Today, I am sharing one of the best resources to make your design sprint workshop (and not only) the best you have ever done. If ↳You’re about to run a design sprint with your product team. ↳You’re considering one but still need to get stakeholder approval. ↳You’re a consultant and have to convince your client first. It’s understandable — after all, a design sprint is a big investment. You’re taking 5-10 people away from their day-to-day roles to focus on a major challenge for 4-5 days. It has to deliver great results. And if it doesn’t? Well, that’s on you. No pressure! 😅 So, how can you set your design sprint up for success? Spoiler alert: it’s all about how you start. At Design Sprint Academy, we’ve learned from running a million design sprints (OK, not quite that many, but you get it) that success begins with a solid Design Sprint Brief. Here’s why a great Design Sprint Brief is your best friend: 🎯 Focus — It defines the problem that needs solving, providing clarity for the team. (Because let’s face it, the hardest part of any project is figuring out what you’re actually solving!) 🤔 Context — It captures past attempts, barriers, and challenges. With this, your team avoids previous mistakes and is better prepared for the sprint. 💰 Business Perspective — It outlines clear business objectives, success metrics, and KPIs so your boss or client know what "winning" looks like. 🤷‍♂️ Customer Perspective — It reflects the customer’s point of view — from their goals to their frustrations, giving your team deeper insight into who they’re solving for. How do we use the Design Sprint Brief? ✅ Facilitator Checklist — It’s a confidence boost for facilitators. It shows you’ve done your homework on problem definition, business metrics, and customer insights. ✅ Stakeholder Buy-in — A well-written brief can be your secret weapon to getting sign-off. Show the stakeholders or clients exactly what your sprint will achieve in a few days, and you’ll get them on board. ✅ Team Onboarding — Share it with your sprint team before the workshop. They’ll hit the ground running, fully informed and ready to dive in.

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Hi everyone - today I will host an AMA session about all things design sprints, problem framing, and workshops in general. I am also looking forward to getting to know you better, and discuss how we can make this community as valuable as possible for you. It's at 5 PM CET today and here is the link: https://meet.google.com/ymk-nbdr-ggs See you then.

We are thinking of bringing back our individual training. Last year, we stopped offering individual design sprint training or Design Sprint Bootcamps, as we called them. It was a tough decision to make on the back of the pandemic, as our bootcamps have been a staple of Design Sprint Academy’s offering since 2016, when it was the first ever design sprint training program launched. Since then, almost 3,000 people have attended the bootcamps in Berlin, London, New York, and Bangalore. 🙌 As you might remember, the bootcamps included: 1️⃣ Design Sprint Training (now AI-powered): A comprehensive 2-day hands-on experience, unraveling each phase of the Design Sprint, from idea to prototyping and testing. 2️⃣ Problem Framing Training: One full day dedicated to understanding and defining complex business challenges based on data and customer insights. 3️⃣ Advanced Facilitation: A two-day facilitation masterclass to boost your workshop facilitation prowess, centered on design sprints but applicable universally. Recently, we have had people contacting us inquiring about individual training, so it got us thinking: why not bring this amazing experience back? If you're keen to join the whole program or want a refresher - please fill in the form below: ➡️ Skip the long learning curve and join our next cohort.

Hi everyone! My name is Pedro. I'm a designer and facilitator from Rio de Janeiro, living now in Lisbon. It's nice to be in touch with a community of fellow facilitators! Let's keep in touch.