DesignSummit is a powerful collaborative incubator for creating what’s possible.
Immersed in creative thinking, design methodologies and non-linear modules curated to extract a group's latent genius. DesignSummits accomplish what traditional conferences and workshops wish they could, but fail to deliver on.
DesignSummit is a powerful collaborative incubator for creating what’s possible.
Immersed in creative thinking, design methodologies and non-linear modules curated to extract a group's latent genius. DesignSummits accomplish what traditional conferences and workshops wish they could, but fail to deliver on.
DesignSummit is a powerful collaborative incubator for creating what’s possible.
Immersed in creative thinking, design methodologies and non-linear modules curated to extract a group's latent genius. DesignSummits accomplish what traditional conferences and workshops wish they could, but fail to deliver on.
DesignSummit is a highly curated 1-3-day process
intentionally designed to facilitate solution creation
and activation for the most complex challenges.
Every DesignSummit is a unique and extraordinary creative journey into activating what’s truly possible by unlocking participants' creative genius beyond their ingrained habits and conditioned limiting beliefs.
Unlike the typical conference, in a DesignSummit, participants don’t just listen and discuss; they actively engage, shape, commit to, and co-create solutions that are implemented and actualized.
This isn’t about getting another dopamine high by merely talking about what’s possible. Participants actively create it and implement it in their departments, companies, organizations, and for the world.
DesignSummits focus is on "Worthy Problems"
deep, pressing challenges that touch every facet of life, whether in a department, an organization or across governments.
By ensuring comprehensive representation across diverse perspectives, we create holistic and sustainable paths forward.
DesignSummit is a highly curated 1-3-day process
intentionally designed to facilitate solution creation
and activation for the most complex challenges.
Every DesignSummit is a unique and extraordinary creative journey into activating what’s truly possible by unlocking participants' creative genius beyond their ingrained habits and conditioned limiting beliefs.
Unlike the typical conference, in a DesignSummit, participants don’t just listen and discuss; they actively engage, shape, commit to, and co-create solutions that are implemented and actualized.
This isn’t about getting another dopamine high by merely talking about what’s possible. Participants actively create it and implement it in their departments, companies, organizations, and for the world.
DesignSummits focus is on "Worthy Problems"
deep, pressing challenges that touch every facet of life, whether in a department, an organization or across governments.
By ensuring comprehensive representation across diverse perspectives, we create holistic and sustainable paths forward.
DesignSummit is a highly curated 1-3-day process
intentionally designed to facilitate solution creation
and activation for the most complex challenges.
Every DesignSummit is a unique and extraordinary creative journey into activating what’s truly possible by unlocking participants' creative genius beyond their ingrained habits and conditioned limiting beliefs.
Unlike the typical conference, in a DesignSummit, participants don’t just listen and discuss; they actively engage, shape, commit to, and co-create solutions that are implemented and actualized.
This isn’t about getting another dopamine high by merely talking about what’s possible. Participants actively create it and implement it in their departments, companies, organizations, and for the world.
DesignSummits focus is on
"Worthy Problems"
Deep, pressing challenges that touch every facet of life, whether in a department, an organization or across governments.
By ensuring comprehensive representation across diverse perspectives, we create holistic and sustainable paths forward.
Companies, organizations, firms and government departments often become trapped in invisible habituated thinking-loops that create conditions they are in reaction to.
These conditions are the experiential artifacts created by the underlying systems and structures constituting the operating system of the organization or department.
Most changes in policy are reactive,
and merely addressing surface conditions; not getting to the source, the problem, that will continue to create future conditions that replace the ones “solved” by policy changes.
Companies, organizations, firms and government departments often become trapped in invisible habituated thinking-loops that create conditions they are in reaction to.
These conditions are the experiential artifacts created by the underlying systems and structures constituting the operating system of the organization or department.
Most changes in policy are reactive,
and merely addressing surface conditions; not getting to the source, the problem, that will continue to create future conditions that replace the ones “solved” by policy changes.
Companies, organizations, firms and government departments often become trapped in invisible habituated thinking-loops that create conditions they are in reaction to.
These conditions are the experiential artifacts created by the underlying systems and structures constituting the operating system of the organization or department.
Most changes in policy are reactive, and merely addressing surface conditions; not getting to the source, the problem, that will continue to create future conditions that replace the ones “solved” by policy changes.
WHAT IS NEEDED...
is the reCreation of the systems and structures themselves;
to get to the source of where these conditions are born, and why these conditions keep emerging and causing operational friction.
DesignSummit is a powerful creative container
where both the participants' thinking is transformed, as well as what is collectively created through the DesignSummit process to address the root problems creating the conditions.
New possibilities are created outside of the existing systems
as well as structures that may constitute a more aligned path. Most organizations fail to evolve in ways that secure their relevance and continuity. In such cases, DesignSummit serves as a catalyst for rebirth in the organization or department.
WHAT IS NEEDED...
is the reCreation of the systems and structures themselves;
to get to the source of where these conditions are born, and why these conditions keep emerging and causing operational friction.
DesignSummit is a powerful creative container
where both the participants' thinking is transformed as well as what is collectively created through the DesignSummit process to address the root problems creating the conditions.
New possibilities are created outside of the existing systems
as well as structures that may constitute a more aligned path. Most organizations fail to evolve in ways that secure their relevance and continuity. In such cases, DesignSummit serves as a catalyst for rebirth in the organization or department.
WHAT IS NEEDED...
is the reCreation of the systems and structures themselves;
to get to the source of where these conditions are born, and why these conditions keep emerging and causing operational friction.
DesignSummit is a powerful creative container
where both the participants' thinking is transformed as well as what is collectively created through the DesignSummit process to address the root problems creating the conditions.
New possibilities are created outside of the existing systems
as well as structures that may constitute a more aligned path. Most organizations fail to evolve in ways that secure their relevance and continuity. In such cases, DesignSummit serves as a catalyst for rebirth in the organization or department.
Conference producers who want to provide an
unparalleled premium experience
that leads to new possibilities and measurable outcomes for their
attendees should consider transforming their conference into a
DesignSummit.
Instead of merely being dopamine accelerators,
we envision conferences as seeds of potential;
frameworks to inspire and motivate participants around ideas,
which are catalyzed for action during DesignSummits.
Conference producers who want to provide an
unparalleled premium experience
that leads to new possibilities and measurable outcomes for their
attendees should consider transforming their conference into a
DesignSummit.
Instead of merely being dopamine accelerators,
we envision conferences as seeds of potential;
frameworks to inspire and motivate participants around ideas,
which are catalyzed for action during DesignSummits.
Conference producers who want to provide an
unparalleled premium experience
that leads to new possibilities and measurable outcomes for their attendees should consider transforming their conference into a
DesignSummit.
Instead of merely being dopamine accelerators, we envision conferences as seeds of potential;
frameworks to inspire and motivate participants around ideas, which are catalyzed for action during DesignSummits.
WE WORK WITH CONFERENCE PRODUCERS
to transform the conventional conference model
into an action-orientated creativity and solutions incubator.
As a conference producer, your goal is to create transformative experiences
that resonate deeply with attendees and (hopefully) drive tangible outcomes.
It’s the “hope” part that we help you realize.
Conferences are great at providing inspiration and motivation;
but they’re weak at providing transformation and any tangible, measurable, or actionable outcome.
Often focused on networking, augmented by keynote lectures or panels,
conferences often reveal a set of “Worthy Problems” - big ideas with a clear articulation of the associated conditions requiring solutions - that conferences aren’t equipped or able to create.
WE WORK WITH CONFERENCE PRODUCERS
to transform the conventional conference model
into an action-orientated creativity and solutions incubator.
As a conference producer, your goal is to create transformative experiences that resonate deeply with attendees and (hopefully) drive tangible outcomes.
It’s the “hope” part that we help you realize.
Conferences are great at providing inspiration and motivation;but they’re weak at providing transformation and any tangible, measurable, or actionable outcome.
Often focused on networking, augmented by keynote lectures or panels,
conferences often reveal a set of “Worthy Problems” - big ideas with a clear articulation of the associated conditions requiring solutions - that conferences aren’t equipped or able to create.
WE WORK WITH CONFERENCE PRODUCERS
to transform the conventional conference model into an action-orientated creativity and solutions incubator.
As a conference producer, your goal is to create transformative experiences
that resonate deeply with attendees and (hopefully) drive tangible outcomes.
It’s the “hope” part that we help you realize.
Conferences are great at providing inspiration and motivation;
but they’re weak at providing transformation and any tangible, measurable, or actionable outcome.
Often focused on networking, augmented by keynote lectures or panels, conferences often reveal a set of “Worthy Problems” - big ideas with a clear articulation of the associated conditions requiring solutions - that conferences aren’t equipped or able to create.
Create engaging, participatory events. Created by Matt and Gail Taylor, the DesignShop® method has been trusted for more than 40 years to creatively and strategically solve complex challenges at any scale.
This method has been used successfully to facilitate change through actionable solutions within 55% of Fortune 100 companies, and global organizations.
Whole Life Architecture is TMIC’s ontological framework for ensuring that DesignSummit participants are operating at the highest level of creative integrity, connecting to the “creator within”, and sharing powerfully within the DesignSummit container.
Create engaging, participatory events. Created by Matt and Gail Taylor, the DesignShop® method has been trusted for more than 40 years to creatively and strategically solve complex challenges at any scale.
This method has been used successfully to facilitate change through actionable solutions within 55% of Fortune 100 companies, and global organizations.
Whole Life Architecture is TMIC’s ontological framework for ensuring that DesignSummit participants are operating at the highest level of creative integrity, connecting to the “creator within”, and sharing powerfully within the DesignSummit container.
Create engaging, participatory events. Created by Matt and Gail Taylor, the DesignShop® method has been trusted for more than 40 years to creatively and strategically solve complex challenges at any scale.
This method has been used successfully to facilitate change through actionable solutions within 55% of Fortune 100 companies, and global organizations.
Whole Life Architecture is TMIC’s ontological framework for ensuring that DesignSummit participants are operating at the highest level of creative integrity, connecting to the “creator within”, and sharing powerfully within the DesignSummit container.
DesignSummit’s continuity program, known as DesignLab, is meant to ensure maximum post-event engagement, continue powerful conversations, and implement breakthrough solutions post-event.
If you’re a conference producer, DesignSummits help you attract high-caliber participants, foster deep connections, and amplify your event’s influence and prestige, leading to growth in future events.
Ensure participants not only leave motivated and inspired, but ready, willing and able to act.
DesignSummit’s continuity program, known as DesignLab, is meant to ensure maximum post-event engagement, continue powerful conversations, and implement breakthrough solutions post-event.
If you’re a conference producer, DesignSummits help you attract high-caliber participants, foster deep connections, and amplify your event’s influence and prestige, leading to growth in future events.
Ensure participants not only leave motivated and inspired, but ready, willing and able to act.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Every DesignSummit is a carefully curated blend of creativity, precision facilitation,
cutting-edge technology, and deep human connection.
Participants actively engage to co-create real-world actionable and implementable solutions constituted by each participant’s input and commitment that serves to catalyze possibility into actuality, in targeted themed areas.
It’s the difference between sharing ideas and curating the By-Design implementation of these ideas in the real world, with measurable effect. This greatly expands your conference brand, revenue streams, and impact for stakeholders, while simultaneously creating community around your brand.
What to expect at a DesignSummit
1 - 3 days (4 - 5-day events are possible if the theme/problem warrants it)
30 - 150 participants
Multi-stakeholders and domain experts (world leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, artists, philosophers and indigenous wisdom holders)
Post-DesignSummit actionable white-paper and strategic action plan documenting the work completed
Accountability metrics and continuity to produce real world results in real communities, affecting real people
Every DesignSummit is a carefully curated blend of creativity, precision facilitation, cutting-edge technology, and deep human connection.
Participants actively engage to co-create real-world actionable and implementable solutions constituted by each participant’s input and commitment that serves to catalyze possibility into actuality, in targeted themed areas.
It’s the difference between sharing ideas and curating the By-Design implementation of these ideas in the real world, with measurable effect. This greatly expands your conference brand, revenue streams, and impact for stakeholders, while simultaneously creating community around your brand.
What to expect at a DesignSummit
1 - 3 days (4 - 5-day events are possible if the theme/problem warrants it)
30 - 150 participants
Multi-stakeholders and domain experts (world leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, artists, philosophers and indigenous wisdom holders)
Post-DesignSummit actionable white-paper and strategic action plan documenting the work completed
Accountability metrics and continuity to produce real world results in real communities, affecting real people
Every DesignSummit is a carefully curated blend of creativity, precision facilitation, cutting-edge technology, and deep human connection.
Participants actively engage to co-create real-world actionable and implementable solutions constituted by each participant’s input and commitment that serves to catalyze possibility into actuality, in targeted themed areas.
It’s the difference between sharing ideas and curating the By-Design implementation of these ideas in the real world, with measurable effect. This greatly expands your conference brand, revenue streams, and impact for stakeholders, while simultaneously creating community around your brand.
What to expect at a DesignSummit
1 - 3 days (4 - 5-day events are possible if the theme/problem warrants it)
30 - 150 participants
Multi-stakeholders and domain experts (world leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, scientists, artists, philosophers and indigenous wisdom holders)
Post-DesignSummit actionable white-paper and strategic action plan documenting the work completed
Accountability metrics and continuity to produce real world results in real communities, affecting real people
Clean energy solutions, pollution reduction, resource management
Ethical & responsible AI integration, biotech and cybersecurity
New economic models for the AI age, rethinking globalism, crypto
Clean energy solutions, pollution reduction, resource management
Ethical and responsible AI integration, biotech and cybersecurity
New economic models for the AI age, rethinking globalism, crypto
Race, religion, gender, and socio-economic reconciliation and collaboration; New models of global peace and cooperation
Regenerative ecosystem restoration, reverse biodiversity loss, ethical migration
Healing through genuine communication and reconciliation
Race, religion, gender, and socio-economic reconciliation and
collaboration; New models of global peace and cooperation
Regenerative ecosystem restoration, reverse biodiversity loss, ethical migration
Healing through genuine communication and reconciliation
Revolutionizing support systems, addiction recovery, and crisis prevention
Deep listening and reconciliation, Wisdom Keepers’ engagement, generational trauma healing, and cultural integration
SDG initiatives, biophilic design & organic architecture, and environmental stewardship
Revolutionizing support systems, addiction recovery, and crisis prevention
Deep listening and reconciliation, Wisdom Keepers’ engagement, generational trauma healing, and cultural integration
SDG initiatives, biophilic design and organic architecture, and environmental stewardship
Reinventing healthcare, regenerative medicine, holistic wellness initiatives
Universal basic income, new
models of education
Regenerative agriculture, clean water access, addressing hunger & food insecurity
Reinventing healthcare, regenerative medicine, holistic wellness initiatives
Universal basic income, new
models of education
Regenerative agriculture, clean water access, addressing hunger and food insecurity
DesignSummits explore, design, test, and rigorously evaluate new possibilities and future solutions previously unconsidered.
Participants refine the widest set of possible solutions into practical, tangible models that can be acted on. Participants reach solutions and are decisive in ways that meet or exceed the original DesignSummit objectives.
For this reason, participants of each DesignSummit must reflect the broadest possible representation of key stakeholders around the chosen theme/worthy problem.
Since DesignSummits are where participants roll up their sleeves and work together to create actionable solutions, and to ensure the created solution is as whole and complete as possible, viewpoints from all relevant stakeholders need to be considered and integrated into the created solution to ensure comprehensiveness.
Clean energy solutions, pollution reduction, resource management
Ethical & responsible AI integration, biotech and cybersecurity
New economic models for the AI age, rethinking globalism, crypto
Clean energy solutions, pollution reduction, resource management
Ethical and responsible AI integration, biotech and cybersecurity
New economic models for the AI age, rethinking globalism, crypto
Race, religion, gender, and socio-economic reconciliation and collaboration; New models of global peace and cooperation
Regenerative ecosystem restoration, reverse biodiversity loss, ethical migration
Healing through genuine communication and reconciliation
Race, religion, gender, and socio-economic reconciliation and
collaboration; New models of global peace and cooperation
Regenerative ecosystem restoration, reverse biodiversity loss, ethical migration
Healing through genuine communication and reconciliation
Revolutionizing support systems, addiction recovery, and crisis prevention
Deep listening and reconciliation, Wisdom Keepers’ engagement, generational trauma healing, and cultural integration
SDG initiatives, biophilic design & organic architecture, and environmental stewardship
Revolutionizing support systems, addiction recovery, and crisis prevention
Deep listening and reconciliation, Wisdom Keepers’ engagement, generational trauma healing, and cultural integration
SDG initiatives, biophilic design and organic architecture, and environmental stewardship
Reinventing healthcare, regenerative medicine, holistic wellness initiatives
Universal basic income, new
models of education
Regenerative agriculture, clean water access, addressing hunger & food insecurity
Reinventing healthcare, regenerative medicine, holistic wellness initiatives
Universal basic income, new
models of education
Regenerative agriculture, clean water access, addressing hunger and food insecurity
DesignSummits explore, design, test, and rigorously evaluate new possibilities and future solutions previously unconsidered.
Participants refine the widest set of possible solutions into practical, tangible models that can be acted on. Participants reach solutions and are decisive in ways that meet or exceed the original DesignSummit objectives.
For this reason, participants of each DesignSummit must reflect the broadest possible representation of key stakeholders around the chosen theme/worthy problem.
Since DesignSummits are where participants roll up their sleeves and work together to create actionable solutions, and to ensure the created solution is as whole and complete as possible, viewpoints from all relevant stakeholders need to be considered and integrated into the created solution to ensure comprehensiveness.
Clean energy solutions, pollution reduction, resource management
Ethical & responsible AI integration, biotech and cybersecurity
New economic models for the AI age, rethinking globalism, crypto
Race, religion, gender, and socio-economic reconciliation and collaboration; New models of global peace and cooperation
Regenerative ecosystem restoration, reverse biodiversity loss, ethical migration
Healing through genuine communication and reconciliation
Revolutionizing support systems, addiction recovery, and crisis prevention
Deep listening and reconciliation, Wisdom Keepers’ engagement, generational trauma healing, and cultural integration
SDG initiatives, biophilic design & organic architecture, and environmental stewardship
Reinventing healthcare, regenerative medicine, holistic wellness initiatives
Universal basic income, new
models of education
Regenerative agriculture, clean water access, addressing hunger & food insecurity
Clean energy solutions, pollution reduction, resource management
Ethical and responsible AI integration, biotech and cybersecurity
New economic models for the AI age, rethinking globalism, crypto
Race, religion, gender, and socio-economic reconciliation and
collaboration; New models of global peace and cooperation
Regenerative ecosystem restoration, reverse biodiversity loss, ethical migration
Healing through genuine communication and reconciliation
Revolutionizing support systems, addiction recovery, and crisis prevention
Deep listening and reconciliation, Wisdom Keepers’ engagement, generational trauma healing, and cultural integration
SDG initiatives, biophilic design and organic architecture, and environmental stewardship
Reinventing healthcare, regenerative medicine, holistic wellness initiatives
Universal basic income, new
models of education
Regenerative agriculture, clean water access, addressing hunger and food insecurity
DesignSummits explore, design, test, and rigorously evaluate new possibilities and future solutions previously unconsidered.
Participants refine the widest set of possible solutions into practical, tangible models that can be acted on. Participants reach solutions and are decisive in ways that meet or exceed the original DesignSummit objectives.
For this reason, participants of each DesignSummit must reflect the broadest possible representation of key stakeholders around the chosen theme/worthy problem.
Since DesignSummits are where participants roll up their sleeves and work together to create actionable solutions, and to ensure the created solution is as whole and complete as possible, viewpoints from all relevant stakeholders need to be considered and integrated into the created solution to ensure comprehensiveness.
“Nothing works; no-thing works.
You have to work it.”
“Nothing works;
no-thing works.
You have to work it.”
- Anurag Gupta, The Difference Engine
“Nothing works;
no-thing works.
You have to work it.”
DesignLab is where the implementation, the real work begins.
Faced with the reality that the existing culture of the department or the organization is fixed, habituated and resistant to anything new, continuity of the momentum around what was created is essential.
Post-DesignSummit, participants are encouraged to continue to work together to facilitate transformation within their respective companies and organizations through the DesignLab continuity program.
DesignLab is where the implementation, the real work begins.
Faced with the reality that the existing culture of the department or the organization is fixed, habituated and resistant to anything new, continuity of the momentum around what was created is essential.
Post-DesignSummit, participants are encouraged to continue to work together to facilitate transformation within their respective companies and organizations through the DesignLab continuity program.
The transformative energy of DesignSummits doesn’t end when the event concludes, it evolves through our DesignLab Continuity Model.
Monthly virtual sessions maintain momentum, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring solutions generated at each summit translate into real-world impact.
DesignLab is a monthly four-hour virtual event that enables participants from the DesignSummit to stay connected, refine and reify their agreed-upon action plans around the co-created solutions from the DesignSummit, and maintain accountability that action is indeed occurring on the “problem” that the DesignSummit participants addressed.
Consistent refinement and realignment to evolving global dynamics.
Engagement opportunities for new participants to connect with conference ideas year-round.
Experiential touchpoints, building lasting connections and continuously enriching your community’s experiences.
The transformative energy of DesignSummits doesn’t end when the event concludes, it evolves through our DesignLab Continuity Model.
Monthly virtual sessions maintain momentum, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring solutions generated at each summit translate into real-world impact.
DesignLab is a monthly four-hour virtual event that enables participants from the DesignSummit to stay connected, refine and reify their agreed-upon action plans around the co-created solutions from the DesignSummit, and maintain accountability that action is indeed occurring on the “problem” that the DesignSummit participants addressed.
Consistent refinement and realignment to evolving global dynamics.
Engagement opportunities for new participants to connect with conference ideas year-round.
Experiential touchpoints, building lasting connections and continuously enriching your community’s experiences.
The transformative energy of DesignSummits doesn’t end when the event concludes, it evolves through our DesignLab Continuity Model.
Monthly virtual sessions maintain momentum, accountability, and continuous improvement, ensuring solutions generated at each summit translate into real-world impact.
DesignLab is a monthly four-hour virtual event that enables participants from the DesignSummit to stay connected, refine and reify their agreed-upon action plans around the co-created solutions from the DesignSummit, and maintain accountability that action is indeed occurring on the “problem” that the DesignSummit participants addressed.
Consistent refinement and realignment to evolving global dynamics.
Engagement opportunities for new participants to connect with conference ideas year-round.
Experiential touchpoints, building lasting connections and continuously enriching your community’s experiences.
It’s time to create what’s possible by unlocking the potential of your company or government from a place of high creativity and bespoke design. Only through intentional, creative collaboration can we meet this moment of exponential change.
Questions about the program or application process? Email [email protected]
It’s time to create what’s possible by unlocking the potential of your company or government from a place of high creativity and bespoke design. Only through intentional, creative collaboration can we meet this moment of exponential change.
Questions about the program or application process? Email [email protected]
It’s time to create what’s possible by unlocking the potential of your company or government from a place of high creativity and bespoke design. Only through intentional, creative collaboration can we meet this moment of exponential change.
Questions about the program or application process? Email [email protected]
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