Think. Map. Deliver.
Aug / Sept ’26
EduThinkering Executive Innovation Labs: Better Decisions for the AI and Simulation Era
Lab 1 | THINK: From Challenge to Testable Idea
Design Thinking via Game Design Loops and Greyboxing
Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2026 | 13:00 to 15:00
Lab 2 | MAP: Making Complexity Visible
Spatial Systems Mapping, Node-Based Logic and Iterative System Modelling (ISM)
Date: Wednesday, 26 August 2026 | 13:00 to 15:00
Lab 3 | DELIVER: Decide Earlier, Deliver Better
The Virtual Production Mindset, Previsualisation (Previz) and Parallel Workflows
Date: Wednesday, 02 September 2026 | 13:00 to 15:00
interactive and workspace-focused
practical decision-making workflow
proven operational frameworks
strictly capped at eight participants
About Series
In an era driven by real-time technology, generative AI, and complex organizational demands, clarity is no longer about writing longer documents. It is about making multivariable systems visible, testing assumptions early, and aligning cross-disciplinary teams.
Drawing on advanced methodologies from real-time game design, spatial pedagogy, visual system modeling, and virtual production pipelines, this three-part working series helps leaders translate complex challenges into actionable, evidence-based decisions.
No software, drawing, or technical prerequisites required. The focus remains strictly on professional judgement, systems awareness, and disciplined execution.
Lab 1 | THINK: From Challenge to Testable Idea
Design Thinking via Game Design Loops and Greyboxing
Move from an ambiguous professional topic to a rigorously defined challenge. Using game design principles such as core interaction loops, player agency, and friction analysis, participants define human-centred problem boundaries and testable options.
Key Capabilities: Human-centred challenge framing, evidence versus assumption mapping, and low-cost paper greyboxing.
Executive Output: A clear challenge brief, three distinct options, a low-fidelity greybox prototype, and a primary test question.
Lab 2 | MAP: Making Complexity Visible
Spatial Systems Mapping, Node-Based Logic and Iterative System Modelling (ISM)
Escape the logocentric trap of single-file written text. Learn to represent multivariable operational networks using node-based spatial logic. Participants map relationships, dependencies, and feedback loops, then subject their system to the EduThinkering Break Test to reveal hidden vulnerabilities before commitment.
- Key Capabilities: Node-based system architecture, dependency mapping, constraint analysis, and stress-testing under simulated chaos.
- Executive Output: A visual spatial system map, explicit risk points, a stress-tested model, and a 90-second decision narrative.
Lab 3 | DELIVER: Decide Earlier, Deliver Better
The Virtual Production Mindset, Previsualisation (Previz) and Parallel Workflows
Traditional waterfall management fixes errors late, incurring substantial rework costs. Virtual production replaces sequential pipelines with real-time parallel collaboration and previsualisation. In this lab, participants re-architect decision pathways to move critical reviews upstream, establishing evidence gates and bounded experiments.
- Key Capabilities: Upstream previsualisation logic, decision gate design, risk governance, and disciplined 30-day experiment design.
- Executive Output: An early-decision workflow, structured review gates, a risk control framework, and a bounded 30-day implementation experiment.
PROGRAMME LEAD AND FACILITATOR
Brigita Biondić Sehgal
Founder and Spatial Pedagogy Architect, EduThinkering Consultancy
Academic Director, Virtual Production Dojo
Brigita brings more than three decades of experience in education, academic leadership, design thinking and visual-spatial learning. She helps leaders and cross-disciplinary professionals make technological change understandable, visible and actionable.
Her work connects human-centred learning, systems thinking, responsible technology adoption and practical professional transfer.
TRONDHEIM FOUNDING COHORT
A Focused Afternoon Series in a Professional Setting
The founding cohort begins after Trondheim’s major innovation week, creating a practical bridge from new conversations and emerging ideas into structured action.
DATES
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Wednesday, 02 September 2026
TIME
13:00 to 15:00
VENUE
Regus Powerhouse, Executive Training Room
Brattørkaia 17A, 7010 Trondheim
LANGUAGE AND COHORT
English
Maximum 8 participants
FOUNDING TRONDHEIM PRICING
Choose the Depth of Participation That Fits
The founding-series rate is available until 17:00 on 19 August 2026, subject to places remaining. The standard future-cohort series price is NOK 3,590.
INDIVIDUAL LAB
NOK 1,190
Choose one laboratory
- Two-hour in-person laboratory
- Participant materials for that laboratory
- EduThinkering participation record
FOUNDING SERIES PASS
NOK 2,790
Primary founding offer
- All three connected laboratories
- Integrated participant workbook
- Think-Map-Deliver Portfolio
- Certificate of Participation eligibility
- Save NOK 780 against three individual laboratories
EMPLOYER PACK
NOK 7,950
Three complete series places
- Three full-series participants
- Employer payment instructions
- Cross-functional cohort participation
- Private team discussion available separately
QUESTIONS BEFORE BOOKING
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need technical or design experience?
No. The laboratories develop professional judgement, systems awareness and practical experimentation. No software, drawing, filmmaking or AI expertise is required.
Must I attend all three laboratories?
You may purchase an individual laboratory, but the series pass is the primary offer because one challenge develops across all three stages. Standalone participants receive a short entry brief.
What kind of challenge should I bring?
Bring a current professional opportunity, workflow, programme, service, learning experience, project or organisational decision. Remove confidential, personal and security-sensitive information.
Is this a software-training course?
No. Relevant examples may draw from AI, simulation, visualisation and virtual production, but the laboratories are method-led and do not teach a software package.
What recognition is provided?
Participants who meet the stated participation requirements may receive an EduThinkering Certificate of Participation. It does not imply accreditation, ECTS credit, professional licensure or a Virtual Production Dojo qualification.
Can my employer pay?
Yes. EduThinkering can provide payment details and booking documentation for an employer-sponsored place. A three-person employer pack is also available.
Can the series be delivered privately?
Yes. A private three-laboratory organisational series is available from NOK 36,000 for up to eight participants, excluding external venue and travel costs where applicable.
EIGHT FOUNDING PLACES
Bring the Challenge You Need to Move Forward
Request a place for yourself, sponsor colleagues or explore a private organisational series.
Before booking, please review the cancellation, refund and cohort-confirmation policy.