We Are
Now Go Create
Hello. We’re a crack team of creative training and leadership experts with world-class credentials in the fields of creative leadership, brainstorm and creative training, coaching, creative thinking and brainstorm facilitation.
Our creative training workshops cover everything from tackling the blank page to selling your ideas. They include how to devise a creative strategy, our best-seller How To Become a Creative Ninja with tools and techniques, and presenting and communicating your ideas with How to Become A Pitch Ninja.
We also support creative leaders in their drive to build a culture of innovation and lead their to teams to high creative performance. We’re running a residential creative leadership programme this autumn in London.
Since 2011 we have trained over 15,000 people in creative thinking and problem-solving techniques in companies including Facebook, Disney, Vodafone, ASOS, Sky Media, HP, 02, Heineken, itsu, Prêt a Manger, Sony, White Stuff, Beam Global, Unicef, TripAdvisor and Save The Children, to namedrop a few!
We have unrivalled experience working with the creative industries and work with companies including 100’s of leading PR, design, creative, research and insight agencies. Founder Claire is one of only a handful of people in the world to be part of the prestigious training faculty at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, developing the next generation of creative leaders as part of the Young Lions team.
Our team includes leadership experts, strategists and insight specialists, coaches, innovation experts, journalists and professional storytellers, playwrights and stand up comedians – all bringing a different perspective to the creative process.
We also have close ties with the Centre For Creative Studies at the Cass Business School where Founder and Chief Spark Claire studied for her MSc in creativity, innovation and leadership. She is proud to be one of less than 100 people globally to hold this degree and to be on the advisory board at the university.
Get in touch now to find out how we can help your business up the ante with creative training and leadership development or use the course finder tool below to help you.
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Working With Us
We understand the business case for creativity – after all our team have lived and breathed it at the corporate sharp-end working for WPP and global brands. Our Founder Claire has an MSc Innovation, Creativity & Leadership, one of a handful of people in the world to study creativity at this high academic level.
We pride ourselves on the immediate impact and application of our creative thinking and problem solving training. People tell us that our creativity courses are highly relevant to their day-to-day work. Find out what they say about us here.
We have trained armies of brainstorm facilitators in the skills they need to help generate and nurture ideas from other people. We are also trained in problem-solving assessment tool called The View which offers great personal insights into how you are creative. We share creative techniques and processes, and explore the behaviours and mindsets that differentiate high performing creative teams and we apply academic thinking and rigour.
If you’re looking for help to develop a more creative culture in your organisation or enhance your leadership team’s creative capabilities and know-how then you’re in the right place. Creativity is most definitely a leadership issue – the charge for creativity and innovation must come from those at the top or it will fail. Find out about our first ever Creative Leadership residential course running this autumn.
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Credibility
We live and breathe creativity and have had to develop creative campaigns throughout our own careers. We know what works, and what doesn't, and how to mix theory and practice to up-skill your people quickly.
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Experience
Over 15,000 people trained by our team with 1,000s of training hours under our collective belts, as well as hours at the creative coal face in 'real' jobs. Claire’s 20 years of creative practice is shared in her book ‘In Your Creative Element’, featuring on Amazon's top 10 lists!
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Stable of Creatives
A core team that includes an ex-WPP MD and Creative Director, board level planner and strategist, creative practitioners, a screenwriter and performer, improv comedians and journalists, with expertise across a vast range of brand and in-house teams.
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Our Affiliations
Our team collaborate with an unparalleled range of highly credible and influential organisations in the field of creativity in the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Creative Review Magazine, Cass Business School, The Holmes Report and the PRCA. Our e-learning is CIPD accredited.
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Our Philosophy
We believe in creative democracy. It is not the purview of just those with 'creative' in their job titles. We can help anyone, whatever their job title, age or industry to unleash their innate creativity. Our training reflects current L&D trends with immersive experiences, e-learning and bite-size workshops.
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Trusted by Brands
We're lucky enough to have worked with household names including Sky Media, Confused.com, HSBC, The National Trust, Pret A Manger, 02 and many more. Agency-side we count many WPP agencies as clients, as well as leading independent PR agencies.
Explore Our Courses
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- Who's It For?
- Anyone who wants to improve their creative thinking skills and develop a toolkit of ways to explore problems.
- How Long For?
- Half or full day with e-learning options
- By The End
- Learn and practice at creative hacks and approaches to overcome creative burnout. From “I need an idea right now”, to ways to crack a creative challenge in an hour, 48 hours, a week or more.
- Public workshop dates
- 14th January & 12th May 2020
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- Who is it for?
- Anyone who has to regularly pitch, present or sell their ideas
- How long?
- From 1-3 days or bite-size chunks
- By the end
- Unflappable, unstoppable & unbeatable!
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- Who's It For?
- Anyone who wants to harness the power of storytelling for business, pitches, presentations, keynotes & selling
- How Long For?
- 1 day
- By The End
- Understand the different sorts of stories you can tell in business, and when you need them, with lots of practice!
- Next open training
- Half day 7th May 2019, 90 min taster session 20th March
- How much?
- £295pp + VAT, £81pp taster session
