Thought leadership from practice — helping you reframe how your teams think, learn, and solve complex challenges together.
How Siemens Energy’s Procurement Leaders Learned to Make Better Decisions, Faster
BERLIN | KEYNOTE | SIEMENS ENERGY
4 Framing Statements That Shape Strategy in Large Organizations
When great ideas get lost in translation—use these 4 Framing Statements instead.
Should You Invest in a Problem Framing Workshop? A Checklist to Help You Decide
Not sure if your team is solving the right problem? This 5-question checklist helps you decide if it’s time to step back and reframe.
The L&D Guide to Evaluating Design Sprint Training Providers
How to choose a Design Sprint training that builds real facilitation skills, not just awareness. What to look for—and what to avoid.
Could One Hour of Onboarding Save Your Entire Design Sprint?
Teams don’t show up ready. They become ready—with the right onboarding. That’s where your Design Sprint really starts.
How Design Sprints and Problem Framing Power Marty Cagan’s Product Operating Model
Design Sprints + Problem Framing turn Cagan’s principles into practice—helping teams align, decide, and deliver with confidence.
Design Sprints in 2025: The Questions Enterprise Teams Are Really Asking
Do Design Sprints work in large orgs? Yes—if adapted. Here are the top 9 questions leaders ask about scaling sprints in 2025.
How the UK’s largest News Publisher uses Problem Framing to navigate complex problems
In a fast-moving industry, Reach used Problem Framing to help teams cut through complexity and focus on what really matters.
How to spot if your team is solving the wrong problem
A guide for product leaders who want clarity before velocity.
How I pitched Design Sprints to my Boss
What if this landed in your inbox? A product leader makes the case for Design Sprints in a bold, brilliant email to her boss.
How to validate product ideas before building an MVP
Stuck between misaligned teams and unclear customer needs? This is how smart product leaders validate before building.
How Which? scaled Problem Framing from a one-day training to a core decision-making practice
From complexity to clarity: how Which? built a culture around Problem Framing.
It started with one Design Sprint: How StepStone built a self-sustaining innovation practice
From pilot to practice—how StepStone built internal capability to solve complex challenges through Design Sprint training and coaching.
We’ve trained teams in 20+ Countries. Here’s what we did at the World Bank in D.C.
World Bank teams learned how to frame the right problems and run faster experiments. Here’s what made this training so effective.
When to use Problem Framing, Foundation Sprints, and Design Sprints
How would you settle a colony on Mars? Frame the right problem, test assumptions, and prototype solutions—before billion-dollar investments!
What is the Foundation Sprint?
Most teams waste months on internal debates, slide decks, and strategy docs that lead nowhere. The Foundation Sprint eliminates this waste.
Problem Framing vs. Foundation Sprint vs. Design Sprints - When to use each and why?
Understand when to use each method to solve the right problems, the right way in your projects.
Avoiding pitfalls - Making Foundation Sprints work in large organizations
Many teams will adopt the Foundation Sprint—many will fail. This article uncovers what’s between the lines to help you get it right.
3 Problem Framing principles that help senior stakeholders make better decisions
Too many stakeholder meetings? Three Problem Framing principles to help product leaders align senior stakeholders and solve what matters.
How to keep Product Roadmaps versatile yet focused on solving the right problems. Enter Problem Framing
Tired of guessing which features your customers need? See how Problem Framing can de-risk your roadmap and align your stakeholders.
Debunking Design Sprint myths: why they’re a powerful tool for large organizations
Pause and reflect: "Is the problem the sprint, or how we use it?"
Innovation Strategy Alignment Workshop: a step-by-step guide
Is your innovation team truly aligned with your company’s top business goals—or are you just hoping for the best?
Activity-based goals for Innovation Teams
Traditional innovation goals often lack clarity and are influenced by factors outside an innovation team’s control. Try activity-based goals
How Product Managers can help decision-makers prioritize problems using the 4U Framework
Give your key stakeholders a shared lens for understanding and prioritizing complex problems - the 4U Framework
Prototyping at the speed of AI: Canvas ’24 key takeaways
Imagine designing a prototype in minutes, with everyone on your team engaged—no design background needed!
The Minimum Innovation Framework for Innovation Teams
Your step-by-step guide to building a scalable innovation engine
How Problem Framing helps Product Managers align stakeholders on real issues
How can you move stakeholders from quick-fix solutions to meaningful, customer-focused decisions that drive real impact?
Winning stakeholder buy-In: how Design Sprints can transform your Product Roadmap
How to craft a Product Roadmap with Design Sprints and get stakeholder buy-in?
Going to Market: Prototype vs. PoC vs. MVP
MVP Misunderstood. What Product Managers should know when launching new products?
Beyond AI hype: from strategic alignment to Proof of Concept
How can C-level Executives & Innovation Leaders identify real AI use cases and drive meaningful solutions?
Managing stakeholders using data-driven Journey Mapping
How to use Journey Maps to engage and influence stakeholders - if you are a Product Manager
Biases in Design Sprints at Google
SAN FRANCISCO | SPRINTCON18 | GOOGLE
Problem Framing Deep Dive at Google
BOULDER | SPRINTCON19 | GOOGLE
Bringing Design Sprints & Problem Framing to NOS teams in Portugal
NOS teams in Lisbon learned Design Sprints & Problem Framing, boosting innovation and user-centric solutions.
A Step-by-Step Guide to AI Design Sprint Hackathons
How to transform ideas into real-world AI solutions in just 3 days.
Avoiding Pitfalls: What Product Managers Should Know About Design Sprint Prototypes
Discover how to avoid common prototyping misconceptions and use Design Sprint prototypes effectively to minimize risk.
Should Product Managers Say "Yes" to Design Sprints?
Are you unsure if design sprints are worth the hype? You’re not alone. With so many voices both for and against, it’s no big surprise.
How Product Managers Can Guide Stakeholders to Better Decisions on Messy Problems - with Cynefin
Quickly identify the nature of the challenge, apply the right strategies for each situation, and turn messy problems into actionable insight
The Power of Repetition: Why ELM Invited Us Back to Train More Teams in 2024
Learn how ELM teams in Saudi Arabia went from learners to leaders—running sprints, framing problems, and building innovation capability.
Design Sprints in Saudi Arabia
Are design sprints really so versatile? They work in any context, any culture? Let's find out.
Unworkable, Unavoidable, Urgent, Underserved: The 4U Framework for Prioritizing Problems
Avoid product flops like Juicero. Use the 4U Framework to find winning ideas.
Journey Mapping Training at BCG Amsterdam
How exciting to take service design tools and bring them to employer branding. Only innovative organizations like BCG could think of that.
AI Design Sprint Hackathon
A blueprint for business and user-centric AI transformation.
Design Sprints Exposed. Why they are Failing Designers
Design Sprints: powerful for the right fit, but a mismatch makes them obsolete in a Designer Toolbox and a waste of resources
Keep the "Product" in the MVP
Are the tech gurus confusing you about the term "MVP"? Once you understand the bigger picture, you'll want to keep the word: "Product"
Remember Everything! Memory Hacks for Workshop Facilitators
Juggling new faces, complex problems, and tons of information can be overwhelming for workshop facilitators. Tricks to keep you sharp
Problem Framing: facilitating decision-making and getting stakeholder buy-in - Dubai, UAE
DUBAI | IFZA
Embracing Simplicity: A Fresh/Old Look at Problem-Solving in Innovation
Back to the basics with the Osborn-Parnes CPS model to simplify problem-solving and boost innovation.
Why Problem Framing and Design Sprints Will Make You More Agile
Agile Upgrade: Problem Framing + Design Sprints = Aligned Stakeholders, Customer-Centric Solutions & Effective Teams.
Innovate or Hibernate: Balancing Risk and Opportunity with Design Sprints
Innovate or Hibernate: Balancing Risk and Opportunity with Design Sprints - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
RIYADH | VUJA DE INNOVATION
How to stay customer-centric in the AI era?
Despite the current excitement surrounding AI, simply possessing the technology and knowing how to use it isn't enough to guarantee success
8 Proven Ways to Apply Problem Framing and Design Sprints in Business
Uncover how Design Sprints & Problem Framing extend beyond de-risking products, reshaping innovation, partnerships, and processes.
Facilitating Decision-Making at Which?
Explore how Which? harnesses Problem Framing for decision-making, focusing on alignment, innovation, and scaling across the organization.
Why Problem Framing Before a Design Sprint?
Problem Framing aligns stakeholders and clarifies goals, making it an indispensable first step before diving into a Design Sprint.
A Design Sprint is an Emotional Rollercoaster: Master Team Engagement Like a Pro Facilitator
Master group dynamics in remote sprints using the Emotional Rollercoaster tool to gauge and respond to team emotions effectively.
Evil 8’s: Transforming Design Sprints with Creative Freedom
Evil 8’s exercise is breaking the creative barriers by turning the pressure to perform into fun with its blend of Crazy 8’s and brainwriting
Design Sprint Facilitation: Not Just for Designers Anymore
Design Sprints aren't just for designers. Effective facilitation requires empathy, adaptability, and creativity, welcoming diverse professio
How to Prepare Effectively for a Remote Design Sprint
Preparation is key in remote design sprints: Aligning stakeholders, synthesizing data, and mapping customer journeys lead to success.
The Essentials of Facilitating Design Sprints Remotely
Remote Design Sprints demand new strategies: from adapting formats and tight agendas to emotional monitoring and digital workspaces. Learn m
Tackling the Top 3 Challenges in Remote Sprint Team Collaboration
Overcome tech gaps, disconnection, and screen fatigue in Remote Design Sprints with practical, team-focused solutions.
4 Surprising Benefits of a Remote Design Sprint — When Done Right
Remote Design Sprints offer unique benefits for team collaboration, going beyond just adapting to a virtual environment. Learn how ...
Design Sprint Facilitation: What Not to Do
Ruin a Design Sprint in 3 steps? It's easier than you think! Novice facilitators often cut corners, but beware, these shortcuts can backfire
What is a Design Sprint Retrospective Workshop?
Don't skip the Design Sprint retrospective - a key team reflection to enhance process and collaboration.
Design Sprints - A Shortcut to Becoming a Human-Centered Organization
See how Design Sprints & Problem Framing streamline focus for quick, effective results, outshining the often slower, complex Design Thinkin
Explore New Business Opportunities with our 2-Hour Mini Problem Framing Workshop
How to start aligning growth opportunities with capabilities and customer needs. Checkout our workshop recipe to kickstart the conversation
Bottom-up Innovation. How to Select 3 Ideas out of 90?
Discover a streamlined approach to engaging 5,000 employees, selecting the top three ideas, and validating them through a design sprint in j
How RGAX made Design Sprints Work for External Partnerships
Discover how RGAX embraced Design Sprints and Problem Framing to deepen insurtech partnerships.
Design Sprint 3.0
Design Sprint 3.0 integrates Problem Framing and empathy at the start, evolving the original Google Ventures process for enhanced effectiven
Design Sprint vs. Design Thinking vs. Agile Scrum
What's the difference? Design Thinking frames problems; Design Sprints quickly solve them; Agile implements solutions efficiently.
Three scenarios to plug-and-play Problem Framing and Design Sprints
Agile product development, enhancing innovation funnels, and fostering new ventures or partnerships for business growth - are a perfect fit
Autodesk's Journey with Design Sprints and Problem Framing
Discover how Design Sprints and Problem Framing influenced Autodesk's Agile development process, leading to efficient, customer-centric pro
Value Propositions Sprints at Barclays
LONDON | BARCLAYS
Design Sprints - the Google Way
Curious to learn how a company as large and influential as Google has embraced and customized the Design Sprint methodology?
Embracing Design Sprint 3.0 for Large-Scale Innovation
BANGALORE | ORACLE
Design Sprints for Change Conference with Google Design
LONDON | GOOGLE DESIGN
Are Design Sprints a Plug-and-Play Method for Innovation -Riyadh
RIYADH | JAHEZ DIGITAL
Are Design Sprints a Plug-and-Play Method for Innovation - Dubai
DUBAI | DIFC ACADEMY
What is the Problem Framing Canvas?
Discover how to define concise and actionable problem statements from the viewpoints of users, customers, and other stakeholders to gain a h
AI Design Sprints vs. AI-powered Design Sprints. What's the Difference?
Learn how AI can amplify your design strategy and deliver cutting-edge solutions.
What is a Design Sprint Hackathon?
Ever wondered what happens when the dynamic energy of a hackathon collides with the structured strategy of a design sprint? The result is so
The devXchallenge at SAP. How to Spark a Growth Mindset?
Shifting employees' mindset from routine tasks to innovative thinking is not a one time event. Learn how SAP's initiative devXchallenge igni
RGAX - Building an Internal Innovation Powerhouse
RGA, a global reinsurance leader, transformed with design sprints, embedding them as a core innovation framework, a change management feat w
Design Sprint Hackathon at Turner Company. How to Prioritize Business Problems?
Find out how Turner Construction Company efficiently filters, prioritizes, and advances ideas to meet strategic objectives while optimizing
How to Align Stakeholders and Find Growth Opportunities? A Newspaper Story.
A story of digital transformation: How a leading newspaper pivoted to a digital model with strategic alignment and deep customer focus.
Shifting from Features to Customers Needs with Redbull
Discover how we guided Red Bull to transition from feature-focused to customer-centric design, creating engaging, user-driven solutions.
What is Problem Framing?
Learn the ins and outs of Problem Framing - the key to stakeholder buy-in and strategic alignment
Our View on Design Sprints
Design Sprint 3.0 is practical design thinking—built for clarity, speed, and alignment in complex product decisions.
What is the Business Value of Design Sprints?
Design sprints lead to lasting organizational changes, impacting how we work and shaping the future of businesses.
Innovation Training That Sticks: What We Delivered to ELM in Saudi Arabia
How ELM scaled agile innovation in Saudi Arabia through Problem Framing, Design Sprints, and Facilitation training.
From theory to action: Artevelde University's leap into Design Sprints
Students learning from professors who've just stepped out of their comfort zones, grappling with real issues using Design Sprints. It's the
What is a Design Sprint?
New to design sprints? This article will tell you everything you need to know about what design sprints are, when to use them (or not) and w
How Google embraced Problem Framing to prioritize Design Sprint challenges
Initially conceived for startups, Design Sprints faced unique challenges when applied within a global tech giant like Google. The main issue
How Blue Shield of California built internal innovation capability with Problem Framing and Design Sprints
Transforming healthcare challenges into advanced, patient-centered opportunities is a complex task that demands more than just innovative id
Harnessing the power of Design Sprints at Virgin Media O2
Virgin Media O2, in its quest for innovation, leveraged the power of Design Sprints to transform complex challenges into agile solutions. Th
Transforming the insurance industry with RGA - from slow decisions to customer focus
How RGA brought customer focus to the insurance industry using Problem Framing—aligning teams and accelerating decision-making.
Cutting through red tape with Eurobank
In banking, where red tape often stifles innovation, Eurobank embraced Problem Framing to cut through bureaucracy.
Navigating the healthcare's maze with NHS England
The healthcare sector demands a method that cuts through the noise, identifying and addressing the most pressing issues. NHS England invited
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