SEEN Inclusion | Strategic Design

Strategic Design

"Strategic design is a designerly approach for proposing design, business, or social strategies that support business or community goals and the interests of multiple stakeholders. Strategic designers address complex situations, generate value, and commit in the long term. For these, they must conduct most, if not all, of the design activities with high intensity" (Meja, 2026)

Since 2021, our co-founder Calvin has been helping organizations to strategically align their vision and mission with their products, services and training program to:

Support business or community goals;
Serve the interests of multiple stakeholders;
Address complex situations;
Generate shared-value;
Sustain commitment to personal, professional and organizational development.

Reference:

Mejía, M. (2026). Assemblages of Design Activities: From Trade to Strategy. DIID, 88, 89–95. https://doi.org/10.30682/diid8826f

Area of focus

Adult Education

Design and delivery training programs for commercial corporation and universities, helping teachers, young engineers and other professions to embody Human-Centered mindset.

Youth Development

NGO Programs

Design and delivery Design Thinking related training program for youth-led initiatives and youth leadership development programs for SDGs as well as entrepreneurship.

Advise and consult NGO initiatives through Strategic positioning evaluation, Desirability, Feasibility, and Viability (DFV) analysis and well as Product-Market Fit (PMF) of Value proposition.

Scope & Approach

Consult on how to match goals with desired outcomes.
Systems mapping of power dynamics to gain multiple perspectives and identify critical links.
Horizon scanning for possible future scenarios and consequences for 'backcasting' from desirable future.

Alignment of intended outcomes with target-users' needs.
Connect content with lived-experience and prior-knowledge of learners through heart-head-hands activation.
Weave training experiences into a cohesive, constructivist and reflective journey that are humanistic and future-proof.

Creation and hold psychological safe space for diverse grouping.
Social engineering for collaborative rather than competitive or confrontational cooperative dynamics.
Anchor on co-creation to establish shared-understanding and generation of shared-value for positive outcomes.

Adult Education

Co-Designer and co-instructor of 2 M.Ed & M.Sc courses at the Faculty of Education, HKU
'Training-The-Trainer' Design Thinking program for Teachers on behalf of Hong Kong Baptist University
'Design for Impact' Training Program for Young Engineers in 1 of the 2 utility company on Hong Kong

Target Group: Pre & Inservice Teachers

Design Thinking and Education

This Master Degree core course enables students to apply design thinking, disciplinary concepts, transdisciplinary methodologies and technologies in problem-solving for STEM Education.

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Target Group: Young Engineers at 1 of the 2

utilities companies in Hong Kong

Design for Impact

This full day 'Design-athon' was designed to help young engineers to embody the human-centered mindset through designing for a local NGO that serves the neurodiverse community in Hong Kong, so that the engineers can be activated through a sense of purpose and apply Design Thinking in their daily works.

Target Group: Master Degree Students

People-Centric Design for Education using Simulation Trechnology

This Master Degree elective course enables students to apply a people-centric approach in simulation technology, use systems thinking to ideate ecosystem centrically, and to promote scientific inquiry using game-based learning.

Target Group: Inservice teachers and lecturers

Design Thinking in Education

Throughout a full day workshop, teachers and lecturers of the Multimedia Storytelling Applied Learning Course delved into the concepts of Design Thinking, where they learned to embody and apply the Design Thinking tools, enabling them to facilitate students' learning creatively and customise the learning experience to meet the needs of their students.

Justin Lau

Curriculum Development Manager, HKBU

“Calvin has consistently shown high dedication and commitment to his role. With his extensive experience in experience design and youth development with NGOs, Calvin is skilful in articulating the teaching material to facilitate students' comprehension. These qualities have not only helped students excel academically but have also fostered a positive learning environment."

Logan Chen

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Education, HKU

"Although Calvin was not trained to be an educator, he is my go-to person when I initiate or modify my curriculum development. his personality, compassion and knowledge not only are perfect for any role that helps individual or a group to grow, I would further recommend him to be a learning experience architect for any organisation."

Echo Shang

Assistant Professor

EDUHK

"Really loved how you got them to pause and dig into the “why” before rushing into the “what”. A lesson that’s harder than it sounds (especially when everyone’s excited to pitch solutions). Our students walked out with both mind-blowing diagrams and deeper insights into pressing social issues. Big thanks again for bringing your energy, humor, empathy, and wisdom to our cohort. "

Youth Development

Co-Design for Gender Equality with AIESEC leaders in Beijing
Huawei x AIESEC Mainland of China 'European Seeds for the Future' Grand Finale in Shenzhen
'Youth-To-Sustainability' by AIESEC Hong Kong 2022 & 2024

Target Group: Grade 9 - 11

Design Thinking for a more sustainable Hong Kong

Four 2 - 3 hours 'Change-maker' Design Thinking sessions as part of AIESEC Hong Kong's annual flagship event 'Sustainability', where students learn all the fundamental Design tools to co-design for positive social impact. Calvin trained 50 undergraduate AIESECers as co-facilitators prior to the event, and coached 100 to 150 secondary school students over the 4 days event.

Target Group: Engineering Undergraduate students

and Volunteers

Humanistic Engineering training

Multiple three hours sessions to train undergraduates in various engineering program, from across universities in Hong Kong, in terms of Systems Thinking, Design Thinking and Storytelling.

This is part of Engineers Without Borders - Hong Kong's flagship 'Global Citizenship Program'.

Target Group: Undergraduate AIESEC Leaders

Co-Design for Gender Equality

Two half days workshop to help AIESEC leaders from different countries to learn, embody and apply Design Thinking for gender equality.

This is part of AIESEC Mainland of China's 'Bring you to China' Program aims to facilitate global cultural exchanges among AIESECers and AIESEC Alumnus across the world.

Target Group: Undergraduate students of Social

Innovation

Systems-Led Human-Centered Design for Social Innovation

3-hour Systems-Led Human-Centered Design workshop, a mindset-shaping workshop for a cohort of over 50 undergraduates in the unit of Social Innovation & Leadership and AI studies, providing them with the fundamental Systems Thinking framework and Design tools to examine and design for various real-life societal issues.

Victoria Ip

Program In-charge

AIESEC Leader, Hong Kong

“Calvin, I’m more than glad to hear and see you owning and demonstarting AIESEC values as much as we do. I’ve learned so much in terms of design thinking, public speaking and all from you throughout the years. Let’s continue unleashing the peace and fulfilment of humankind’s potential at different corners on Earth!"

Jade Liang

Program Designer

AIESEC, Mainland of China

"Working with Calvin behind the scenes was unexpectedly enjoyable. Every conversation during the freezing Beijing winter sparked moments that made us exclaim "wow!" Whether we were in the cozy cafes of the Hutongs in Beijing, brainstorming in the warmth of their lights, or marking down ideas on napkins, the results were consistently fruitful. It was a truly delightful experience of co-creation working with the senior advisor in AIESEC like you!!!"

Raymond Lopinski

Program Director

Engineers Without Border - HK

"With Calvin's knowledge and experience in design, facilitation skills, and leadership skills, EWB-HK was able to land most of the learnings among the participants, and have its most successful year for our leading premier program.
I highly recommend Calvin as a Coach, Experience Designer, Educator, or Facilitator for your organization, his commitment and passion for youth development are exactly what our world needs today!"

NGO Programs

Strategic Offsite with AIESEC Alumni Association Mainland of China in Chengdu
'Reimagine' AIESEC Mainland of China in Qianhai Shenzhen
'Parenting Game' Design Testing for Learning Bridge Hong Kong
Human-Centered Design for Youth Mentorship with Teach Unlimited Foundation

Target Group: Global Undergraduates

Design for Global Exchanges Experience in China

In 3 days, 4 main sessions, 12 plus hours, I witnessed the super power of AIESECers in China, unlike other times, where I was mainly coaching Design Thinking, this time, I got to facilitate a series of Strategic Design and Signature Programme Development activities with a high-performing team, which has ultra-high sense-makng power, and tremendous experiences in embodying, advocating and executing the 6 core value of AIESEC.

Target Group: Parents and Teachers in Hong Kong

Design for Better Understanding of Child Development

Through passive listening, active discovery, and co-design, our students were able to practice:
✦ Empathizing with multiple perspectives simultaneously at the same time;
✦ Identifying Real Needs to inform Design decisions;
✦ Designing based on constraint while meeting real needs;

And support a local NGO with useful insights on accessibility, playability and messaging of the design.

Target Group: Youth in China

Design for Next Generation Chinese Leadership

"Reimagine" Offsite with AIESEC in Mainland of China (MoC) at Qianhai Shenzhen with AIESEC Moc leaders from 2001 to 2026. Soon after the co-creation strategic offsite with AIESEC Alumni Association Mainland of China team in Chengdu in March, it was my honor and privilege to be invited to help facilitate another strategic development offsite with a wider team of cross-generational AIESEC MoC leaders spanning over 25 years.

Target Group: Youth Mentors in Hong Kong

Human-Centered Design for Youth Mentorship

A half day workshop to support a group of youth mentor and staff at Teach Unlimited Foundation (TUF), a local non-profit organisation servcing socially and financially disadvantaged students in Hong Kong.

The workshop is designed to help the mentors to:

✦ Design according to students' needs;

✦ Develop an iterative mindset to embrace change;

✦ Discover the power of 'Co-Creation'.

Peter Yang

Senior Alumni

AIESEC, Mainland of China

“I appreciated your high energy, flexibility, and many tools to guide us / play with us. Especially I enjoyed the product discussion with design thinking approach. Plus, always good to have facilitator who are familiar of our context and plus with appreciation of AIESEC as an organisation!"

David Wang

Senior Alumni

AIESEC, Mainland of China

"It’s been always great to have you being with us and I enjoyed the advancement and momentum - not only the topical level and moreover the social process as one team - your role is imperative!"

Karis Yeung

ESG-Certified Brand Strategist

AI Advocate & Arts & Cultural Innovator

"Thanks Calvin Lo for inviting and designing such a rich context to challenging the game so honestly. I learned the most by watching him questioning in a calm, sharp and incredibly clear way. He creates the best demonstration where students are encouraged to think deeper while asking simpler. That’s something I genuinely want to learn from."

Your Strategic Designer of
Systems-Led Human-Centered
Learning and Training

Our co-founder Calvin Lo is a Hong Kong-born Strategic Systems-Led Human-Centered Design (SL-HCD) Designer and educator. Currently a Lecturer and Principal Design Researcher at the University of Hong Kong, he is a certified Systems Thinking Associate, certified Designer Educator, Accredited UDL Educator, and advisors to NGOs such as AIESEC Mainland of China, Alumni Association of Mainland of China, and Engineers Without Borders - HK.

Coming from a background of corporate consultancy serving clients such as HSBC, CLP Power and the Hong Kong Observatory, Calvin bridges the gap between high-level strategy and human-centered implementation, he now shares his knowledge based on lived experiences with youth and future educators to advocate for inclusive best practices.

• Lecturer | Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (HKU); co-develope M.Ed. curricula.

• Principal Design Researcher | HKU University wide Teaching Development Grant funded AI project
• Certified Designer Educator | Learning Advisory using Positive Psychology, Self-Determination Theory with AI, issued by Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University (AYBU), Turkey

• Certified Systems Thinking Associate | Analyst and Systems Thinker of non-linear relationships, leverage points, system structures for effective problem-solving in volatile and complex scenarios.

• CAST UDL Accredited Educator | CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) — the gold standard for inclusive instructional design.
• Strategic and Human-Centered Design|Strategic & Experience Design for organizations such as CLP Power, HSBC, HSBC Life, Hong Kong Observatory, Sun Life Insurance
• Advisor, Coach and Mentor for AIESEC Hong Kong and Mainland of China, Engineers Without Borders, and multi-disciplinary youth development teams.

• Academic | Master of Education candidate focusing on Advanced Teaching & Best Practices for Inclusion & Diversity at University of the People.

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Lifelong Continuous Transdisciplinary Learning

As an advocate and practitioner of lifelong continuous, as well as transdisciplinary learning, Calvin has enjoyed and attained a diverse range of professional qualifications beyond his BA in Business Administration, especially while completing a full-time Master of Education Degree.