Scaling Product with Purpose: Human-Centered Design for Climate Tech Startups with Tactile
For CoMotion, 9Zero, VertueLab, and City of Seattle Members Only.
This workshop, led by local design and engineering firm, Tactile, equips early-stage climate tech businesses with practical methodologies for testing prototypes directly with stakeholders. Participants will learn how to evaluate the intuitiveness and effectiveness of their product experiences by observing users perform key tasks and ranking features based on real-world needs.
Attendees will explore how to:
Test Primary Tasks: Learn how to observe users as they attempt core product tasks with minimal instruction. Discover how to ask the right questions to uncover usability issues, gauge intuitiveness, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Conduct Feature Ranking Exercises: Use tools like number scales, diagramming, and comparative ranking to understand which features matter most to users and how to prioritize development based on stakeholder needs.
Designed for founders and product leads, this session provides actionable tools to validate product-market fit, reduce development waste, and build user-first solutions that scale effectively.
Stick around after for (bring your own) lunch!
Your Speaker: Jacquie Phelps
Jacquie Phelps is an industrial designer known for translating complex technologies into intuitive, human-centered products. With expertise across medical devices, consumer electronics, and climate tech, she leads with empathy, systems thinking, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Her work blends technical precision with elegant design, always prioritizing real-world usability. Jacquie fosters inclusive innovation and mentors teams to build products that resonate deeply with users.
How to Get Here
Address
Seattle Climate Innovation Hub
1215 4th Ave 15th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
Transportation
Paid parking with EV chargers is available in the building. Enter going East (up the hill) on the one-way University Street. Also consider using Spothero. The closest Link light rail station is the Symphony Station on 3rd street. There is a locked bike room located on the C/D level of the garage. It’s inside the double doors by the elevator (email [email protected] for the door code).