AI × DESIGN THINKING / LOCAL COMMUNITIES

AI × Design Thinking.
Real change, together.

Education is changing. Work is changing. Our communities need ways to respond together. CreateX combines human-centered design thinking with AI to understand real needs, prototype ideas, and test solutions through local workshops and projects.

Human-centered questions. AI-assisted exploration. Real-world evidence.

Concept illustration: people from different backgrounds build a community prototype together in an open city space
Co-creation · concept illustrationEvery possibility begins with a connection.

01 / WHY WE EXIST

The AI era changes how we learn,
work, and live together.

AI expands what we can make. Progress still depends on our ability to ask better questions, think together, and test ideas in the real world. CreateX is a place to practice that—across disciplines, organizations, and cities.

INFORMATION × SPACE × RELATIONSHIP

Knowledge, space, and relationships—a place for possibility to take shape.

Human-centered questions. AI-assisted exploration. Real-world evidence.

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Start with a real need

Listen to the people closest to a problem before choosing a solution.

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Create across boundaries

Bring local knowledge, design, technology, and lived experience into the same room.

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Leave something useful

Turn learning into prototypes, reusable methods, and evidence others can build on.

02 / THE PRACTICE

A workshop is a beginning.

A repeatable rhythm connects a first conversation to work that can be tested, shared, and improved.

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Frame a challenge

A specific need. A real person. A question worth exploring.

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Make together

Cross-disciplinary teams use design thinking, with AI as a collaborator.

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Test in the world

Promising outcomes can become 4–8 week action-learning projects.

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Share what works

Authorized cases and methods return to the next cycle of practice.

Explore the practice

03 / LOCAL ROOTS, SHARED LEARNING

The city is the starting point.
Connection is the multiplier.

Local chapters shape their own questions and relationships. A shared network is designed to support methods, quality, and learning across places.

Our long-term vision

1,000 cities.
1,000 autonomous communities.

An ambition to work toward—not our current footprint.

How a chapter can begin

04 / PEOPLE MAKE THE NETWORK

Find your way to contribute.

Start with a concrete task and mutual trust. A title comes after the work, not before it.

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Founding member / Core Team

Build the methods, operations, product, or shared foundations.

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Advisor

Contribute expertise in methods, an industry, governance, or international collaboration.

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City chapter lead

Connect local needs, people, facilitators, and partners.

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Project partner

Bring a real setting, specialist capability, content, or space.

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Enterprise sponsor

Support practical learning, community innovation, or public outcomes.

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Explore roles & prepare an application

CREATE X / TOGETHER

Bring a question.
Let’s make a beginning.

You do not need to have all the answers. Start with a real challenge and something you can contribute.

Build with us