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I’ve included a few artifacts from the product ecosystem below.

3M Internet-of-Things Ecosystem

3M is well-known for flagship products such as Post-Its and Scotch Tape — and they do these things very well — but 3M builds much more than what’s seen at first blush. In my experience with the Personal Safety team we created a digital and tangible product ecosystem around worker safety in mining and manufacturing, as well as other industries where Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is utilized. 3M leads the PPE market, as they provide all the gear for workers to remain safe: respirators, face-masks, fall-monitors, harnesses, smart-glasses, and other IoT connected devices and sensors throughout working facilities. What’s more, we built a laboratory for other 3M divisions to explore IoT solutions for their various respective disciplines.

Design for worker safety experience, putting the onus on the individual to maintain the equipment’s readiness, with oversight and accountability upstream.

The Ask

The ask: real-time data analytics with omni-connected workforce for immediate issue remediation and smart insights on how to run a more efficient worker and PPE management. Imagine an astronaut with all her vital signs being monitored by mission control as she completes a task. Now instead of a spacewalk, the worker we were building this ecosystem for is located inside a nuclear reactor with a hazmat suit on and scrubbing out the core during a routine cleaning, as the safety mangers observe them in that environment, noting anomalies and worker incidents.

Information architecture for easy way-finding, whether a technical doer, or a managing overseer.