Get from A to B.
Solve big challenges.
Fast.
The single most valuable investment a business can make in pursuit of results-driven innovation.
In only three to five days, sprints take your team from a real challenge to prioritized high-value solutions and physical prototypes. Whether it be a regional budget allocation process or a multi-generational product plan, sprints hyper-focus the team and maximize the resources in the room, taking what used to take months and compressing it into days.
Fresh ideas surface in a single sprint, each one used to create new insights and develop refined solutions.CIP sprint archive, 2026
Before anyone walks into the room, customer discovery prioritizes the highest value opportunities. The top one to three opportunities then become the sprint's starting point, so every resource is spent on high-potential ROI work.
- The Sprint — A hands on, immersive experience: Before anyone walks into the room, customer discovery prioritizes the highest value opportunities. The top one to three opportunities then become the sprint's starting point, so every resource is spent on high-potential ROI work.
- Day 1 — Framing + Idea Exploration: The problem gets framed and the goals locked in. Then guided ideation pushes people past the obvious and into the world of possibility, where real transformative ideas and breakthroughs live.
- Day 2 — Idea Exploration → Solution Determination: Ideas keep landing while the first filtering begins. Concepts get refined and scored against customer and business criteria, and the strongest start taking shape as sketches and raw prototypes.
- Day 3 — Rapid Prototyping: Top solutions become something tangible — sketches, physical builds, working models — whatever expresses the solution best. Concepts start to become probable reality.
- Wrap — Pitches + Next Steps: Each team pitches their solutions and refines them to the next level. Then you leave with a ranked solution set and a team that knows how to do this again.
What an innovation sprint actually is.
A customized event designed to take a team from point A to point B quickly. Whether the focus is an internal challenge, a new product offering, or redesigning a process, a sprint is a rapid approach from opportunity to solution.
Sprints are collaborative and, most importantly, time-bound. They typically run three to five days depending on scope and outcome, and every sprint is custom designed around the team in the room.
Innovation sprints help your team:
Cut through the noise
and focus on what really matters.
Unlock bold new ideas
in hours, not weeks or months.
Filter and refine
ideas into real and actionable solutions quickly.
Prototype quickly
to build momentum, alignment, and buy-in.
Create a culture shift
that cultivates an innovation mentality and elevates problem-solving capability.
Pick a stage. Watch the room change.
The Creative Diamond in motion: pick a stage below and watch the visualization widen and narrow live, from a wide field of raw ideas down to physical prototypes ready to build.
- 1-3 Prioritized opportunities: Left corner: the problem gets clearly scoped before the ideas start flowing.
- 500 Ideas in play: Go wide — ideas fill the room, past the obvious.
- 12 Scored candidates: Filter right — scored against real customer and business criteria.
- 4 Physical prototypes: Right corner: build the highest potential solutions primed to meet the needs and expectations of your customer — all within days, not months.
In just a few days, you'll gain:
500–1,000+ fresh ideas captured in your Idea Database
Dozens of high-quality solution sketch prototypes
Multiple physical prototypes ready for next-step exploration
A culture boost, as teams emerge more creative and energized
A team equipped with a common language and new tools, along with the confidence to use them
Real Results From Real Sprints
3-Day Sprint + 1-Day Discovery
The team included everyone from technical engineers to executive leaders, with each participant noting it was a highly valuable investment of time and resources.
3 Days to Funded R&D
Three days took the team from conceptual ideas to three high-fidelity physical prototypes, each with the potential to continue onto R&D. The Director of Innovation has run more sprints since, proving the value inside a $500 million+ business.
What to expect if you sprint
Quick pace environment
Immersive and intense. Expect to think fast and stay fully engaged throughout the process.
Learning by doing
You'll gain experience with powerful innovation tools and approaches that can be used again and again. Sprints build capability, not just solutions.
Tune-ups for repeat sessions
3-5 day sessions can be hard for many businesses, especially those running multiple sprints per year. Once a team has experienced one, the process adapts to micro-sprints or virtual sessions depending on the needs of the business.
Clarity of purpose
From the start, the problem is clearly framed and the goals are locked in. You'll know what success looks like and how you will get there.
Dedication and focus
Within a sprint, every second matters. Breaks are a must, but come ready to get your hands dirty.
One record of everything
The sprint output will include a detailed idea database and a clear path for turning the results into real business value.
Is your challenge sprint-ready?
Check everything that's true today. Then we will ensure it's scoped properly at the start, because a sprint run on the wrong thing is an expensive week.
Start ticking
Every sprint I run starts with this conversation. My mission is then to take the input and turn it into a sprint that pays for itself multiple times over.
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- Start ticking: Every sprint I run starts with this conversation. My mission is then to take the input and turn it into a sprint that pays for itself multiple times over.
- Frame it first: There's something here, but the problem isn't sharp enough yet. Customer Discovery comes first because it turns a fuzzy challenge into one to three validated opportunities worth sprinting on.
- Sprint-viable: Enough is in place that a sprint would move you. Pair it with a discovery day and the odds of shipping something real go up sharply.
- Run it now: A named challenge, the right people, and a decision waiting on the other side — that's exactly what a sprint is built for. Three to five days and you'd have valuable solutions and tangible prototypes ready for next steps.