This series is for beginners looking to build confidence in using AI in their daily work and those seeking to apply AI skills in their current role or transition to an AI-driven career. Anyone who wants hands-on practice with AI with real-time feedback will find value, regardless of your industry, role, or seniority.

Most people in this workshop aren't designers. They're practitioners across every function figuring out where AI fits in their own work. If you'd rather build your point of view at your own pace before trying it hands-on, check out our Bring AI to the Design Thinking Process On-Demand Course.

This online workshop series is collaborative and hands-on. The eight live sessions provide a combination of foundational knowledge, demonstrations, and opportunities to practice and interact with your peers.

Both experiences explore how AI can support the design thinking process through IDEO's human-centered approach, but they offer different ways to learn.

The AI x Design Thinking Workshop Series is a live, beginner-friendly experience where you'll learn through demonstrations, guided practice, and discussion with peers and facilitators. It's designed to help you build confidence using AI by practicing together in real time.

Bring AI to the Design Thinking Process is an on-demand, self-paced course that you can complete on your own schedule. It offers a more independent learning experience with activities and opportunities for individual reflection as you explore how AI can support different stages of the design thinking process.

Choose the experience that best fits your learning style, schedule, and goals.

In a Live Demo, a facilitator shows how AI can support that week's design thinking activity through live demonstrations, practical examples, and discussion. You'll have opportunities to ask questions and see techniques in action.

In a Live Jam, you'll put those ideas into practice. Working alongside your cohort, you'll apply AI to a design challenge, experiment with different approaches, and learn through discussion with peers and facilitators.

Because Jam sessions are built for discussion and experimentation, they are not recorded. We recommend attending the Demo session live or watching the recording before joining the Jam.

This course won't cover specialized tools for specific domains or advanced prompt crafting. Instead, we focus on building mindsets and adaptable skills you can apply across different projects and design challenges.

You'll build applied skills in brainstorming, synthesizing, and prototyping with AI, along with responsible AI use and the basics of effective prompting. By the end, you'll have practiced using AI at each of these stages yourself. You'll come away knowing how to use AI as a tool for creative thinking and problem-solving.

It depends on what you're looking for. Both experiences are grounded in IDEO's human-centered approach, but they're designed for different learning experiences.

The Workshop Series is a live, beginner-friendly experience focused on building confidence through demonstrations, guided practice, and discussion with peers.

Bring AI to the Design Thinking Process is a self-paced course that explores AI's role throughout the design thinking process through individual learning and activities. It offers a different way to learn and can be a good fit if you prefer to learn independently or want to explore the concepts at your own pace.

For people who are new to design thinking and interested in a more in-depth learning experience, the AI x Design Thinking Certificate is your best option.

AI design thinking is the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the design thinking process to enhance creativity, research, and problem-solving. It combines human-centered design principles with AI-powered tools, like generative models, data analysis, and automation, to help teams uncover insights, generate ideas, prototype solutions, and make informed design decisions faster and more effectively.