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    Learning by Doing Skillup Lab

    Design is Changing. Are You Ready?

    Equip your designers, and your teams, to turn craft into measurable business value in an AI-driven world.

    AI is transforming execution. The individuals and teams who thrive will be the ones who can think strategically, validate real problems, and create outcomes the business can measure, not just artifacts.

    The Challenge

    AI Is Reshaping Design, Fast

    Whether you're a student, educator, or enterprise leader, the same forces are at play. Craft alone is no longer enough.

    AI Is Automating Execution

    Tasks that once defined design careers are being handled by AI faster than curricula or teams can adapt.

    Boundaries Are Dissolving

    The lines between design, business, and technology are blurring, demanding new hybrid skills.

    Value Creation Is the New Bar

    Employers and clients expect designers who can think strategically and deliver measurable business outcomes.

    New Tools Aren't Enough

    Upskilling on AI tools alone won't cut it. Teams and individuals need new frameworks for thinking and creating.

    Stratos Academy doesn't replace design education or team expertise. We augment it with the entrepreneurial, strategic, and AI skills that make great designers indispensable.

    Choose Your Path

    Two Tracks. One Mission.

    Select the path that fits you to see tailored programs, outcomes, and next steps.

    Design Schools & Students

    For students, recent grads, and educators shaping the next generation of designers

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    Corporate & Professional

    For CX, UX, Product & XD team leaders driving innovation in their organizations

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    How It Works

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    12-week cohort-based experience

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    2-day kickoff workshop

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    Weekly 90-minute coaching sessions

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    Application-based (limited cohort size)

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    In-person (Columbus) + virtual options available

    For Education / L&D Leaders

    Build the capability your teams actually use.

    Skill-Up Labs is built for L&D leaders who want learning that sticks, not slides that don't. Tell us about your team and we'll show you what a tailored cohort could look like.

    Training in Action

    How we've helped teams
    learn by doing

    Real engagements where we built lasting capability—not just delivered training.

    Unlocking Innovation Through Design Thinking
    Capability Building

    Unlocking Innovation Through Design Thinking

    Equipping organizations with collaborative design thinking methodologies to unlock innovation and solve complex business challenges.

    Future-Proofing Insurance with Emerging Tech
    Workshop Design

    Future-Proofing Insurance with Emerging Tech

    Designing an immersive innovation workshop that brought claims adjusters, business analysts, and UX designers together to generate ideas for an ideal future.

    Humanizing Diabetes Care Through Design
    Team Coaching

    Humanizing Diabetes Care Through Design

    Embedding human-centered design capabilities inside a strong engineering and product organization through hands-on insight gathering and team coaching.

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    Developed by a human-centered design strategist with 10+ years of experience supporting CX, EX, and innovation leaders, and recent hands-on work in AI-driven systems.

    Ready to future-proof your skills?

    Let's design a learning experience that meets you where you are, and takes you where you need to go.

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