Lenny Naar

Lenny is a design strategist at HELIX Centre—short for Healthcare Innovation Exchange—inside St. Mary's Hospital in London. The team uncovers root problems and co-designs solutions to improve healthcare at scale. Lenny recently co-founded Prescribe Design, a community aimed at expanding the role of design and designers working in healthcare. As Lead Design Strategist at Aetna’s innovation group Healthagen in San Francisco, he worked on creating digital tools to engage patients and clinicians. Formally trained as a communication designer, Lenny worked with Paula Scher at Pentagram Design on large-scale brand projects and has also held positions with Doblin, SYPartners and Smart Design.