design meets

neuroscience

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ingacassidy@outlook.com

ingacassidy@outlook.com

Designing with science can cut errors (88%*), save time, and – yes, lives.

I’m a PhD Researcher with 27+ years in design & story. I create with leaders, radical empathy and Finnish Sisu to co-build connection and trust.

I've had the joy of working with Jeep, BBC, Cosmopolitan, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Helsingin Sanomat, Swatch Group, Oulu2026/ European Capital of Culture, and would be happy to work with you, too.

27+

27+

Years of experience
in design, story, strategy
& innovation.

Decrease of medical
errors (Kliger et al.,2009; 2012)

80%

80%

of designing & strategy work
via referrals
& repeat clients.

*88%

*88%

Decrease of
medical errors
(Kliger et al.,2009; 2012).

Decrease of
medical errors
(Kliger et al.,2009; 2012).

Services

Services

I'd be happy to co-create with your organisation.
Just send me a message.

I'd be happy to co-create with your organisation.
Just send me a message.

Design for Humans & Labs

Human-Centered Design

Design Thinking

User Path & Touchpoints

Organisational & Societal Design

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Branding for Humans

Branding & Narrative

Story & Visual

User Experience

Design for Connection & Trust

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Science & Innovation & Talks

Innovation
&Science

Radical Empathy & Creativity

Cognitive Sustainability & Flourishing

AI & Ethics

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12 billion

12 billion

Workdays lost annually due to depression & anxiety
(WHO 2022).

Workdays lost annually due to depression & anxiety
(WHO 2022).

$1 trillion

$1 trillion

Annual cost to the global economy from stress & anxiety (WHO 2022).

Annual cost to the global economy from stress & anxiety (WHO 2022).

~400%

~400%

ROI / 5:1 benefit–cost ratio
from investing in
mental health (WHO 2022).

ROI / 5:1 benefit–cost ratio from investing in
mental health (WHO 2022).

Perception is not hard data. Our brain composes our reality from neural signals and stiches it together with all our other experieces. [Short version.]

Inga Cassidy, PhD Researcher in Neurodesign

Imagine designing worlds your brain actually wants to live in.

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I use neurodesign to help organizations and societies cut errors, build trust and design systems our brain actually wants to use.

The Next Gen Design starts from there, with ethics and empathy, and it aims for flourishing.