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Theresa Neil – Designing Healthcare That Actually Cares

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Theresa Neil is reshaping the future of healthcare 🚀, challenging outdated systems 🧠, and championing women’s health innovation when it’s needed most 🌍 — reminding us that the stakes in design have never been higher ❤️.

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Episode Chapters:

00:00 – Why You Can’t "Move Fast and Break Things" in Healthcare
01:15 – Welcome and Introduction
03:03 – From Sous Chef to UX Designer
04:55 – Early Lessons in Tech and Gender Bias
05:22 – Mentorship and the Start of a UX Career
08:41 – Designing Airline Kiosks (Sorry!)
10:47 – Founding Guidea and Finding Her Differentiator
14:09 – Becoming a Women-Owned and Led Company
15:43 – On Becoming a Feminist (and Why It Matters)
17:55 – Calling Out Oprah’s Menopause Awards
23:38 – Why Menopause and Women’s Health Remain Taboo
27:40 – How Sexism Shows Up in Femtech Investment
32:35 – Why VCs Might Not Save Femtech
37:33 – Lioness: Building a Smart Vibrator for Data
43:47 – Empowering Women Through "Spite Tracking"
48:53 – Fighting Medical Gaslighting with Data
51:08 – Redesigning Healthcare Experiences with Empathy
56:57 – Why Patient-Centric Design Is Still Missing
59:55 – Designing for Accessibility and Dignity
1:04:09 – Industrial Design + UX: A Match Made in Medtech
1:05:19 – Why Theresa Believes in the Power of Collective Stories
1:08:14 – Where to Find Theresa

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Who is Theresa Neil?

Theresa Neil is the Founder of Guidea, an award-winning, women-owned and led product design firm specialising in medtech and digital health innovation 🚀.

She has:

  • Led UX for companies like Roche, Johnson & Johnson, and Cigna
  • Designed digital health solutions impacting over a billion users worldwide
  • Launched Femovate, a femtech incubator supporting 28 product launches and 14 clinical trials
  • Helped startups secure over $100 million in funding
  • Advocated globally for inclusive design and women's health innovation

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Find Theresa Neil here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresaneil/
Website: https://www.guidea.co/
Femovate: https://www.femovate.com/

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Theresa Neil is reshaping the future of healthcare 🚀, challenging outdated systems 🧠, and championing women’s health innovation when it’s needed most 🌍 — reminding us that the stakes in design have never been higher ❤️.

======

Episode Chapters:

00:00 – Why You Can’t "Move Fast and Break Things" in Healthcare
01:15 – Welcome and Introduction
03:03 – From Sous Chef to UX Designer
04:55 – Early Lessons in Tech and Gender Bias
05:22 – Mentorship and the Start of a UX Career
08:41 – Designing Airline Kiosks (Sorry!)
10:47 – Founding Guidea and Finding Her Differentiator
14:09 – Becoming a Women-Owned and Led Company
15:43 – On Becoming a Feminist (and Why It Matters)
17:55 – Calling Out Oprah’s Menopause Awards
23:38 – Why Menopause and Women’s Health Remain Taboo
27:40 – How Sexism Shows Up in Femtech Investment
32:35 – Why VCs Might Not Save Femtech
37:33 – Lioness: Building a Smart Vibrator for Data
43:47 – Empowering Women Through "Spite Tracking"
48:53 – Fighting Medical Gaslighting with Data
51:08 – Redesigning Healthcare Experiences with Empathy
56:57 – Why Patient-Centric Design Is Still Missing
59:55 – Designing for Accessibility and Dignity
1:04:09 – Industrial Design + UX: A Match Made in Medtech
1:05:19 – Why Theresa Believes in the Power of Collective Stories
1:08:14 – Where to Find Theresa

======

Who is Theresa Neil?

Theresa Neil is the Founder of Guidea, an award-winning, women-owned and led product design firm specialising in medtech and digital health innovation 🚀.

She has:

  • Led UX for companies like Roche, Johnson & Johnson, and Cigna
  • Designed digital health solutions impacting over a billion users worldwide
  • Launched Femovate, a femtech incubator supporting 28 product launches and 14 clinical trials
  • Helped startups secure over $100 million in funding
  • Advocated globally for inclusive design and women's health innovation

======

Find Theresa Neil here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresaneil/
Website: https://www.guidea.co/
Femovate: https://www.femovate.com/

======

Subscribe to Brave UX

Like what you heard?
🎙️ Subscribe to Brave UX for more conversations with world-class voices in UX, design, and product leadership. Your support helps others discover the show!

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/brave-ux-with-brendan-jarvis/id1552607805
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7j2ocni6A00fzgHkj6TtCK
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheSpaceInBetween
Podbean: https://braveux.podbean.com/

======

Follow Brave UX for more great content!

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brave_ux
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/

======

Hosted by Brendan Jarvis:

Brendan Jarvis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/
The Space InBetween Website: https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/

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