WORKSHOP OUTLINE

 

Icebreaker Activity

•  An ice-breaker to begin the workshop

 

Introduction to Innovation, AI and Ingenuity

• How to encourage creativity from every employee

• Case studies of successful design thinking implementation

• The increasing role of technology in design and creativity

• Balancing AI and human ingenuity

• AI Terminology: A Quick Guide to AI and tech terms often used in Innovation
   

Learning & Applying the Design Thinking Framework: Empathise

• Who are your end clients? What are their needs?

• Framing your design challenge

• Use of AI in ethnographic research in design thinking:

  • Interviews & Observations

  • Personas

  • User journey maps

• AI tools that help with the Empathise stage

 

Learning & Applying the Design Thinking Framework: Define

• Defining specific user requirements

• Creating an effective problem statement

 

Learning & Applying the Design Thinking Framework: Ideate

• Can AI help or hinder creativity and ideation?

• Brainstorm and ideate ideas to solve the identified problem

• Rapid brainstorming exercises:

  • Analogous thinking

  • Crazy 8s

  • Brainwriting

 

Learning & Applying the Design Thinking Framework: Prototype

• Build/sketch out the selected ideas in more detail

• Different techniques and tools for prototyping

• AI tools that assist with ideation and prototyping

 

Learning & Applying the Design Thinking Framework: Test

• Establish how you can test these ideas on your client base

• Collating the feedback and what to do next with it

 

What’s Next After Design Thinking?

• Moving from idea to company/industry implementation

• Common challenges faced when using AI in design thinking

• How to ensure your ideas have the best chance for adoption

• Quiz and Q&A