I'm a service designer, a facilitator, a speaker and a strategist with a passion for the future.

My Mission

I believe we all have the power to shape the future. Through research, service design, workshop facilitation, and strategic foresight, I help tell the story of what the future could be, and how we might get there.

Specialties

Futures Thinking

Strategic Foresight

Design Strategy

Healthcare Futures

Service Design

Journey Mapping

Service Blueprinting

Design Research

Workshop Facilitation

Co-Design

Public Speaking

Equitable Design

Education & Awards

Next Gen Foresight Practitioner (NGFP) Community Award - 2021
School of International Futures (link)

Foresight Certification from the Center of Futures Intelligence and Research (CFAR) - 2021
Tamkang University

Foresight Scouts - 2020
Bridge Innovate (link)

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Industrial Design - 2017
Savannah College of Art and Design
Thesis: Empathy for the Invisible
(link)

Bachelors of Science (BS) Environmental Design - 2014
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Passions

Future of Healthcare

Future of Food and Nutrition

Reproductive Rights

Gender Affirming Care

Behavioral Healthcare

Humanity-Centered Design

Future of Work

Patient and Provider Experience

Writing

97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts
Chapter 15 “Thinking About the Future is Important for Any Design Process” (
link)

Emerging from Crisis: How Organizations Can Use Futures Thinking to Design for Emergence
Written by Liz Possee Corthell and Lindsey Messervy
Published in dmi:review, Volume 32, Issue 2, June 2021
(
link)

What is the “future” of Futures Thinking?
Published on Bootcamp (
link)

Preparing for the Future of Work - Five Trends to Watch
Interview with Authority Magazine (
link)

Speaking & Workshops

Yelp Onsite Retreat - 05/2022
Futures Scanning Workshop for CFO & Financial Services Team
San Francisco, CA

Health Experience Design Conference (HXD) - 04/22
Leadership Forum: Using Strategic Foresign to Envision Future Health Experiences
Cambridge, MA

Wayfair - Global Experience Design (GXD) - 08/21
Intro to Futures Thinking and Strategic Foresight
Virtual

Health Experience Design Conference (HXD) - 04/22
Keynote, Co-Presented alongside Woodrow Winchester III, PhD, CPEM
Engaging Vision Concepting in Design
(link)
Virtual

Design Management Institute (dmi) Conference: Values + Values Based Organizations - 03/21
Keynote, Design in the Age of the Purposeful Company
Virtual

The Global Experience Summit - 11/20
Co-Presented alongside Nedret Sahin
Creating a Resilient Remote Culture Today to Design the Future of Work Tomorrow
Virtual (London)

Podcasts & Webinars

Adventures in Design with Mark Brickey
Experience Strategist Liz Possee Corthell (link)
Episode art by me!

Design Museum Everywhere
Using Futures Thinking to Prevent Burnout (link)

Intro to Strategic Foresight and Futures Thinking
Webinar (link)

The Brave New World of Service Design
Webinar (link)