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The World Health Organization predicts a global shortage of 10 million healthcare workers by 2030. Innovative healthcare technologies could bridge this gap, but how can we design solutions that engage patients and drive adoption?
To succeed, we must deeply understand users, empathize with their challenges, and apply structured frameworks to inform design decisions.
In this Master Class, Catarina Santos, UX Researcher/Designer and former GP, will explore how to design with empathy, effectively engage patients, and create solutions that drive technology adoption, drawing on insights from her MSc research on hypertension self-monitoring.
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If you aim to design healthcare tools that resonate with users, then this Master Class is for you. You’ll gain actionable insights that you can apply right away to improve your projects and outcomes.
As AI continues to evolve, it presents an opportunity for designers to move beyond execution and into strategic leadership. Great user experiences aren’t just about solving problems. They drive business success, address user needs, and reflect company goals. Product designers play a critical role in connecting these dots, blending user insights with strategic thinking.
In this Master Class, Roberta Virzi, Design Manager at Booking.com, will share a real-world case study of a machine learning-based quality rating system for booking.com’s vacation rentals—a project that achieved the balance between user needs and business objectives. To help you take action in your own work, Roberta will also share a practical framework so you can apply what you learn to build influence, foster collaboration, and deliver meaningful results.
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This session is for designers at any career stage who want to better understand how to make their work relevant and strategic. Join this Master Class to explore how design can have a lasting and meaningful impact on both users and business outcomes.
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Over 70% of Gen Z consumers prefer products that prioritize diversity and inclusion. As global demographics continue to evolve, products that cater to diverse user groups today are better positioned to thrive in the future. Yet, many products still aim for a "universal" solution to appeal to the widest audience possible. Unfortunately, this one-size-fits-all approach often results in a diluted experience that fails to meet the needs of any specific group.
In this one-hour Master Class, Vitaly Friedman, Creative Lead at Smashing Magazine and UX Designer for the European Parliament, will show you how to move beyond the pitfalls of overgeneralization, assumptions, biases, and stereotypes. Learn from real-life examples how to design with effective customization in mind, and offer experiences that resonate deeply with diverse user groups.
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If you want to successfully design for diverse user groups, then this Master Class is for you. Whether you’re a seasoned designer or just starting out, you’ll learn actionable strategies to move beyond assumptions and learn design patterns and UX guidelines you can implement in your work right away. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your UX game and design with inclusivity at its core!
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Have you faced a project clouded by ambiguity and vague product requirements? In this Master Class, Rafael Hernandez, Lead Product Designer at T. Rowe Price, will introduce the “Golden Thread”—a storytelling technique that weaves user needs, pain points and to-be scenarios into a cohesive narrative.
With his experience as a designer for the Apple + IBM partnership, Rafael will reveal how the Golden Thread played a crucial role in the design process and show how it helped create enterprise applications across industries like healthcare, insurance, retail, industrial, and workforce management.
Storytelling is particularly critical in enterprise or B2B contexts, where the connection to the end-user is often less apparent and systems and workflows are significantly more complex. The Golden Thread shifts the focus from features to experiences, enabling you to craft narratives that resonate with stakeholders, leadership, users, teams or any audience you need to engage.
When you leverage this framework, you’ll be able to cut through complexity, humanize large-scale problems and drive alignment across teams and initiatives at critical stages of the design process.
You’ll learn:
After this Master Class, you’ll be equipped to use the Golden Thread as a powerful technique to craft user-centered experiences and create a compelling vision that resonates with leadership and stakeholders.
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Job opportunities for people with design skills are increasing like never before. And UX designer salaries are soaring—upwards of $110K in cities like San Francisco and New York.
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That’s because design skills are incredibly valuable for both you personally and for your company.
For you personally, design skills are important because:
Salaries for people who learn design are soaring, surpassing $200K in cities like San Francisco, with global job growth rates at 13%.
Many of your job competitors already possess design skills. When you enhance your design skills you can significantly elevate your personal brand and make you a more attractive candidate.
You learn skills that protect you from losing your job to AI.
You can ignite your passion through design and leverage it to make a meaningful impact.
For your company, design skills are important because:
Your design skills can help increase sales, keep customers loyal, and turn them into powerful advocates of your company. That’s because design is all about helping people reach their goals and meet their needs.
Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by a whopping 228%.
Design goes way beyond creating attractive visuals and aesthetics. When you possess design skills you’re equipped to revolutionize businesses, make technology more user-friendly, and innovate customer experiences and systems.
AI is killing jobs in all industries. Humanity has never faced such a powerful force, developing at an exponential speed.
You can protect yourself by learning design: You’ll use the very fabric of being human, like empathy and intuition. AI never can never replace that. These skills are timeless and will stay with you forever.
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Courses by real experts, not influencers.
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An easy way to compile an impressive portfolio.
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Full access to IxDF Local Groups where you can build your network, find your next job, have fun and learn from your peers. The meetings are completely optional and are spread across over 500 cities worldwide.
Get our insights, present them as your own.
Grading by experts, not machines.
Access on all devices. 100% online.
Permanent access to course material during membership.
Downloadable premium literature by 100+ leading designers.
Discounts on design tools.
1-hour Master Classes by global design leaders to fast-track your growth. Binge-watch them on-demand from your sofa. Stay updated, stay inspired.
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