AI Design Sprint®: Opportunity Mapping
Learn to identify where to start with AI in an organization or department.
19.-22. Jan 14-18.00 (CET)
23.-26. Mar 14-18.00 (CET)
Upcoming Bootcamp dates:
What ‘Process Automation’ is:
It means that not only would businesses run partially on their own, but much better. It truly transforms businesses! Potential gains include:
Efficiency and Speed
Accuracy and Precision
Predictive Capabilities
Customization and Personalization
Cost Reduction
Scalability
Enhancing Human Capabilities
Innovative Potential
Overview
What the ‘AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation’ is:
It’s a structured method for creating tailored AI applications that partly or fully automate workflows.
The AI Design Sprint® is based on the Google design sprint, and approved by its developer Jake Knapp:
“Holy smokes, 33A’s AI Design Sprint® is excellent!”
For consultants, it’s a proven way to launch AI projects with non-technical decision-makers.
For in-house teams, it brings business and technical people together to collaborate effectively and define high-value AI use cases.
It’s fast—taking you from zero to prototype in just two weeks—and works equally well remotely or onsite.
Overview of the AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation, followed by ‘Tech Check’ and ‘Prototype’, shown in a timeline.
Key Takeaways
You are a trained and certified AI Design Sprint® Facilitator:
You have the skills and materials to lead AI Design Sprints®.
You can identify where to start applying AI in an organization and department, and perform an AI assessment of your organization.
You can develop AI solution concepts with your team or client.
You can also hand over developed AI use cases to a technical team.
In summary, you are equipped to successfully initiate AI projects with your team or client.
Join
Training & certification in the ‘AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation’
Join with your colleagues for a Company Team Training, or participate individually in one of our upcoming Bootcamps.
Company Team Training
For up to eight participants — live and remote across four half-days, scheduled at your convenience, for €8,000.
Prefer in-person? We can deliver onsite (within the EU) over two days for an additional fee of €3,000.
After 1.5 years, we’ll invite you to our ‘Refresher Training’ (for a small fee) to maintain your certification to lead AI Design Sprints®, keep access to our Learning Management System with updated materials, and stay connected to our Community for ongoing support.
Let’s connect by email to schedule your training and answer any questions.
Bootcamp AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation
1.-4. Dec
8-12.00 (CET)
€1.800
Bootcamp AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation
12.-15. Jan
14-18.00 (CET)
€1.800
After 1.5 years, we’ll invite you to our refresher training (for a small fee) to maintain your certification to lead AI Design Sprints®, keep access to our Learning Management System with updated materials, and stay connected to our community for ongoing support.
Can’t make it? Email us, and we’ll update you on the next Bootcamp dates.
Bootcamp
Individual sign-up — we group 6–8 participants from different organizations. Delivered live and remotely — see our upcoming dates.
In more detail
If the team hasn’t yet identified a process for automation and is asking, ‘Where do we start with applying AI?’, you guide them through the ‘Opportunity Mapping’ format to find the best starting point.
Input for Opportunity Mapping
The org chart, value stream, or mapped business areas.
Phases
Analyze the input – Review the org chart, value stream, or mapped business areas in detail.
Identify AI opportunities – Consider the full range of AI capabilities to uncover potential applications.
Prioritize opportunities – First, rank by impact/business value; then by costs. Keep the AI strategy in mind (e.g., Start Small, Scale Smart; focus on a cluster of use cases; follow a North Star use case).
Output
Clear identification of processes suited for automation.
Framing
If the team is focusing on just one department’s processes instead of the whole organization—welcome to the ‘Framing’ format.
Input: Mapped overview of overall tasks within the department.
Output: Focus areas for AI application.
We have now reached the main format, ‘Concept Development & Assessment’, where the team designs a tailored automation solution—including the people currently performing the workflow.
Mapping the workflow
To prepare for this session, we map the process identified by the client or in-house team, or the one emerging from ‘Opportunity Mapping’ or ‘Framing’.
During Concept Development
The session covers:
Analysis of the current work process
Matching AI technology to workflow steps using our AI Cards®, and remodeling the mapped process with AI integrated
Ethical check of the proposed solution
During Assessment
The team conducts:
Technical feasibility analysis, with a focus on data requirements
Value assessment for employees
Value assessment for the business
Output: Technical brief
The AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation produces a technical brief describing the AI solution and its functionalities, identifying relevant data sources, and outlining the initial technical complexity.
What happens after the AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation:
1. Tech Check
An AI technical expert conducts a feasibility check to determine how the solution concept can be brought to life.
2. Meeting
The technical roadmap is reviewed, solution concepts are prioritized, and the prototype is scoped.
3. Prototype
A technical prototype is built with real data within seven days.
Training & certification
What to expect in the training & certification on ‘AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation’:
This training is interactive, high-energy, and fast-paced, with a strong emphasis on ‘learning by doing’. By the end, you’ll be certified as an AI Design Sprint® Facilitator—qualified and authorized to lead AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation sessions with your clients or in-house teams.
Agenda
In the training & certification, we move from left to right through the timeline of the AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation—delivered either remotely over four half-days or onsite over two full days.
First half-day:
'Opportunity Mapping’ and ‘Framing’
Work on an example to identify processes for automation within an organization
Define focus areas for AI application in a department
Third half-day:
Recap of ‘Concept Development & Assessment’
Everyone facilitates parts of the Concept Development session to really get familiar with it
Preparation templates, Facilitation hacks, access to our Learning Management System
Second half-day:
‘Concept Development & Assessment’
Develop an AI application solution for one example workflow, aiming for partial or full automation
Evaluate your solution from an ethical perspective
Assess your solution in terms of data, employee value, and business value
Fourth half-day:
Outlook to the following technical phase
Handover of the concept to a technical team
Outlook to ‘Tech Check’ and ‘Prototype’
GenAI in process automation
What you’ll get
1. ‘Starterkit’
Before the Training, you will receive our physical Starterkit with all cards, along with the Facilitator Guide to follow during the Training.
AI Cards®
Ethical Risk Mitigation Cards
Data Sources Cards
Resources & Roles Cards
AI Category Cards
GenAI Cards
3. Certificate
Upon completion of the Training, you will receive a Certificate validating your skills and granting you the right to lead AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation sessions with clients and in-house teams.
2. Training
Here you will gain all the skills needed to lead AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation sessions. You can either participate with your colleagues in a Company Team Training or join individually in a Bootcamp.
4. Access to our Learning Management System
You receive access to our Learning Management System, which provides all digital assets, including:
Preparation tempates
Miro Board or Collaboration Boards (printable PDF)
Slides
Facilitator Guide
Terms of Use, slides from our technical team to Tech Check and Prototype
The Learning Management System always contains the latest, updated material.
5. Access to our ‘Alumni Community Platform of Certified AI Design Sprint® Facilitators’
Here you can connect with other certified AI Design Sprint® Facilitators. Once a month, we host a live call to share updates, exchange learnings, and showcase members’ AI use cases. Through the Community Platform, you receive ongoing support from both fellow members and trainers.
Facilitators
Michael Brandt
CEO, Co-founder
Kerstin Bognar
Facilitation
Presenting ‘Tech Check’ and ‘Prototype’
Joanna Stoffregen
AI Product Development
Erik Stoffregen
AI Product Development
Join
Training & certification in the ‘AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation’
Join with your colleagues for a Company Team Training, or participate individually in one of our upcoming Bootcamps.
Company Team Training
For up to eight participants — live and remote across four half-days, scheduled at your convenience, for €8,000.
Prefer in-person? We can deliver onsite (within the EU) over two days for an additional fee of €3,000.
After 1.5 years, we’ll invite you to our ‘Refresher Training’ (for a small fee) to maintain your certification to lead AI Design Sprints®, keep access to our Learning Management System with updated materials, and stay connected to our Community for ongoing support.
Let’s connect by email to schedule your training and answer any questions.
Bootcamp AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation
1.-4. Dec
8-12.00 (CET)
€1.800
Bootcamp AI Design Sprint®: Process Automation
12.-15. Jan
14-18.00 (CET)
€1.800
After 1.5 years, we’ll invite you to our refresher training (for a small fee) to maintain your certification to lead AI Design Sprints®, keep access to our Learning Management System with updated materials, and stay connected to our community for ongoing support.
Can’t make it? Email us, and we’ll update you on the next Bootcamp dates.
Bootcamp
Individual sign-up — we group 6–8 participants from different organizations. Delivered live and remotely — see our upcoming dates.
FAQ
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You’ll receive the invoice, the calendar invite with the Zoom link, and the Facilitator Guide (as printable PDF) to follow along and make notes during the training.
We’ll send you the Starterkit.
You’ll join the Bootcamp.
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You’ll receive the invoice and we set up a Training date with you—we usually propose three dates.
We’ll send you the Starterkit.
We’ll send the invite PDF for the participants, and the Facilitator Guide (printable PDF) to follow along and make notes during the training.
You’ll join the Company Team Training.
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You’ll get access to our Learning Management System for the latest material.
You’ll receive a Welcome Mail with access to the Community Platform for ongoing support.
And you’ll receive your certificate.
After 1,5 years we’ll invite you to join our “Refresher Training” to maintain your certification to lead AI Design Sprints®, keep the access to the Learning Management System and the Community Platform.
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If you have further questions, give Michael a shout.
What others are saying
“It was a truly brilliant training for our team! I was already very impressed with your approach beforehand, and I am even more so after participating in the training. The AI Design Sprint® offers an excellent opportunity to bring business colleagues and technical experts together to speak the same language when it comes to AI. It transforms challenges into specific, detailed solutions, and prioritizes impact over innovation for its own sake. This approach is perfect for us for driving AI adoption throughout our large organization.”
Ivo Strohhammer, Enterprise Architect, SI IT Innovation Lead, Siemens
“I appreciate the practical framework that is tailored to help business leaders unlock the potential of AI using the innovative concept of AI Cards®.”
David Sales, Principal Adoption and Change Management Consultant, Microsoft
“The AI Design Sprint® is such a relevant and genius tool to bridge business and AI thinking.”
Cecilie Bonde Christiansen, Principal Transformation Manager, Amsterdam Data Collective