[01] Launching HK’s First AI Happiness Organization Initiative
The customized executive program “AI‑Empowered Design Thinking for Building Happiness Organizations”, co-hosted by DesignThinkers Academy and the Chief Happiness Officer Association (CHOA), was successfully completed on 12 February 2026. This program serves as the official kick-off of the “90-Day Building Happiness Organizations” Action Project (Details).
[02] Leveraging Happy Index with Data Insights on Employee Well‑Being
The curriculum was co-developed with CHOA, which contributed proprietary data and benchmarking insights from its Corporate Happy Index, consolidated from five annual surveys (2021–2025) of over 5,000 employees across different sectors of Hong Kong enterprises. In addition, Ms. Mary Suen, Chairman of CHOA, shared best practices and successful case examples of Happiness Organizations in Hong Kong, providing participants with concrete, real-world references for application in their own organizations.
[03] 10 Custom AI Agents for Happiness‑Centric Innovation
Aligned with the program’s strategic objectives, Mr. David Chung, Dean of DesignThinkers Academy China, curated and applied a set of targeted Design Thinking tools to enable participants to design and drive happiness-centric organizational initiatives. Building on this foundation, the course also equipped participants with 10 customized AI Agents for Design Thinking (Details), co-developed with InnoEdge, specifically tailored to the theme of Building Happiness Organizations. These AI agents help executives integrate AI-enhanced insights and workflows into their innovation agendas and people strategies.
[04] Cross‑Sector Leaders Co‑Creating Future‑Ready Happiness Organizations
Participants comprised middle-to senior-management representatives from four major market-leading organizations in the insurance, apparel, information technology, and NGO sectors. They actively engaged in all exercises, focusing on how to plan and lead organizational change using the AI‑Empowered Design Thinking process and tools (Details).
[05] Signaling Strategic Commitment to Action Project “90-Day Building Happiness Organizations”
To further acknowledge and reinforce participants’ commitment, senior executive representation from the participating organizations joined the program as visible champions of the initiative, providing clear sponsorship and support at the launch of the “90‑Day Building Happiness Organizations” journey.
Notably, Ms. Elsa Wong, Managing Director of NEC Hong Kong Limited, was in attendance. Her presence signaled a clear and deliberate endorsement at the leadership level, underscoring the strategic priority that NEC Hong Kong places on employee happiness, organizational well‑being, and the transformative potential of AI‑empowered design thinking in shaping a high‑performing, people‑centered workplace.
