Intro to Design Sprints

Learn to facilitate a Google Design Sprint in this 3 hour in-person workshop. For Designers, User Researchers, Product Managers or anyone interested in building their UX and Product Design expertise. You’ll walk away with a Toolkit that can be applied in many different contexts which will enable accelerated alignment, collaboration and innovation.

In addition to learning the foundations of the methodology this training will also cover techniques for running remote workshops and how to leverage AI for faster planning and sprint preparation.

When: August 7, 2024 from 3pm to 6pm

Where: In-person, 221 Fourth Street San Francisco, CA 94103

Limited to 20 spots total

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When: August 7, 2024 from 3pm to 6pm

Where: 221 Fourth Street San Francisco, CA 94103

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What is a Design Sprint?

The Design Sprint is a proven methodology for solving problems through designing, prototyping, and testing ideas with users. Design Sprints quickly align teams under a shared vision with clearly defined goals and deliverables. Ultimately, it is a tool for developing a hypothesis, prototyping an idea, and testing it rapidly with as little investment as possible in as real an environment as possible.

The Design Sprint methodology was developed at Google from a vision to grow UX culture and the practice of design leadership across the organization. Multiple teams within Google experimented with different methods from traditional UX practice, IDEO, the Stanford dSchool, business strategy, and even psychology, applying them to support divergent and convergent thinking with teams. The resulting framework and set of methods is flexible, and teams are continuing to adapt it based on different goals and organizational cultures.

This Design Sprint Kit aims to share this flexible model created for internal Google teams, while also acting as a methods repository for the design and product development community. It includes a range of different approaches to driving clear outcomes for a team, and we look forward to seeing this collection grow over time.

The Sprint book published by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky while at Google Ventures is also a great way to get started with their model, optimized for startups. They provide easy checklists for running their 5 day Sprint.

Collaborate

Bring together a cross-functional team to frame problems and explore a challenge from 360 degrees

Innovate

Put the user at the center, leverage data and user research to jumpstart creativity and generate a wider range of ideas.

Accelerate

Increase team alignment and drive more effective decision-making.

About the Instructor

Kai is an experienced leader with a proven track record in the Design and Innovation industry. With a career spanning prestigious roles at Alto Pharmacy, Coinbase, and Google, she has consistently demonstrated expertise in developing visionary strategies, leading successful product launches, and nurturing high-performing teams.

As one of the founders of the Google Sprint Leadership Academy, she has trained over 1,000 Sprint Leaders to drive innovation across Google’s diverse product areas. She was instrumental in developing the Design Sprint methodology used inside of Google and built a Global Design Sprint community to help empower facilitators across the world to leverage Design Sprints to accelerate innovation and collaboration.