Human-led AI Short Course
Course description
- Designers (UX, service, product, experience) looking to integrate AI into their work
- Creatives and makers interested in the future of design and emerging technologies
- Innovation, strategy and product professionals wanting to better understand how to apply AI in real-world contexts
- Entrepreneurs and founders exploring AI-enabled ideas or ventures
- Professionals from sectors such as healthcare, technology, government or social impact working on complex challenges
Key information
- Design AI powered products, services and experiences starting with real human needs
- Learn how to spot meaningful opportunities for AI and solve the right problems
- Use practical tools including research, journey mapping, ideation, prototyping and testing
- Build trusted, ethical and commercially valuable AI solutions
- Develop and test own AI enabled concept
- Have the confidence and capability to design AI-enabled products, services and experiences grounded in real human needs
- Understand where and how AI can add meaningful value (and where it doesn’t)
- Be able to frame problems and identify real opportunities for AI
- Apply human-centred design methods to emerging technologies
- Develop and test an AI-enabled concept using practical tools such as journey mapping, ideation and rapid prototyping
- Build a clear, tangible concept that could be used in a portfolio or workplace
- Gain confidence in discussing and shaping AI within design, innovation or product teams
- Leave with a practical toolkit, a tested idea, and a stronger ability to bridge the gap between human insight, business needs and technological possibilities
- Digital badge and certificate of attendance
- A laptop (Mac or PC) suitable for online research, collaboration and light prototyping
- Access to cloud-based tools such as Google Drive or similar for sharing coursework
- Notebook and pen for sketching, mapping and workshop activities
- Access to AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or other generative AI platforms
- Access to design or collaboration tools such as Figma, Miro, or similar
- Existing business, startup, workplace, or social impact challenge you would like to explore during the course
Tutor
Kara Prosser
Kara is a London-based design and innovation leader using design to tackle some of the world’s most complex and human challenges. With over 15 years’ experience across 40+ countries, her work sits at the intersection of healthcare, technology and social impact, helping organisations create solutions that genuinely improve people’s lives.
Her career shifted after a personal experience with the healthcare system revealed just how little had been designed around real human needs. Since then, she has focused her work on designing for people and for humanity, partnering with organisations including AstraZeneca, the World Health Organization, Google and governments to address challenges such as cancer care, mental health, access to medicine and climate resilience.
Kara brings deep industry experience across human-centred design, service design and innovation strategy, working from early insight through to real-world implementation. She has built and led global programmes, influenced policy, and helped organisations turn ambitious ideas into tangible outcomes at scale.
She previously taught Design Thinking at RMIT University and now works with students and organisations to build the confidence, skills and mindset needed to use design as a force for meaningful change. Her teaching style is practical, energetic and hands-on, grounded in real work happening out in the world today.
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