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SUMMARY:AMPLIFIED! AI-Powered Problem Statements
DESCRIPTION:Most organizations waste energy solving the wrong problem. In this hands-on workshop\, innovation expert Kevin Popović\, The Idea Guy®\, introduces AMPLIFIED!™ — AI-Powered Problem Statements\, a fast\, effective process for reframing challenges into actionable problem statements. \nParticipants will work directly with the AMPLIFIED! Worksheet\, blending Human Intelligence (HI) and Generative AI (ChatGPT) to: \n• Document a real challenge they face.\n• Apply the “How Might We” model to draft problem statements.\n• Use AI to refine for clarity\, empathy\, and impact. \nIn just 45 minutes\, you’ll walk away with a framework you can apply immediately to civic design\, social impact\, or organizational challenges. This session aligns with Design for Impact by showing how structured problem framing not only looks good on paper but drives purposeful\, human-centered change in the real world.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/amplified-ai-powered-problem-statements/
LOCATION:Mingei Museum at Balboa Park\, 1439 El Prado\, San Diego\, CA\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Appearances,Workshops
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SUMMARY:AMPLIFIED! Design Thinking with HI × AI
DESCRIPTION:As part of a custom international education program through the UC San Diego English Language Institute (ELI)\, Division of Extended Studies\, International Programs\, students from Kobe Ryukoku High School in Japan will participate in an immersive STEM Innovation & Entrepreneurism experience at UC San Diego. \nStudents will learn the AMPLIFIED! methodology and apply the HI × AI Infinity Loop to real challenges. They will use Human Insights to observe\, question\, interpret\, and make judgments\, then work with Artificial Intelligence to expand research\, challenge assumptions\, explore possibilities\, and develop ideas. \nThe experience will move students from identifying and framing meaningful problems into Design Thinking\, where they will generate\, develop\, prototype\, and communicate potential solutions. The program will emphasize active learning\, creative confidence\, and the responsible use of AI as a tool for amplifying—not replacing—human thinking. \nThe session will also give students an opportunity to experience how creativity\, innovation\, entrepreneurship\, and AI can work together in a university learning environment\, while supporting UC San Diego’s broader international education mission and its engagement with students from Japan.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/amplified-design-thinking-with-hi-x-ai/
LOCATION:UCSD Division of Extended Studies\, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive\, La Jolla\, CA\, 92037\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T160000
DTSTAMP:20260905T184907Z
CREATED:20260905T182007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T184907Z
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SUMMARY:AMPLIFIED! at Work: Designing Better with HI × AI
DESCRIPTION:AI can generate more\, faster—but amplification requires more than speed. \nIn this hands-on San Diego Design Week workshop\, participants will learn how to use the HI × AI Loop to strengthen creative and strategic work without surrendering human judgment. Working through a shared digital-design challenge\, participants will establish a human baseline\, use AI to expand perspectives and possibilities\, evaluate what is useful or misleading\, and direct a second round of refinement. \nThe session makes the difference between delegating work to AI and designing with AI visible through a before-and-after comparison. \nParticipants will leave with a practical\, repeatable method they can apply to research\, problem framing\, product thinking\, communication\, and client work. \nBring a laptop or mobile device with access to a generative AI tool.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/amplified-at-work-designing-better-with-hi-x-ai/
LOCATION:Auditorium—Qualcomm Forward\, Qualcomm Building AZ 10155 Pacific Heights Blvd\, San Diego\, CA\, 92121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Appearances,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260922T160000
DTSTAMP:20260905T185454Z
CREATED:20260905T185454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T185454Z
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SUMMARY:Driving Enterprise Transformation Through Applied AI
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence is changing how organizations operate—but enterprise transformation depends on more than technology. \nPresented for AAA managers\, this session explores how leaders can apply AI in ways that strengthen human judgment\, improve work\, and create measurable organizational value. Participants will examine the role of AI in enterprise transformation\, consider where adoption succeeds or breaks down\, and experience the HI × AI Loop as a practical way to keep people actively directing the work. \nThe session connects AAA’s long history of innovation with the next generation of applied AI—helping managers move beyond tool adoption toward better decisions\, stronger capability\, and meaningful changes in how work gets done. \nParticipants will leave with a clearer understanding of: \n\nwhy AI matters to enterprise transformation\,\nwhere human judgment remains essential\,\nhow HI × AI can improve real work\,\nand what leaders can do next to support responsible\, effective adoption.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/driving-enterprise-transformation-through-applied-ai/
LOCATION:Hilton Irvine\, 18800 MacArthur Blvd.\, Irvine\, CA\, 92612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Keynotes & Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260923T120000
DTSTAMP:20260926T040134Z
CREATED:20260926T040134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T040134Z
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SUMMARY:Identifying and Framing Problems with HI × AI
DESCRIPTION:As part of the continuing partnership between Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and UC San Diego\, this two-hour AMPLIFIED! workshop will give visiting undergraduate students\, graduate students\, and faculty an opportunity to explore how Human Insights (HI) × Artificial Intelligence (AI) can strengthen problem investigation\, framing\, and innovation practice. \nParticipants will work through two applications of the HI × AI Infinity Loop: first to investigate and better understand a problem\, then to frame a clear\, research-informed problem statement. The workshop will combine human observation\, experience\, judgment\, and context with AI-supported research\, analysis\, and exploration. \nThe session will also explore how participants can apply the approach within their own academic and professional work\, and how faculty may adapt the methodology for teaching and student learning. In doing so\, the workshop will support the broader UNAM–UC San Diego partnership through shared learning\, academic exchange\, and collaboration around AI\, innovation\, and human-centered problem-solving.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/identifying-and-framing-problems-with-hi-x-ai/
LOCATION:UCSD The Basement\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260925T170000
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CREATED:20260926T041750Z
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SUMMARY:Applying HI × AI to Research and Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Visiting researchers and faculty from BML Munjal University in India will participate in an immersive AMPLIFIED! workshop at The Basement at UC San Diego\, focused on applying Human Insights (HI) × Artificial Intelligence (AI) to research and innovation. \nParticipants will work through two applications of the HI × AI Infinity Loop. First\, they will use HI × AI to investigate a challenge more deeply\, combining their subject-matter expertise\, experience\, and judgment with AI-supported research and analysis. They will then apply the same process to improve how the problem is framed\, developing a clearer and more useful foundation for subsequent research\, innovation\, or solution development. \nThe workshop will emphasize AI as a collaborator that expands and challenges human thinking rather than replacing it. Participants will also consider how the approach can be applied within their own research practice and adapted for teaching\, mentoring\, and student learning. \nHosted at The Basement at UC San Diego\, the session will provide an opportunity for international academic exchange around emerging approaches to AI\, research\, innovation\, and human-centered problem-solving.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/applying-hi-x-ai-to-research-and-innovation/
LOCATION:UCSD The Basement\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261002T130000
DTSTAMP:20260926T042756Z
CREATED:20260926T042756Z
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SUMMARY:AMPLIFIED! Opportunity Framing
DESCRIPTION:Great ideas often fail before they begin—not because the solution is weak\, but because the opportunity was never clearly understood. \nAMPLIFIED! will return to The Basement at UC San Diego for an interactive workshop designed to help entrepreneurs\, innovators\, and emerging founders slow down just enough to ask a better question: What opportunity are we really trying to pursue? \nParticipants will apply the HI × AI Infinity Loop to examine assumptions\, expand their understanding of a challenge\, explore alternative perspectives\, and sharpen the direction of their work before moving too quickly into execution. Human Insights will establish context\, judgment\, and meaning\, while Artificial Intelligence will help participants research\, challenge\, compare\, and extend their thinking. \nThe session will move participants through a practical sequence of identifying\, exploring\, evaluating\, and accelerating opportunity framing. Rather than using AI simply to generate answers\, participants will learn how to use it to improve the quality of the questions they ask and the decisions they make. \nThis workshop also continues an ongoing relationship between AMPLIFIED! and The Basement at UC San Diego. Previous AMPLIFIED! sessions at The Basement have brought together international students\, researchers\, and faculty to explore problem framing\, Design Thinking\, and HI × AI in practice. The October 2 session will extend that work into entrepreneurship and opportunity development—helping participants use AI with greater intention before committing time\, resources\, and energy to a solution. \nThe goal is simple: leave with a clearer opportunity\, stronger reasoning\, and a more focused path forward.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/amplified-opportunity-framing/
LOCATION:UCSD The Basement\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261005T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261005T170000
DTSTAMP:20260926T043300Z
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SUMMARY:AMPLIFIED! Opportunity Framing
DESCRIPTION:AMPLIFIED! will return to the UC San Diego Rady School of Management for another collaboration with Teaching Professor Helen Wang and her MGT 121A: Innovation to Market students. \nThe workshop will focus on a critical challenge for entrepreneurs: framing the right opportunity before investing too heavily in a solution. Students will bring the startup concepts and market opportunities they are already developing in class and use the HI × AI Infinity Loop to challenge assumptions\, expand their understanding of customers and context\, explore alternative perspectives\, and sharpen the direction of their work. \nHuman Insights will provide the experience\, judgment\, creativity\, and context needed to decide what matters. Artificial Intelligence will help students research\, compare\, question\, and extend their thinking. Together\, HI × AI will give students a structured way to improve the quality of their opportunity framing before moving further into product development and market validation. \nThe session continues an ongoing relationship between AMPLIFIED!\, the Rady School of Management\, and The Basement at UC San Diego. Previous work with Professor Wang’s students has used AMPLIFIED! to strengthen problem statements\, evaluate startup ideas\, and explore market fit. This return engagement will build on that experience by giving students another practical application of HI × AI within the entrepreneurial process. \nThe goal is for students to leave with a clearer opportunity\, stronger assumptions to test\, and greater confidence about where to focus their next round of research and development.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/amplified-opportunity-framing-2/
LOCATION:UCSD The Basement\, 9510 Innovation Ln\, La Jolla\, 92093\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261006T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261006T190000
DTSTAMP:20260905T190333Z
CREATED:20260905T190333Z
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SUMMARY:Innovate@UCLA Keynote: AMPLIFIED! at Work—How HI × AI Changes the Way We Think\, Decide\, Create\, and Work
DESCRIPTION:Artificial Intelligence is changing what people can do. The greater opportunity is changing how people work with it. \nPresented at Innovate@UCLA for approximately 150 of Los Angeles’ leading innovators\, this keynote introduces AMPLIFIED! as a practical way to work with AI while keeping human judgment\, experience\, creativity\, and responsibility at the center. \nKevin Popovic explores the difference between simply using AI and deliberately combining Human Insights × Artificial Intelligence to improve the work itself. Through the HI × AI Loop\, attendees will see how people can establish direction\, use AI to expand possibilities\, evaluate what matters\, and guide the technology toward stronger outcomes. \nThe keynote moves beyond tools\, prompts\, and automation to a more consequential question: \nHow can AI help people become better at the work only people can lead? \nAttendees will explore: \n\nWhy adopting AI does not automatically create innovation.\nWhere human judgment\, context\, and experience remain essential.\nHow HI × AI can improve thinking\, decision-making\, creativity\, and work.\nWhy the quality of the interaction shapes the quality of the outcome.\nWhat innovators can do differently as AI becomes increasingly embedded in organizations.\n\nAMPLIFIED! positions AI not as a substitute for human capability\, but as a means of strengthening it—helping people think more expansively\, work more effectively\, and create greater value.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/innovateucla-keynote-amplified-at-work-how-hi-x-ai-changes-the-way-we-think-decide-create-and-work/
LOCATION:University of California\, Los Angeles\, 405 Hilgard Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Keynotes & Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270914T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20271016T120000
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SUMMARY:Applied AI Workflow Transformation Capstone
DESCRIPTION:The Applied AI Workflow Transformation Capstone will give AAA participants an opportunity to move beyond AI awareness and experimentation into applied organizational change. \nDelivered through UC San Diego Extended Studies as part of the broader AAA University AI Certification Program\, the 40-hour live-online experience will guide participants through the process of identifying real work that could be improved with AI and developing practical\, evidence-informed approaches for doing so. \nParticipants will use Human Insights (HI) × Artificial Intelligence (AI) to examine current workflows\, surface friction and opportunity\, rethink how tasks and decisions are performed\, and design improved ways of working. The course will emphasize the role of human judgment throughout the process\, including where people must establish direction\, evaluate AI output\, manage risk\, and remain accountable for outcomes. \nThe capstone will also address the organizational realities that determine whether AI-enabled work succeeds in practice: adoption\, capability\, workflow design\, testing\, measurement\, and implementation. \nRather than working on hypothetical exercises\, participants will apply the process to meaningful opportunities from their own work at AAA. The goal is to leave the course with a clearer understanding of how AI can improve a real workflow\, a tested direction for moving forward\, and the ability to apply the same HI × AI approach to future challenges. \nThis capstone extends AMPLIFIED!’s ongoing work with AAA—from helping managers recognize opportunities for improvement to equipping participants to redesign and implement AI-supported work in practice.
URL:https://amplified.fyi/event/applied-ai-workflow-transformation-capstone/
CATEGORIES:Programs
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