Design Sprint
Bootcamp
A 2-Day Innovation Training for Engineering Professionals at UNCC’s Super Fab Lab
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What You Get
A hands-on workshop facilitated by innovation and engineering experts with a combined 40 years of industry experience.
An intimate training with limited seats to ensure a high-touch, high-value experience.
Small team collaboration on a realistic challenge with industry peers and UNCC engineering students hand selected for this experience.
Learn all 5 steps of the Sprint innovation process by experiencing a simulation based on a real Design Sprint.
Build rapid prototypes using UNCC’s Super Fab Lab tools & materials.
Official Design Sprint Certification via signed LinkedIn certificate to add to your education.
Access to a digital whiteboard for running your own Sprints.
Private Coaching Session to apply what you learned & answer questions.
How It Works
The Bootcamp will be delivered in two immersive days at UNCC’s Super Fab Lab in the Fall of 2026 (exact days to be finalized with your team).
Coffee, lunch, snacks and all supplies are provided. Your team will also have access to UNCC’s Super Fab Lab tools and materials for rapid prototyping.
After the training, we will schedule a private Coaching Session with your team to help them apply what they learned & answer any questions.
What People Say
“Save yourself the heartburn and don't run a Design Sprint until you've taken this course.”
—Leeanna Lim, Director, Design Studio, Cox Communications
“The Wily Design Sprint Bootcamp is the next best thing to being a fly on the wall of an actual sprint."
—Nathan Kotecki, Business Process Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield
"Despite having read the book multiple times and running one sprint, the workshop provided me all of the in-between parts and things not covered in the book. It really was worth my time (and I'm the cautious sort)."
—Andy Herzig, Product Designer, Paycor
What You’ll Experience
Learn the Design Sprint process from Wily & UNCC’s team of experts who design and deliver innovation workshops and training across the globe. In two interactive, fast-paced sessions, you will experience a hands-on simulation of a real design sprint.
From mapping, sketching, and deciding, you’ll learn to master each step by actually doing it. Plus learn prototyping and testing methods, tools and best practices based on real Design Sprints, prototypes and products. Our all-star team with a combined 40 years of experience will coach you through all five stages of the Design Sprint process.
You’ll build muscle memory for facilitating your own in-person or virtual sprints (whether it’s your 1st or 101st) and for incorporating these techniques into problem solving, product development, and day-to-day operations.
Design Sprints
Design Sprints are a proven, repeatable process for rapidly solving big challenges, creating new products or services, or improving existing ones. It compresses months of work into just a few days.
Design Sprints help teams validate solutions quickly and effectively so you can focus on giving your customers what they truly want.
Teams around the world use Design Sprints to solve big problems and test new ideas, including Nest, Slack, 23andMe, Flatiron Health, AirBnB, Lego, the British Museum and the United Nations.
“It's like fast-forwarding into the future, so you can see how customers react before you spend all the time and expense of building a real product.”
— Jake Knapp, Author of SPRINT
Meet Your Trainers
Eric Gorman—Wily Founder + Facilitator
Eric is the founder of Wily LLC, a Charlotte-based agency that has facilitated hundreds of innovation workshops for Fortune 100 companies, NGOs, medical tech start-ups, and federal and city governments. For 7 years prior he worked for one of the world’s largest transportation engineering and consulting firms. He has trained individuals and teams from Apple, Nike, Corning, Hasboro, YouTube, Johns Hopkins University, Lowe’s, Ally Financial, and Bank of America, among others. Eric has led innovation workshops in the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. Eric has also led innovation workshops for Davidson College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Winthrop University, University of Exeter, Ross University School of Medicine, Adtalem Global Education, and Wake Forest University.
Jeremy Losaw—UNCC Super Fab Lab Specialist + Facilitator
Jeremy is a Super Fab Lab Specialist at the University of North Carolina Charlotte where he helps college students learn how to use maker equipment to create new innovations. For 13 years he served as Director of Engineering at Enventys Partners, a product development and launch agency in Charlotte, NC USA. He has delivered innovation and IoT training in the US, Dominican Republic, Thailand, Namibia, Italy, and Grenada. He has more than ten issued patents and many products that have been launched via crowdfunding and brought to mass production. In addition, Jeremy is a former NASCAR auto racing engineer and experienced prototyper, and has contributed more than 200 articles to Inventors Digest magazine.
What You’ll Learn
During the Bootcamp, you’ll learn how to:
Lead a team through the Design Sprint process with confidence
Map out a challenge and choose the most important place to start
Identify crucial business & product questions to be answered in your sprint
Sketch a solution with confidence, even if you're not a designer
Make smart decisions without lengthy discussion
Choose the right prototyping method for your product or service
Test hypotheses before you invest months of work and millions of dollars
Integrate Design Sprint methods into your organization’s workflow
Improve productivity, solve big challenges, and foster innovation at your organization
Who Should Attend
The Design Sprint Bootcamp is for anyone who wants to build better solutions, experiences, products, and services faster, especially:
Software Engineers
Hardware Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Integration Engineers
R&D Engineers
Design Engineers
Product & Innovation Professionals
Team Leads & Managers
“I’ve been facilitating sprints for 5 years, and one of the better decisions I’ve made was attending Wily’s Design Sprint Bootcamp.”
—Mike Robinson, Global Continuous Improvement Manager, Corning
“When we heard about Wily's Design Sprint Bootcamp, it was a no-brainer for us to send a team from Duke Energy's Idea Lab. We’ve been using Design Sprints at our company for 2 years, and we’re excited to have gained fresh perspective and new ideas from Wily's seasoned experts."
—Catherine Allen, Idea Lab, Duke Energy