IDEO Sessions

The power of AI

Discover how the right AI tools, paired with a designer’s mindset, can unlock new forms of value, ignite creativity, and generate solutions to even the most complex challenges. Because when you design with AI, you open the door to possibility, adaptability, speed, reflection—and collective intelligence.

Sessions, not workshops

Fundamentally Useful

IDEO Sessions aren’t a retreat from your most pressing challenges; they’re a fresh way in. We make sure your most critical priorities are woven into our time together.

Reliably Memorable

We prefer to talk less, and do more. That’s why each IDEO Session is a blend of inspiration, action, and reflection. The more fun you have, the more you’ll take home.

Refreshingly Rare

IDEO is not a workshop company. But we know the power of bringing senior teams together for amazing experiences. That’s why we offer Sessions, but only to a few.

What to expect

Grounded Understanding

A clear sense of what AI is—and isn’t—by unpacking its core mechanics and limits.

Expanded Creativity

New ways to stretch imagination, spark ideas, and accelerate making with AI.

Responsible Practice

A toolkit for interrogating tensions and shaping AI’s impact with intention.

How it works

15–25 Participants

Half-Day (am or pm)

Breakfast or Lunch included (in-person)

Cambridge, Chicago, or
San Francisco

Prep session to align content with what's most relevant for your team 

Fully remote option available  

Hybrid not recommended

At IDEO, AI becomes your edge

Module 1

Creative tensions

Explore the big, messy, thorny questions shaping AI’s future—and discover we might choose to design differently.

Module 2

AI in the wild

Micro-shares about leading-edge AI work across industries, with tangible tools, use cases, and “aha” moments.

Module 3

Co-design with AI

Teams build with AI, not just talk about it—we’ll prototype ideas at speeds you didnt think possible.

Learn more about  the value of AI

Inspired by ‘Her’?

What AI interactions feel like in the world.

How AI Can Help Us Solve the Climate Crisis

Using machine learning to spark systems change.

Rapid Prototyping With OpenAI

A design-led peek into what it’s like to create with foundation models.

AI and Creative Companionship

How AI tools can help us unlock our own creativity, while we learn more about how they work.