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.
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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.
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.
...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.