptive learning and iteration
We view every project as a living entity. We continuously gather data on user interactions and ripple effect impacts to allow the solutions we build to evolve and improve over time.
Meet the Team
Brian Kress and Manuel Gonzalez are the founders of Dayani. With decades of experience apart and a decade paired together, they’ve brought new products and ideas to life, built business units, saved broken flows, and pushed the realm of possible with clients like American Express, Salesforce, Cool Effect, Microsoft, Diageo, Dole, and many, many more. With Dayani, Brian and Manuel have focused on what’s always really driven them: taking on the most challenging work of our time with their eyes on the future.
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Founder | Innovation
A seasoned innovator with over 25 years of experience, Manuel brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise at the intersection of emerging technology and experience design. His ability to bridge the gap between idea generation and execution, makes him a sought-after advisor and trusted partner in the industry.
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Founder | Principal
An older-than-he-looks, versatile product strategist, Brian has a proven track record of delivering successful products for both startups and Fortune 50 companies. His unique blend of cultural, technical, climate and business acumen makes him a valuable asset to any team.
We’d love to hear from you.
Email the team directly at hello@dayani.io.