Design Sprints

The Design Sprint is a method for answering big questions quickly.

The Design Sprint is a staple structure in the world of facilitation for solving big challenges. It’s a five-day process, initially developed at Google Ventures, used for validating ideas and tackling a business problem. The powerful process guides teams through a design-based thinking process to uncover insights, prototype an idea, and test it with users. Design Sprints can help to align a team around a shared vision, answer critical business questions, or discover the essence of a creative challenge or problem.

Date

May 17-18, 2022

Time

11am - 3pm CT​

Location

Live Online

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What to expect

What to Expect

In this pro-level workshop, we will rapidly lead you through all five stages of the Design Sprint process, teaching how the various steps fit together and why and how they work. You’ll learn tips and tricks for facilitating a Design Sprint (whether it's your first or 101st) and for incorporating these techniques into normal meetings.

What You'll Learn

In this fun, fast-paced, hands-on workshop, you'll learn by doing as we lead you through a complete Sprint—super-compressed into 8 hours. By the end of the workshop, you will have had the opportunity to learn and apply multiple Design Sprint methods as well as begin to chart a plan for your growing Design Sprints and scaling across your team.

How You'll Learn

This workshop is hands-on. Douglas will introduce you to each of the five stages of the Design Sprint process, and then you'll have an opportunity to immediately apply them to your work. He'll introduce exercises that will not only help you try on these different stages but also allow you to bring Design Sprints back to your team.

Agenda

Map

Outline a challenge and choose the most important place to start so you can lead a team through the Design Sprint process with confidence.

Sketch

Draw a solution with confidence, even if you're not a designer or artist, to identify crucial business & product questions to be answered in your Sprint

Decide

Make smart decisions without lengthy discussion. Choose the right prototyping method for your product or service.

Prototype

Conduct 1:1 customer interviews to test hypotheses before you invest months of work and millions of dollars, then integrate Design Sprint methods into your product development calendar & normal workday.

Who Should Attend

Startup founders

who want to learn the power of Design Sprint

Executives at large companies

who want to level up their facilitation skill

Team leaders and managers

who want to build products based on customer insights

Product managers

who want to get to get to market faster

Key Takeaways

Lead a team through the Design Sprint process with confidence

Map out a challenge and choose the most important place to start

Identify crucial business and product questions to be answered in your sprint

Sketch a solution with confidence, even if you're not a designer or artist

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Shannon Varcoe

Shannon Varcoe brings a mindset of curiosity, creativity, and experimentation to everything she does. Her background spans a wide range of domains from mechanical engineering to technical theatre, entrepreneurial curriculum development to toy invention, and many others. Her breadth of experience and interdisciplinary exploration informs the way she works with teams, organizations, and individuals to identify problems, explore opportunities and develop impactful solutions. She believes everyone can create meaningful and lasting change with the right tools, frameworks, and space to play.
What People Are Saying

"Anyone that can construct a sequence of conversations to lead others is a metaskill. Anyone who participates in meetings or owns an agenda would benefit from this. It is a whirlwind, but you are among others who are in charge of making an impact. This is a practical, hands-on deep dive for managers, entrepreneurs, and leaders who can change their culture by leading meetings like a pro."

Mark T.

HEAD OF SERVICES FOR MURAL

"As a venture-backed direct-to-consumer company, what we learn through customer experience directly evolves who we are growing into for current and new customers. As we mature to more retail presence in an unprecedented time of disruption and opportunity, every team member must be empowered with the vulnerability to iterate and actively listen for how to be present. Design thinking and facilitation taught by Voltage Control punctuates that kind of learning perfectly."

Siya M.

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