Definition
Surprisingly Delightful
A Levelpath design principle where the platform proactively surfaces something useful the user did not think to ask for - such as a contract negotiation strategy auto-generated upon opening a document.
From the episode “Delightful Procurement: The CFO That Never Sleeps - Alex Yakubovich from Levelpath”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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