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Design Sprints

Innovation does not have to take months or even weeks.

Innovation is about moving forward efficiently, avoiding dead ends.

Our Design Sprints skip the guesswork, revealing what works in just five days.

This rapid, targeted approach keeps your team focused on high-impact solutions and saves you valuable development time.

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Why Choose a Design Sprint with Centered?

As a Chief Innovation Officer, you need efficient use of resources and measurable results. Our Design Sprints drive only the ideas that match your long-term vision, eliminating wasted effort and ensuring each action takes you closer to your goals.

Quantifiable Impact

In a single week, Centered’s Design Sprints can reduce development costs by up to 30% by identifying what works before committing resources. We focus on finding effective solutions upfront, freeing your team to build only what matters.

Proven Results

Our Design Sprints have helped clients avoid costly detours, shorten time-to-market, and ensure features align with user needs. Recently, we saved a client from a six-month misstep, helping them implement user-tested solutions immediately—saving time, budget, and boosting team morale.

Outcome Focused Approach

Centered’s Design Sprints prioritize outcomes over outputs. We move quickly past “nice-to-have” features and get to solutions that make a difference. Each sprint results in validated solutions that resonate with users and meet your strategic goals and solves your user's problems.

Ready to Invest in Smarter Solutions

A Design Sprint with Centered isn’t just a shortcut—it’s a safeguard. Connect with us for a discovery session to see how our approach can fast-track your team’s success. Let’s navigate your future together, with no time—or effort—left on the table.

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Innovation in 5 Days or Less

What is a Design Sprint

A design sprint is an intensive, time-boxed process that compresses months of work into a 2 to five days. Developed by Google Ventures, this proven methodology helps organizations move quickly from identifying a problem to testing a prototype.

By the end of the sprint, your team will have a clear direction, a tested prototype, and actionable next steps.

The 5-day workshop includes:

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Problem Definition

Gather insights and define the challenge.

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Ideation

Brainstorm and sketch out potential solutions.

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Decide

Select the best ideas and turn them into a plan.

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Prototype

Create a tangible, testable version of the solution.

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Test

Gather real user feedback on the prototype to refine the solution.

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How to know if

Design Sprints are Right for You

Design sprints are ideal for organizations looking to:

  • Solve Complex Problems: Whether it’s a product challenge, operational bottleneck, or strategic shift, design sprints help you quickly find effective solutions.
  • Develop New Products or Features: Perfect for rapidly prototyping and testing new ideas before investing significant resources.
  • Improve Processes: Use design sprints to streamline operations, enhance customer journeys, or revamp internal workflows.
  • Jumpstart Innovation Culture: If your team is stuck in a rut, a design sprint can inspire creativity and open the door to continuous innovation.

Design sprints work well for businesses of all sizes, from startups to established companies, in industries ranging from tech to healthcare, retail, and beyond.

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$2.5k

Learn to run your own design sprint with our expert guidance. We’ll provide training and daily check-ins throughout your sprint to ensure success.

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2-Day Facilitated Sprint

$15k

Need a quick solution? We’ll run a condensed design sprint, tailored to your specific needs, delivering impactful results in less time.

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5-Day Facilitated Sprint

$40k

Let us guide your team through a complete 5-day design sprint, from problem definition to tested prototype, ensuring you achieve breakthrough innovation.

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Jumpstart Your Innovation Culture

Design sprints do more than just solve problems—they shift your team’s mindset towards rapid innovation. By showing that complex challenges can be solved quickly and effectively, design sprints encourage a culture of experimentation, creative thinking, and collaboration. Over time, this approach becomes embedded in your organization’s DNA, enabling continuous innovation and faster responses to new challenges and opportunities.

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Looking to Run Your Own Design Sprint?

Ready to tackle your biggest challenges with confidence and creativity? Download our Design Sprint Starter Guide and learn how to harness the power of structured collaboration to solve problems, spark innovation, and bring ideas to life—fast. Whether you're new to design sprints or looking to level up your process, this guide is packed with practical tips and actionable steps to get you started. Take the first step toward impactful solutions today!

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SITUATION

Univet identified a business challenge with an opportunity to lead in their field. The right solution would return significant value to their customers and to their business, but they struggled to create progress and build momentum. 

Univet looked for an approach to accelerate the thinking and introduce new ways of working to drive fast paced innovation.

SOLUTION

Univet and Centered partnered to run a 5 day design sprint with a cross-functional team of Univet specialists, customers, and AI expertise to find a solution and demonstrate what was possible!

IMPACT

The Univet team designed a solution and tested a prototype with customers, built internal momentum and stakeholder buy-in.  Months of progress were made in 5 days.

TESTIMONIALS

What our customers say

Centered has been an invaluable partner to launch an operational and culture change program to drive innovation. They’ve transformed the way we think and collaborate, helping us to unlock the full potential of our deep but siloed expertise. Thanks to their facilitation and coaching, we are now on a clear path of organizational transformation.

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Chief Innovation Officer, Univet Lara Bowen

 Centered's thoughtful and well-planned approach to the workshops ensured that we were able to make the most of our time together and that everyone had a chance to contribute their ideas and insights.

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Sr. Director, eCommerce & Digital Marketing Chadwick Andrews

Without a doubt, Centered is my go-to partner whenever the need arises to catalyze change, align teams with a vision, and achieve swift results.

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Head of Strategy and Communications Abby (Javurek) Andres
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Design Sprints

How long does a design sprint take?

Design Sprints can be anywhere from 2 to 5 days.  We tailor the duration to the complexity of the problem and the number of people involved.

Do we need a specific team for the sprint?

Ideally, a diverse team including decision-makers, product experts, designers, and engineers will participate in the sprint to ensure well-rounded solutions.

Additionally we will want to include real customers for interviews and prototype testing.

How do we prepare for the sprint?

A Centered facilitator will work with you for 1-4 weeks ahead of the sprint to help with:

  • Refining your challenge statement
  • Selecting your Design Sprint team
  • Stakeholder communications
  • Expert and customer interview preparation
  • Coaching the decider and team

What happens after the sprint?

After the sprint, you'll have a tested prototype, clear next steps, and actionable insights to move forward with development or further refinement.

Often the team that participated in the Design Sprint is the team that will run with the idea, which is great as the Design Sprint acts as their onboarding saving you even more time!

Centered facilitators and coaches are also available to support you post sprint.