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Official Course Title: DesignThinkers Academy 1-Day Certificate Training Course of AI Accelerated Product Development: Build High-Fidelity Prototypes (AI Tools Included)

Part 1: Course Aims and Outcomes

(1.1) Course Aims

  • Built in collaboration with the Hong Kong Design Trade Association, this course offers an intensive, hands-on experience in accelerated product development. In just one day, resulting in a high-fidelity prototype ready for stakeholder engagement.
  • This course is tailored for innovation and product development professionals familiar with Design Thinking and Design Sprint methods, who wish to enhance their practice by integrating advanced AI tools into their innovation processes and projects.
  • This is a highly practical, application-focused program that highlights AI’s potential to both enrich creativity and increase the speed of innovation. It’s not just about understanding AI, it’s about using it to make an immediate and concrete impact on your work. It is also designed to equip professionals with immediately applicable skills to lead AI-driven transformation within their organizations.

(1.2) Learning Outcomes

  • Gain professional knowledge in AI Prototyping for Design Thinking and Design Sprint
  • Practice human-centered and problem-based solution development
  • Rapidly ideate, test, and validate concepts across desirability, feasibility, and viability
  • Build high-fidelity prototypes with AI Tools for enhancing solution validation processes

(1.3) Why AI Design Thinking Matters

  1. Accelerate innovation cycles with AI-driven speed advantage — automating processes and transforming 26 weeks of work into just 1 week, achieving up to 95% improvement in efficiency and freeing more time for strategic decision-making.
  2. Enhance decision precision through data-driven insights — leveraging AI analytics to identify emotional needs across an entire market with up to 90% accuracy, enabling leaders to craft strategies that align closely with real user and market demands.
Remark: Click this diagram to watch a brief 1‑minute video introducing the capabilities and synergy of the six AI agents.

Part 2: Target Audience

  • Design Thinkers: Graduates of the Design Thinking Fundamentals Course who aim to master advanced prototyping and user testing techniques.
  • Innovation Leaders: Professionals driving impactful changes by validating solutions that align with user needs, technical feasibility, and market realities.
  • Product and Design Teams: Teams focused on creating balanced solutions that meet the criteria of desirability, feasibility, and viability.
  • Entrepreneurs and Startups: Innovators seeking to validate ideas efficiently, minimize risks, and accelerate time-to-market.

Part 3: Course Content

(3.1) Learning Mode

This interactive course equips participants with the mindset, skill sets, and AI toolsets necessary for AI Design Thinking Execution, enabling them to drive breakthrough business innovation. Grounded in a “learning‑by‑doing” approach, participants will engage in hands‑on, collaborative projects that tackle real business challenges and deliver measurable impact.

Each Design Thinking stage features AI‑enhanced demonstrations and exercises in virtual innovation spaces (Details), empowering participants to transform emerging opportunities into high‑value business solutions.

(3.2) Session Content

  • Session 1: Overview of AI-Design Thinking and Design Sprint Method
    • Understand the Four Stages of a Design Sprint: An overview of the structured process, including the Discover, Define, Develop, and Iterative Deliver stages.
    • Recognize the various AI technologies available for prototyping and user testing during the Deliver stage of the double diamond model.
    • Develop the Prototyping Strategies Using Risk Assumption Matrices, Learning Cards, and Testing Cards.
  • Session 2: Functional Prototyping for Validating Desirability
    • Develop prototypes that address user needs, preferences, and pain points to ensure desirability.
    • Use AI tools to generate visual designs and create user journey narratives to produce quick content prototypes.
    • Leverage sentiment analysis tools to evaluate user feedback and uncover emotional responses to prototypes.
  • Session 3: Interactional Prototyping for Validating Feasibility
    • Create prototypes that demonstrate functionality and test workflows for technical feasibility.
    • Leverage AR/VR tools to simulate complex interactions and AI tools to document workflows to enhance prototype interactivity.
    • Use innovation spaces for collaborative mapping and AI-driven performance analysis tools to identify bottlenecks.
  • Session 4: Call-to-Action Prototyping for Validating Viability
    • Align prototypes with business goals to ensure financial and operational sustainability.
    • Create prototypes that test user willingness to act (e.g., sign-ups, purchases, or commitments).
    • Utilize predictive analytics and social listening tools to assess market sentiment and refine new solutions.

Part 4: Date, Fee and Registration

(4.1) Tuition Fee:

  • HK$4,250 (Early Bird, One Month Before Class Start) | HK$4,500 (Standard Price)
  • HKDTA Member: HK$3,750
  • The Graduates of DTA Certificate Course: HK$3,750

(4.2) Date & Time: 24 January (Sat), 2026 [9:30 am to 5:30 pm | Lunch Break: 1 pm to 2 pm]

(4.3) Mode & Language: Face-to-face Model (Kwun Tong District) | Cantonese Presentation with English Materials

(4.4) Course Leaders and Facilitators: Our coaches are seasoned and certified Design Thinking facilitators. They will share their extensive experience and effective strategies for implementing Design Thinking in innovation projects and organizational transformations. This practical approach enables you to integrate Design Thinking immediately principles into your daily work environment.

(4.5) Certification and Recognition: Upon completing the course and required exercises, participants receive a Digital Certificate of Completion from the DesignThinkers Academy, verified through a secure blockchain-based certification system for authenticity and global recognition.

Part 5: About the AI Design Thinking Course Series

The AI Design Thinking (DT3.0) Courses are Action-Based Learning with Post-Class Execution Services that guide participants from foundational awareness to strategic leadership, enabling them to master over 40 Techniques with AI Tools of Design Thinking 3.0, Systems Thinking and Agile methods to drive business innovation. It comprises 3 levels: Strategic Innovation, Tactical Innovation, and Foundational Innovation.

Strategic InnovationMethod(s)Details
4-Day AI DesignThinkers Bootcamp: 
Sustainable Organizational Growth		DT3.0 & STCourse | Execution
2-Day AI Design Thinking Leadership Camp:
Creating Innovative Business		DT3.0 & STCourse | Execution
Tactical InnovationMethod(s)Details
2-Day AI Design Thinking Deep Drive CourseDT3.0 & STCourse | Execution
3-Day AI Design Sprint CourseDT3.0 & AgileCourse | Execution
2-Day AI Design Thinking Facilitation CourseDT3.0Course | Certification
Foundational InnovationMethod(s)Details
1-Day AI Design Thinking FundamentalsDT3.0Course | Execution
0.5-Day AI Design Thinking Awareness DT3.0Course

Part 6: Track Record

Since 2019, DesignThinkers Academy has conducted over 100 public courses (left), 11 co-hosted programs with universities, government, and industry bodies (details) (right), and 500+ in-house trainings. Programs cover business (details), social services, and public sectors(details), achieving proven results and strong industry recognition.

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