Deepen your design thinking capabilities and turn human-centered innovation into a powerful engine with Amélie Uriu!
April 9th, 2026 | 11:00 AM PT
Most founders have heard of design thinking. Fewer have applied it deeply enough to drive real, scalable impact. For entrepreneurs at all stages of business, design thinking isn’t just a brainstorming tool—it’s a strategic discipline that can sharpen positioning, accelerate product-market fit, and unlock meaningful innovation in complex environments.
The Nasdaq Center is excited to be joined by Amélie Uriu, Founder and Innovation Strategist at Voyage Consulting, to explore how to operationalize design thinking across your organization—from embedding customer empathy into decision-making to building rapid experimentation loops that reduce risk and increase traction. You’ll walk away with the ability to use design thinking not just to generate ideas, but to refine business models, strengthen stakeholder alignment, and scale solutions that create measurable impact.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how to integrate advanced design thinking practices into product strategy, team workflows, and growth planning.
- Discover how structured experimentation and iteration can accelerate traction while minimizing costly missteps.
- Understand how to align empathy, systems thinking, and commercial viability to build solutions that scale sustainably.
Meet our special guest
Amélie Uriu
Amélie Uriu is a human-centered innovation strategist specializing in regulated industries, including energy, healthcare, and financial services. She helps organizations identify the right problems to solve and navigate complexity through design-led research and structured stakeholder alignment.
She previously served as a Vice President at a major global bank, where she led cross-border corporate finance initiatives and advised multinational clients across jurisdictions. As fintech and digital innovation accelerated, she gained exposure to blockchain-based trading platforms, which sparked her deeper interest in how organizations adapt and innovate within evolving systems, ultimately leading her to pursue a Master’s degree in Human-Centered Design.
Today, her primary focus is the utility sector. She serves as an in-house innovation consultant at a major U.S. energy company, supporting enterprise-level problem solving and working across business units to address complex, system-level challenges amid rising energy demand.
As the founder of Voyage Consulting LLC, she partners with corporate innovation teams across industries, including healthcare and higher education, to design and facilitate research-driven initiatives. She has also been active in the Houston startup ecosystem, advising early-stage founders on research strategy, ideation, and collaborative workshops.
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