Design Sprints

Accelerate problem-solving and unlock new opportunities.

Design Sprints are a proven way to make rapid progress on complex challenges – bringing people together to focus, collaborate and test ideas in a short, structured timeframe.

At Maine Associates, we facilitate sprints that help organisations explore opportunities, develop solutions and align around next steps. Whether you’re refining a service, tackling a challenge or exploring how AI could support a new approach, we help you move from discussion to direction — fast.

What we offer

We design and facilitate sprints that help teams:

  • Explore new ideas and test assumptions
  • Develop and iterate service concepts or delivery models
  • Solve specific challenges with fresh thinking
  • Identify opportunities for innovation, including the role of AI
  • Build momentum and alignment around next steps

Our sprint formats can be adapted to your needs — from one-day accelerators to multi-day sessions or phased design and delivery cycles.

How we work

Our sprints combine structured facilitation with creative tools and clear outcomes. You’ll get:

  • A focused design process shaped to your context
  • Collaborative frameworks to guide thinking and decision-making
  • Visual tools to capture insights and surface key themes
  • A tested sprint structure that keeps energy high and outcomes clear

We also offer follow-up support to help embed learning and move ideas into action.

When to work with us

You might bring us in to:

  • Run a sprint to develop or test a new service concept
  • Bring cross-functional teams together to rapidly explore solutions
  • Facilitate an AI Sprint to identify practical applications of AI in your organisation
  • Help partners co-design the delivery approach for a new initiative
  • Support a short, focused piece of work that needs clarity and momentum

Whether you’re tackling a service challenge, shaping a new opportunity or exploring the potential of AI, a design sprint offers a practical, energising way to move things forward quickly and collaboratively.

Let’s talk

If you’re thinking about a sprint or want to explore how this approach could work for your team, we’d be happy to discuss what’s possible. Contact us to learn more.