Innovative companies like Amazon, Uber, Apple, Google and Virgin are not that way by accident. There are deliberate processes, mindsets and environmental factors at play that we can all learn from. And creativity is an essential leadership quality for success in business, outweighing integrity and global thinking, according to IBM.
Here at Now Go Create we help individuals and businesses to improve their creative capabilitiesand skills to bridge what the World Economic Forum call a ‘21st century skills’ gap. Our focus is on practical ways to up the creative output and improve the quality of thinking in your business for competitive advantage. Working as a creative catalyst for clients like ASOS, Sky Media, Facebook, Google, 02 and Bic as well as hundreds of PR and digital agencies, our training and approach is underpinned by academicrigour and science.
Our training covers everything from tackling the blank page, to how to devise the strategy to underpin creative ideas, to how to pitch your brilliant ideas once you’ve had them! It is for everyone from communications teams, to brand managers to CEO’s and PR’s who want to be more creative every day.
New for 2021 – we have developed e-learning courses and run day-long workshops as well as bite-size training sessions on core creative skills like storytelling, collaboration and curiosity. Check out the course brochure here.
We’d love to help you to up the creative ante in your business. Please do get in touch with lucy@nowgocreate.co.uk or call us on 07917 132 672 if there’s anything we can help you with.
Who We Work With
Explore Our Courses
The Fundamentals
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- Who's It For?
- Perhaps you are an in-house communications team and have to devise a strategy to exploit an opportunity, announcement or sponsorship, or a PR agency out to win more competitive new business pitches. Or maybe you’re a team leader who has to work out the best way to tackle an issue and manage your resources to get there. This course will help you do that.
- How Long For?
- 90 minute webinar
- By The End
- Understand the components that make up a great strategy and be able to devise your own
- When?
- In house or public course dates during Covid
- Online Strategy Ninja
- Strategy Ninja 27th April & 28th July
- Cost
- £75pp + VAT online
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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
- Future-proof your business
- Creative thinking, problem-solving & critical thinking are the top 3 skills for business
- By The End
- Learn and practice creative tools and '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 ONLINE
- June & July dates 2020 - please enquire
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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!
- Online options
- 90 minute workshop with Max
- Open training online
- Spring dates 2021 tea
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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?
- 90-minute workshop online during Covid, half or full day face to face
- 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
- March/April 2021 - register for dates
Creative Leadership
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- What is it?
- Learn and practice facilitation skills to unleash creativity in others
- Who's it for?
- Intelligent, diplomatic members of the team who would enjoy/benefit from becoming a creative lynchpin for the group
- How long?
- 75 minutes - currently online, usually face to face full day
- When?
- 19th June 2020 ONLINE
- How much?
- £75 + VAT
- Where?
- A screen near you
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- Who's It For?
- Creative leaders and anyone wanting to take their creative career to the next level. Anyone who has been promoted to a new creative role or who is preparing for a promotion into leadership
- How Long For?
- We offer a minimum of 3 coaching sessions over 3 months and the work is tailored to you and your needs
- By The End
- More focus, direction, purpose and help with action-planning your next steps
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- Who's It For?
- Anyone wanting to develop personal insights into their creative preferences and style
- How Long For?
- It takes 15 minutes to complete the assessment and an hour long one to one to discuss your results.
- By The End
- A greater understanding of your own creative preferences and how they might affect your work and your team relationships
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- What is it?
- Creativity leadership skills explored
- Who's it for?
- Anyone who has to understand and lead the creative charge in their business. From Creative Directors, to top team executives, MD’s and HRD’s interested in creating a transformational breakthrough in leading creativity in your organization
- How long?
- Tailored. Between 2-5 days, with coaching & self-study
Online Training
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- Who's It For?
- Anyone who wants an introduction to creativity tools
- How Long For?
- 90 minutes
- By The End
- Knowledge of at least 5 creativity tools and personal application to your challenge
- Dates
- Contact us for 2020 public dates, FREE webinar 20th Jan 2020
- In-house teams
- Contact us for more details
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- Who's It For?
- Whether you are a few years into your career or a seasoned pro seeking to take your creative skills to the next level, this course is for you.
- How Long For?
- Learn at your own pace
- By The End
- This programme is the perfect way to take your creative work and career to the next level.
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- What is it?
- Creative thinking webinars at your desk
- The 28 day Creativity Challenge
- A daily dose of inspiration for one month, with tools & insights
- How To Be A Creative Ninja
- A spin around 10 Creativity Tools on your topic or challenge
- SCAMPER
- The WD40 of creativity tools - 7 principles to apply now!
- In Your Creative Element
- Book & 3 x webinars with coaching questions
- Who's it for?
- Anyone who wants quick, bitesize content at their own pace
- How long?
- Webinars - 30-90 minutes
- 28 day Creativity Challenge
- 28 days!
Let Us Do It For You
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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!
- Online options
- 90 minute workshop with Max
- Open training online
- Spring dates 2021 tea
