Design Thinking Workshop with AI

A workshop that accelerates the design thinking cycle with AI: hands-on work at every stage from empathy to prototype.

Duration: 1 day
Format: In-person workshop
Level: Introductory to intermediate
Category: Artificial Intelligence

The most time-consuming parts of design thinking are synthesis and idea diversification. AI accelerates both. The workshop runs entirely on the participants' own problems; a tested prototype comes out at the end of the day.

Who it is for

Mixed teams developing products, services or processes
Customer experience and innovation units
Managers who run ideation sessions

By the end of this programme

Run the design thinking cycle end to end
Synthesise interview and feedback notes quickly
Turn an insight into a well-written problem statement
Increase idea diversity systematically
Produce and test rapid prototypes

Programme content

The cycle and where AI fits

Empathy, definition, ideation, prototype and test; the contribution and the risk of AI at each stage.

The empathy stage

Synthesising interview notes, surveys and support records; extracting user themes.

Defining the problem

Moving from insight to problem statement; framing the "how might we" question properly.

Ideation

Crazy 8s and SCAMPER exercises; diversifying and filtering ideas with AI.

Prototyping

Paper, visual and text prototypes; rapid interface sketches.

Test and decide

Collecting feedback, prioritising findings and setting the next step.