Innovation / Design Strategy / Brand Experience
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FEATURED SERVICE
Usability Testing
Human factors/usability testing of medical devices not only makes the product better by designing with the user as the focal point it is also an FDA requirement as part of the 510(k) or PMA submission.
If you are responsible for getting a medical device ready for market we have extensive experience in this area and have prepared a presentation to educate on how we can help your company and product. For further information or questions on our Usability Testing processes please contact Intersection-Inc.or direct contact Milt Halsted at 949-533-9352.
To create a premium service to help you meet your Usability and Usability Testing / cmc / IFU requirements, Intersection has put together the most experienced team of experts in California to address your needs. Our group is led by Dr. Joely Gardner, widely known in Human Factors & Usability Testing services (See link to her recent presentation on IFU Testing: http://www.thedesignacademy.com/#!joely-gardner-article/ip8). Dr. Gardner has a Certificate in Project Management and is a licensed psychologist and a Fellow and Diplomate in the American Board of Medical Psychotherapists & Psychodiagnosticians. She has performed extensive usability testing and voice of customer research projects for companies such as Mitchell Medical, ThermoFisher (Life Technologies), Quest Diagnostics Clinical Trials Division, and Cardinal Health. She is a part-time professor at California State University at Fullerton in the graduate-level certificate program in Customer Experience and User-Centered Design.
We are your strategic growth partner creating human-centered designed solutions to grow your business
and de-risk your strategy.
Our breadth and depth of experience puts us at the INTERSECTION of Physical + Digital design. We solve your complex challenges by putting PEOPLE first to align teams, design exceptional PRODUCTS and EXPERIENCES which are enabled by technology and enriched by data. We employ innovation, design PROCESSES and methods to ensure quality, consistency keeping you ahead of the curve.
Our education collaboratory, THE DESIGN ACADEMY, offers human-centered design thinking training and integration into organizations by industry practitioners.
PEOPLE
PRODUCTS
PROCESS
Human-Centered Design Thinking methods reduce
risk & improve business outcomes by solving the right problem for customers and internal challenges.
From product, user interface or UX design create a seamless, consistent and exceptional solution to strengthen your brand and improve adoption.
Create breakthrough solutions and vision the future with proven methods to keep your organization innovating & evolving in an ever changing world.
PEOPLE
Build capability and collaboration while innovating through Human-Centered Design Thinking
If you are charged with driving innovation within an organization or you want to learn creative problem solving methods, The Design Academy’s flexible, proprietary program complements our tailored training and is appropriate for learners at any stage.
Heard about Design Thinking and interested in learning more? This interactive, two-day workshop will take you through foundational tools that are directly applicable to real-world challenges. In this workshop, you will be joined by other forward-thinking business professionals in a small group setting, allowing for maximum hands-on learning and connection.
This hybrid workshop offers one full day of guidance on a project plan of your choice, supplemented with a set of mentorship hours for 1:1 continued support through various stages of application. The small group workshop setting provides the perfect setting to select the appropriate tools, develop an action plan and compare notes with other participants.
Increase your fluency to an advanced level in Design Thinking tools, business application and design leadership through specialized modules. A series of in-person workshops, webinars, and coaching sessions are offered synchronously, online or in-person. You may choose to allocate your own time and finish each module at your own pace.
In this significant step, you are guided by a professional through a project of your choice to demonstrate competency in selecting appropriate tools, conducting research, synthesizing data, developing a prototype, and testing fidelity on users. This includes the chance to develop a business case and practice facilitation skills in live workshops
Validate your learning through Human-Centered Design Thinking Essentials, a 4-badge pathway training, certified by The Design Academy. The step-by-step pathway nurtures participants through Design Thinking exploration and fundamentals to application mastery and project leadership.
PRODUCTS: UX / UI and Industrial Design
Intersection works with GE Healthcare, Innovative Office and UCSD Design Lab to improve the beauty, comfort, function and experience of lives.
PROCESS
Grow your organization through Proven Innovation Methods / Design Systems
Sometimes knowing where to start innovating is the hardest part.
A Human-Centered Design Innovation Summit, virtual or physical, gathers select, cross-disciplinary industry experts and internal stakeholders to develop new ideas and work on company challenges. It sends a positive message internally and externally that your organization is thinking proactively about the future of its products, services and employees.
The Innovation Summit offers a constructive and transparent way to identify and prioritize innovation opportunities. The summit discussion is customized to address organizational priorities.
Human-Centered Design Thinking
Business Playbook 101
Tried design thinking and it didn’t stick, or you have come to understand the benefits, but aren’t sure how to launch HCD in your own corporate structure.
What is Human-Centered Design Thinking?
How can it get started in my organization?
How do I scale?
How can I ensure it is successful?
The HCDT Business Playbook answers those questions and more, so you can put your organization on a path to long-term success.
