Share your expertise and help design the future of healthcare

IDEO tackles challenges across the globe, spanning diverse topics and communities. From designing waste out of the food system to simplifying prescription home delivery, many of today's challenges require much more than a beginner's mindset: we need deep expertise, trusted partnerships, and new outlooks on the what and the how of designing the future.

IDEO’s work in health partners with visionary global leaders to design solutions to the most complex challenges standing in the way of advancing human health and wellbeing.

We focus on bringing our health ecosystems into balance, to create equity in health with sustainable, human-centered and equitable solutions.

We are an eclectic, multi-disciplinary team, buzzing with creativity and curiosity, and a burning passion to catalyze holistic, meaningful change through innovative products, services, experiences and systems design.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS CASE STUDIES

CONRAD REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, USAID Empowering Women to Prevent HIV How experience design can reduce stigma and boost prevention

PillPack This Startup Revolutionized an Industry Through Design Launching a nationwide venture that redefines and simplifies how customers engage with their pharmacy

Zen Hospice Redesigning Death Helping people live fully right up to the end

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Participate in an interview or small group conversation

Share your experience, opinions, or expertise about various topics to inspire design or provide feedback in a remote zoom video call, on the phone, or in-person.

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Be an advisor or part of a co-creation or co-design council

Either individually or as part of a small group, provide feedback, expertise, or perspectives throughout the life of an IDEO project.

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Deeply collaborate or embed alongside IDEO designers

Work with an IDEO project team as a part or full-time designer or expert-in-resident to experience design thinking and push our way of working.

We would love for you to join us and share your passion, creativity and expertise with our teams.

We constantly bring our experts in to share, create and brainstorm with us as we tackle big questions and envision the future of health and wellness. Our experts have joined teams in a multitude of ways in the past: to share their knowledge for an hour; to roll up their sleeves and co-create solutions for a day; and to embed themselves into a design team for a month.

Confident in your expertise but not so sure about your ability as a designer? We don’t expect you to come in with design knowledge or expertise. Just coming with an open mind and your health or wellness expertise is all we ask, we will guide you through the rest.

DrBrodie

“Working with IDEO gave me the opportunity to think creatively about some of the everyday challenges I face as a clinician. Doing it collaboratively with their team of smart creative professionals was not only satisfying but really fun! It was exciting to be part of developing a solution for the problems my patients face.”

Frank Brodie, MD, MBA

How to Be a Part of IDEO Design Research

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Share more information about you so we can tailor our design research opportunity recommendations. Fill out only what you choose to share and decide how you want to engage with IDEO.

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Get email invitations and opportunities to apply to participate in design research activities or initiatives. Decide what opportunities interest you and respond or apply.

Participate in Design Research

Share your perspective, experience, and expertise in an individual interview, group conversation, or long-term advisory or co-creation role. Get paid for your time and contributions.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPERTISE