The Sprint Conference

The Design Sprint Conference is a small format “unconference” style event that has been happening annually since 2017. This conference brings leaders from the fields of Design Thinking and Innovation together for an open discussion about frameworks and methods from across the industry to share knowledge, evolve the methodology and expand their practice.

Here’s some highlights from past conferences:

Getting Effective Session Outcomes

As one of the keynote speakers, Tom Chi shares his radical approach to prototyping which is based on key techniques used to build Google Glass, Self-Driving Cars, Microsoft Outlook, and Yahoo Answers.

Prototype Thinking Intensive

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Design Sprints as a Tool for Organizational Change

Design Sprints are not just for helping teams innovate on product challenges, they can also be an incredible tool to create cultural change. Josh Lovejoy shares how you can use Design Sprints can shift mindsets and build consensus.

Actionable Futures Workshop and Toolkit

Sami Niemelä led an interactive workshop at the Sprint Conference teaching how to use his Actionable Futures toolkit which is a set of canvases and methodology to find the optimal future for a product, service, team or an organisation.

Design Sprints for a Better World

As part of the Design Sprints for a Better World session at the Sprint Conference, Sydney Hessel spoke about the work she has done with Google.org and their non-profit partners to help expand their tools for solving meaningful challenges.

From the 2018 conference
The Google Sprint Conference was a gratifying experience. The insights and mastery discussed continue to drive our program to success.
Brooke Creef
From the 2018 conference
...Attending the annual Sprint Conference (#SprintCon18) from Google Design is so incredibly valuable: practitioners knee deep in design sprints compare notes and advance our collective understanding of this dynamic topic.
From the 2018 conference
Had a blast representing Microsoft at Google’s Sprint Conference 2018 last week! Being surrounded by other Design Thinking professionals and exchanging tips and tricks empowered me as a facilitator.
Rebecca Lawson
From the 2018 conference
#SprintCon18 was unexpectedly an amazing experience. I bonded with an inspiring lady sprinters squad & was blown away by diverse and insightful speakers, touching on topics that encouraged empathetic leadership as Sprint Masters.
Ruzanna Rozman

Building a Culture of Innovation with Design Thinking

Design thinking can be a powerful tool for organizations looking to looking to solve problems, make themselves open to diverse ideas, and establish a process that works for collaborative design. During the Design Sprint Conference, hosted at Google in November 2017, we sat down with several practitioners who have helped companies and civic organizations inject design thinking into their existing processes.

Design Thinking for Social Impact

Design thinking has the power to address major social issues by helping designers and organizations understand how their work impacts the world. During the Design Sprint Conference, hosted at Google in November 2017, we asked design thinking practitioners how their methods motivate social impact.

Adapting the Design Thinking Process

At the first Design Sprint Conference, hosted at Google in November 2017, Surya Vanka, Principal at Authentic Design shared a process called “design swarms workshops,” which he’s used to address local problems. The Design Swarms workshop highlights the flexibility of design thinking processes and how they can be adapted to solve unique challenges.

Taking Care of the Humans in a Design Sprint

During the first Design Sprint Conference hosted at Google in November 2017, we sat down with Dee Scarano and Danny Holtschke to understand the unique ways AJ & Smart approach sprint facilitation.

From the 2017 conference
You know a conference is really really good when you're too busy taking notes to tweet about it.
From the 2017 conference
The conference brought together the most trailblazing of design sprint leaders.
From the 2018 conference
The Google Sprint Conference was a gratifying experience. The insights and mastery discussed continue to drive our program to success.
Brooke Creef
From the 2018 conference
...Attending the annual Sprint Conference (#SprintCon18) from Google Design is so incredibly valuable: practitioners knee deep in design sprints compare notes and advance our collective understanding of this dynamic topic.
From the 2018 conference
Had a blast representing Microsoft at Google’s Sprint Conference 2018 last week! Being surrounded by other Design Thinking professionals and exchanging tips and tricks empowered me as a facilitator.
Rebecca Lawson
From the 2018 conference
#SprintCon18 was unexpectedly an amazing experience. I bonded with an inspiring lady sprinters squad & was blown away by diverse and insightful speakers, touching on topics that encouraged empathetic leadership as Sprint Masters.
Ruzanna Rozman
From the 2017 conference
You know a conference is really really good when you're too busy taking notes to tweet about it.
From the 2017 conference
The conference brought together the most trailblazing of design sprint leaders.