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Six Steps to Determine if Your Risk Mitigation Strategies Are …

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Aug 16, 2024

The Importance of Continuous Risk Assessment in Medical Device Design & Development.

The Importance of Continuous Risk Assessment in Medical Device …

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Aug 8, 2024

Tailoring Use-Related Risk Analysis (URRA) for Enhanced Risk Mitigation and Usability in Medical Device Design and Development

Tailoring Use-Related Risk Analysis (URRA) for Enhanced Risk …

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Apr 19, 2024

Why Use Related Risk Analysis (URRA) is a Critical Tool in Developing Safe, Effective, and Easy-to-Use Medical Devices.

Why Use-Related Risk Analysis (URRA) is a Critical Tool in Developing …

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Mar 29, 2024

Three Reasons Task Analysis is Critical for Delivering Excellent User Experiences in Medical Devices.

Three Reasons Task Analysis is Critical for Delivering Excellent User …

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Mar 3, 2024

Do You Know Your Customers Anymore? How to Use Generative Research to Reset Your Innovation Pipeline.

Do You Know Your Customers Anymore? How to Use Generative Research to …

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Jan 30, 2024

Human Factors, Medical Device R&D Teams, and the FDA: How Do We All Get on the Same Page About Risk?

Human Factors, Medical Device R&D Teams, and the FDA: How Do We …

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Jan 23, 2024

The Ten (Not So Common) Traits of Highly Insightful Teams.

The Ten (Not So Common) Traits of Highly Insightful Teams. In the …

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Jan 16, 2024

Stay Ahead of the Curve: Five Trends in Medical Device Regulations to Watch in 2024

Five Trends in Medical Device Regulations to Watch in 2024: A Human …

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Jan 10, 2024

Why Validating Consumer Insights Turns Human Understanding into Meaningful Business Advantage.

Why Validating Consumer Insights Turns Human Understanding into …

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Nov 22, 2023

Why Human Factors Formative and Summative Usability Testing Should be Conducted Externally.

Why Human Factors Formative and Summative Usability Testing Should be …

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Oct 24, 2023

The Empirical Argument Why Design and Innovation Fuel Growth in an Economic Downturn.

The Empirical Argument Why Design and Innovation Fuel Growth in an …

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Oct 16, 2023

Seven Pillars for Starting, Managing, and Growing a Creative Design Firm

Seven Pillars for Starting, Managing, and Growing a Creative Design …

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Oct 13, 2023

Human Factors Careers: How to Pursue a Career Path in Human Factors Engineering.

Human Factors Careers: How to Pursue a Career Path in Human Factors …

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Sep 30, 2023

Can Human Factors be Applied to Operations and Systems That Include a Human-Machine Interface?

Can Human Factors be Applied to Operations and Systems That Include a …

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Jun 28, 2023

Human Factors Research Moderation Techniques: Enhancing User Experience through Effective Research.

Human Factors Research Moderation Techniques: Enhancing User …

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Jun 4, 2023

The Benefits of User Experience (UX) Design and Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Collaborating on Medical Device Design and Development.

The Benefits of User Experience Design (UxD) and Human Factors …

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Apr 7, 2023

A Recap of the HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.

A Recap of the HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and …

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Apr 5, 2023

A Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Perspective on Supplemental FDA Human Factors Guidance.

A Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Perspective on Supplemental FDA …

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Mar 23, 2023

How to Circumvent Costly Design Blunders by Bringing HFE Forward in the Device Design and Development Process

How to Circumvent Costly Design Blunders by Bringing HFE Forward in …

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Feb 2, 2023

5 Business Innovation Models: Identifying the Right Innovation Strategy for You.

5 Business Innovation Models: Identifying the Right Innovation …

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Jan 6, 2023

How a Product Design Company Can Humanize Medical Device Design

How a Product Design Company Can Humanize Medical Device Design: A …

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Jan 6, 2023

5 Benefits of Working with an Independent Product Design Firm.

5 benefits of working with an independent product design …

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Jan 6, 2023

What Is Insight? The 5 Principles of Insight Definition

What Is Insight? The Five Principles of Effective Insight …

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Jul 16, 2022

Mobile Ethnography Research: A New Methodology for New Times

Mobile Ethnography Research: A New Methodology for New Times. The …

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Apr 25, 2022

THRIVE, Celebrating 12 Years As a World-Class Product Design Studio. A Retrospective.

By Connor Garrett

THRIVE, Celebrating 12 Years As a World-Class Product Design Studio. A …

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Apr 14, 2022

6 Tips for Hiring A Product Design Consulting Firm: What You Need to Know

6 Tips for Hiring A Product Design Consulting Firm: What You Need to …

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Jan 22, 2022

4 Smart Tips for Pivoting Human Factors Research from In-Person to Remote

By Amy Stockslager

4 Smart Tips for Pivoting Human Factors Research from In-Person to …

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Jan 6, 2022

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #8: Improving Medical Product Design for UX

By Bradley Bergeron • Georgia Patera • Jonathan Dalton

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #8: Improving Medical Product …

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Dec 6, 2021

Why a Powerful Opportunity Framework is an Almighty Goldmine & Ideas are a Dime a Dozen

An opportunity framework is a powerful strategic planning tool that …

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Nov 30, 2021

How to Build a Product Design Language: What It Is & Why You Need to Create a Meaningful One.

How To Build a Product Design Language: What It Is & Why You Need …

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Nov 6, 2021

Human Factors Engineering: A Mini-Guide to Selecting The Right Consultant.

By Rachel Aronchick

Human Factors Engineering: A Mini-Guide to Selecting The Right …

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Oct 4, 2021

What’s Next for Service Design in An Increasingly Remote and Contactless World?

What's Next for Service Design in An Increasingly Remote and …

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Sep 29, 2021

What Does Innovating at a Social Distance Look Like? Three Practical Tips.

What Does Innovating at a Social Distance Look Like? Three Practical …

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Sep 1, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #13: Humanized Patient-Provider Interactions

What are Humanized Patient-provider Interactions? Humanized …

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Aug 25, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #12: Behavioral Design for Medical Devices

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #12: Behavioral Design for …

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Aug 10, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #11: The Increasing Prevalence of Robot-Assisted Surgery

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #11: The Increasing Prevalence of …

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Jul 23, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #10: Enhanced Data Visualization Tools

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #10: Enhanced Data Visualization …

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Jun 30, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #9: Improving Contextual Design & Cognitive Empathy

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #9: Improving Contextual …

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Jun 2, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #7: Human-Centered Healthcare Design

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #7: Human-Centered Healthcare …

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May 16, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #6 Orchestrating Operating Room Efficiency

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #6 Orchestrating Operating Room …

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May 10, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #5: Physician Empowerment

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS #5: Physician Empowerment Over …

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May 1, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #4 Patient Empowerment

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #4 Patient Empowerment Welcome …

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Apr 29, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #3 Expanding the Continuum of Care

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #3 Expanding the Continuum of …

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Apr 20, 2021

Why Design Thinking is Critical for the Prosperity of Your Business.

Why Design Thinking is Critical for the Prosperity of Your …

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Apr 18, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #2 Hyper Personalization of Care

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #2 Hyper Personalization of …

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Apr 16, 2021

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #1 The Shifting Point of Care

EMERGING HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRENDS: #1 The Shifting Point of …

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Nov 24, 2020

3 Ways Market Mapping Can Help Fuel Future Growth: What You Need to Know.

3 Ways Market Mapping Can Help Fuel Future Growth: What You Need to …

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Oct 4, 2020

How to Shift Your Customer Experience Strategy During the Coronavirus Crisis

How to Shift Your Customer Experience Strategy During the Coronavirus …

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Jul 16, 2020

Preparing for the New Normal: How Businesses Should Be Thinking About Long-Term Growth Strategy During the COVID-19 Crisis

Preparing for the New Normal: How Businesses Should Be Thinking About …

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Jun 23, 2020

All Customer Experience Design Is a Stage: How to Think Differently About Service Design

All Customer Experience Design Is a Stage: How to Think Differently …

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Jun 12, 2020

Why Aren’t there Cutting Boards in Greek Kitchens? Making the Most of Remote Consumer Research.

By Whitney Easton, Ph.D.

Why Aren’t there Cutting Boards in Greek Kitchens? Making the Most of …

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May 13, 2020

Script vs. Service Blueprint: Which Should You Use In Your Service Design Program?

Script vs. Service Blueprint: Which Should You Use In Your Service …

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Apr 30, 2020

It’s OK to Outsource the Field Research. Here’s Why.

It’s OK to Outsource the Field Research. Here’s Why. You’re …

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Apr 28, 2020

Finding Customer Intimacy in Socially Distanced Times: Why We Need Design Research.

By Whitney Easton, Ph.D.

Finding Customer Intimacy in Socially Distanced Times: Why We Need …

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Apr 2, 2020

Design Research: Three Tips for Choosing the Right Design Research Methods

Design Research: Three Tips for Choosing the Right Design Research …

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Mar 26, 2020

Innovating through Remote Collaboration: The Benefits and Blockers.

Innovating through Remote Collaboration: The Benefits and …

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Mar 24, 2020

Four Roles You Must Have in the Virtual Room for a Successful Remote Ideation Session.

Four Roles You Must Have in the Virtual Room for a Successful Remote …

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Mar 11, 2020

Three Tips For Finding the Right Research Consultant.

Three Tips For Finding the Right Research Consultant. So, you’re …

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Feb 4, 2020

How To Maintain A Through-Line To New Innovative Products

By Amber McAlpine

How To Maintain A Through-Line To New Innovative Products There's a …

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Dec 9, 2019

10 Great Books You Need to Power Up Your Product and Service Design Growth

10 Great Books to Power Up Your Product Design and Service Growth A …

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Dec 5, 2019

Top Tech Trends To Look Out For at CES 2020

Top Tech Trends To Look Out For at CES 2020 In the ever-changing …

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Nov 20, 2019

The Future of Design in a Circular Economy

The Future of Design in a Circular Economy. Welcome to the Circular …

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Nov 9, 2019

Designing Digital Experiences for Patient Behavior Change

Designing Digital Experiences for Patient Behavior Change Designers …

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Nov 8, 2019

4 Principles You Need to Create New Product Names

By Bethany Whitlock

4 Principles You Need to Create New Product Names Creating a new …

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Oct 15, 2019

Simplicity in Design. Do You Know What Makes Product Design Great?

By Chris Wu

Simplicity in Design. Do You Know What Makes Product Design Great? …

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Oct 9, 2019

How To Leverage User Memory Structures In Design: Part II

By Amber McAlpine

How To Leverage User Memory Structures In Design: Part II People …

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Aug 11, 2019

How Do You Gain Global Insight To Fuel Growth For Your Brand?

HOW DO YOU GAIN GLOBAL INSIGHT TO FUEL GROWTH FOR YOUR BRAND? More …

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Aug 10, 2019

How To Leverage User Memory Structures In Design

By Amber McAlpine

HOW TO LEVERAGE USER MEMORY STRUCTURES IN DESIGN The way consumers …

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Jul 14, 2019

The Disadvantages of Only Using Big Data to Discover Consumer Insights.

The Disadvantages of Only Using Big Data to Discover Consumer …

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Jun 17, 2019

HOW COMPELLING USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN CAN REDUCE THE HEALTH I.T. BURDEN

HOW COMPELLING USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN CAN REDUCE THE HEALTH I.T. …

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Jun 17, 2019

CES 2019 Hype and Hoopla: What was more spectacle than substance?

CES 2019 Hype and Hoopla: What was more spectacle than …

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Apr 29, 2019

Why understanding your macro and micro level actionable insights can help define the problem worth solving.

Why understanding your macro and micro level actionable insights can …

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Mar 17, 2019

Harnessing The Power Of Experience Design Principles: Part I

Experience Design Principles. What they are and why you need …

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Mar 10, 2019

Real tech, real applications: How business can apply CES 2019’s top trends.

Real tech, real applications: How business can apply CES 2019’s top …

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Jan 4, 2019

TALKIN’ BOUT MY GENERATION: Why we need to do better when it comes to defining our target consumer.

TALKIN’ BOUT MY GENERATION: Why we need to do better when it comes to …

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Dec 2, 2018

When Should I Use a Design Sprint? The Art of Running – Or Not – In New Product Development.

By Chris Wu

When Should I Use a Design Sprint? The art of running – or not – in …

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Nov 28, 2018

Flipping the Script. An Authentic Approach to Customer Experience Design.

Flipping the Script. An Authentic Approach to Customer Experience …

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Nov 7, 2018

Meet Jefferson McCloud: THRIVE’S Director of Digital Experience Design

MEET JEFFERSON McCLOUD: THRIVE’S DIRECTOR OF DIGITAL EXPERIENCE …

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Oct 13, 2018

How To Manage The Risks of Innovation

By Ben Davis

HOW TO MANAGE THE RISKS OF INNOVATION. At the crux of it, …

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Aug 30, 2018

Mobile Ethnography. New Methods Demand New Approaches.

Mobile Ethnography. New Methods Demand New Approaches. As early …

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Aug 19, 2018

What is Mobile Ethnography? And why should you use it?

What is Mobile Ethnography? And why should you use it? Before …

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Jul 9, 2018

Meet Georgia Patera: THRIVE’s Director of Research and Strategy

Georgia Patera is a student and a thinker, a creator and an …

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Jun 1, 2018

Smart Product Design: Why The Smart Home Is Still Really Dumb, Part II

Smart Product Design: Why The Smart Home Is Still Really Dumb, Part …

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May 17, 2018

Smart Product Design: Why The Smart Home Is Still Really Dumb, Part I

Smart Product Design: Why The Smart Home Is Still Really Dumb, Part …

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May 14, 2018

The Innovation Myth: Why It’s Insights, Not Ideas, That Truly Drive Innovation

The Innovation Myth: Why It's Insights, Not Ideas. That Truly Drive …

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Apr 19, 2018

Recapping the #IDSAMedical Pre-Conference Workshop

Recapping the #IDSAMedical Pre-Conference Workshop: Unlocking New …

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Apr 12, 2018

Innov8rs Atlanta 2018: Recapping A Customer Experience Research Safari

Innov8rs Atlanta 2018: Recapping A Customer Experience Research …

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Mar 10, 2018

“Unlocking New Value through Healthcare Experience Mapping”: Our Upcoming IDSA Medical Pre-Conference Workshop.

“Unlocking New Value through Healthcare Experience Mapping”: Our …

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Feb 22, 2018

Three Things CES 2018 Told Us About Designing the Future

Three Things CES 2018 Told Us About Designing the Future This …

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Jan 27, 2018

“Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices”: The Impact of the FDA Guidelines & How to Adapt.

"Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices": …

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Jan 5, 2018

How to Stay Competitive Through Powerful Prototyping.

How To Stay Competitive Through Powerful Prototyping. Reality …

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Dec 27, 2017

CES 2018: Ten Tantalizing Technology Trends to See, Hear & Feel.

CES 2018: Ten Tantalizing Technology Trends to See, Hear & …

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Dec 4, 2017

Conquer Complex Problems with a Quantified Customer Experience Map.

Conquer Complex Problems with a Quantified Customer Experience …

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Dec 3, 2017

Ten Powerful Consumer Experience Trends Disrupting Consumer Healthcare: Part II

Top Ten Powerful Consumer Experience Trends Disrupting Consumer …

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Nov 11, 2017

Ten Powerful Consumer Experience Trends Disrupting Consumer Healthcare: Part I

Top Ten Powerful Consumer Experience Trends Disrupting Consumer …

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Oct 31, 2017

Research Design: How to Choose the Right Methodology for the Job.

Research Design: How to Choose the Right Methodology for the …

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Oct 9, 2017

How to Write A Powerful Consumer Insight Statement.

How to Write A Powerful Consumer Insight Statement. It’s a …

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Aug 25, 2017

Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude: Organizing for Collaborative Innovation, Part III.

Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude: Organizing for Collaborative …

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Aug 9, 2017

The Power of Creative Tension. Part II: Organizing for Collaborative Innovation

The Power of Creative Tension. Part II: Organizing for Collaborative …

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Aug 6, 2017

BrandFrame: A Fresh Perspective on Creating Brand Meaning

BrandFrame: A Fresh Perspective on Creating Brand Meaning Behind …

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Jul 18, 2017

Organizing for Collaborative Innovation. How to Cast the Right Team.

By Jonathan Dalton • Trent Kahute

Organizing for Collaborative Innovation. How to Cast the Right …

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Jun 22, 2017

Why Empathy and Customer Closeness is Crucial for Design Thinking

Why Empathy and Customer Closeness is Crucial for Design …

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May 30, 2017

LEARNING-BEING-DOING: Design Thinking for Chronic Disease Management

LEARNING-BEING-DOING: Design Thinking for Chronic Disease …

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May 26, 2017

Connect the Dots to Transform Broken Customer Experiences

Connect the Dots to Transform Broken Customer Experiences Many …

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May 1, 2017

How to Prototype Empathy In Your Brand Strategy to Boost More Brand Bonding

How to Prototype Empathy In Your Brand Strategy to Boost More Brand …

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Apr 10, 2017

How a Product Design Company Can Humanize Medical Device Design

How a Product Design Company Can Humanize Medical Device Design: A …

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Apr 10, 2017

Healthcare Innovation: Reframe Problems to Seize Opportunity

By Jonathan Dalton • Trent Kahute

Healthcare Innovation: Reframe Problems to Seize New …

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Feb 17, 2017

Ten Housewares Product Branding Trends You Need to Exploit

A World of Opportunity: Ten Housewares Product Branding Trends You …

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Jan 24, 2017

Ethnographic Study: The How At The Heart Of Customer Intimacy