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 Basoli Dhirai. 
 Basoli Dhirai. 

Is it really a product problem?

find out before
it costs you a quarter

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The problem usually isn't where the team is looking

I'm Basoli, a CX and product strategist. For a decade I've worked alongside product and CX teams to lift retention, cut support load, and turn user friction into

measurable gains.

I embed with your teams, look at the whole picture, and find where the gap between what people expect and what the product delivers is quietly costing you.
 

Because when you are close enough to the product, you are often too close to see why it's not working

In the room with the PMs, finding out it wasn't a product problem.

Teams & products I've worked with

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When teams bring me in

REASON 01
You're about to invest in a new product or feature, and want to know it's the right one before you commit.
REASON 02
Something shipped, but it isn't moving the numbers you expected.
REASON 03

Support tickets keep climbing no matter what gets fixed.

REASON 04

The problem clearly sits between teams, touchpoints, or partners and no one owns the whole picture. 

REASON 05

Feature requests keep stacking up, but your gut says this isn't really a product problem.

REASON 06 

None of these, but something's nagging you.

That counts too. Let's grab a coffee.

Anything sound familiar?
 


Start with a conversation, no pitch, no pressure.

REASON 02
Something shipped, but isn't moving the numbers you expected.
REASON 03
Support tickets keep climbing no matter what gets fixed.
REASON 04
The problem clearly sits between teams, touchpoints or partners and no one owns the whole picture
REASON 05
Feature requests keep stacking up, but your gut says this isn't really a product problem.
REASON 06
None of these, but something's nagging you.

Selected work

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↓20%

ORDER FAIL RATE

customer cancellations

↓40%

SYSTEMS • SERVICE DESIGN • POLICY

Getting one policy right across a whole marketplace

Designing for users, riders, vendors, and the business behind the policy, across every region.

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↓42%

MoM USER ISSUES

CX • SERVICE DESIGN • UX

When onboarding carries the whole experience​ 

Building the experience around a physical learning product.

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↑3%

 MoM growth for partners (early signals)

Markets 

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Making quality visible enough to reward

PRODUCT STRATEGY • SYSTEMS • SERVICE DESIGN 

Building a self-reinforcing partner quality system  rewarded by customer demand

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INNOVATION • RESEARCH

Turning food waste into product opportunity

Exploring how a delivery platform could put restaurant surplus to work .

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↓20%

ORDER FAIL RATE

↓40%

CUSTOMER CANCELLATIONS

Getting one policy right across a whole marketplace

Designing for users, riders, vendors and the the business behind the policy, across every region

SYSTEMS • SERVICE DESIGN • POLICY

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↑3%

MoM GROWTH FOR PARTNERS (early signals)

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MARKETS

Making quality visible enough to reward

Building a self-reinforcing partner quality system rewarded by customer demand

PRODUCT STRATEGY • SYSTEMS • SERVICE DESIGN 

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Turning food waste into product opportunity

Exploring how a delivery platform could put restaurant surplus to work.

INNOVATION • RESEARCH

01  A conversation, no strings

We scope it together first - the situation, where the problem might sit, how we’d work. You leave with a sharper read on your problem whether or not we go further. 

02   A plan you can hold me to

A clear scope, a timeline, a defined process, and what the outcome should look like, with an accurate quote up front. You always know what you’re buying.

03   I go where the reality is

Stakeholders, the people on the ground, the users themselves. The full-system view that finds what any single team can’t see from where it sits.

04   The why, not just the what

You get the reason underneath it all - why the problem exists and what’s actually driving it, not just a list of fixes. From there the whats follow : what to build, what to fix upstream, what to stop doing. And because we reach it together, it’s aligned by the time it’s decided rather than sold to your team afterwards.

05   I stay past the decision

I don’t leave at the deck. An engagement through ideation and pilot for as long as it’s useful, then step back once your team is carrying it.

How we’d work together

I work as part of your team, not from the outside

Alongside your PMs, engineers and data, I map the whole journey, your users, your partners and the business all at once, find where it’s actually breaking and work with you to turn that into a direction your team can act on.

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Before you build the fix, make sure
it's the right one.

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