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Innovation starts with how people think — and feel safe to think.


Enable teams to break patterns, discover new perspectives and turn ideas into action.

"Creativity is intelligence...

having fun"


- Albert Einstein

Why it matters

Many organisations want innovation, yet unintentionally create conditions that suppress it:


  • fear of being judged

  • ideas being evaluated too early

  • problems being framed too narrowly


Creative thinking is not a talent issue.
It is a context issue.


Without the right conditions, people fall back on familiar solutions — precisely when innovation is needed most.

What this enables

After this training, teams are better able to:


  • reframe problems more broadly and intelligently
  • generate more relevant and original ideas
  • collaborate more effectively across differences
  • experiment and test ideas with greater psychological safety


Innovation becomes a repeatable capability, not a one-off brainstorm.

Our approach

We combine behavioural science with evidence-based creative methods to:


  • disrupt entrenched thinking patterns
  • strengthen psychological safety in teams
  • translate insights into concrete action

This work is often used as:


  • an innovation kick-off
  • a reset moment in stalled initiatives
  • a bridge between strategy and execution


Always grounded in real cases from participants’ own work context.

Programme

Module 1: The Science of Creative Thinking and Innovation Power


  • How rigid thinking and behavioural patterns limit innovation
  • Why many traditional creativity techniques fail
  • What behavioural science tells us about creativity

Module 3: The Individual as the Core of Innovation


  • Personal drivers that stimulate creative behaviour
  • Turning ideas into action: thinking tools and practical exercises
  • Dealing with doubt, uncertainty and fear of failure

Module 2: Breaking Through Ingrained Patterns


  • The psychology of creative thinking
  • The impact of external factors (e.g. time pressure) and internal factors (e.g. mindset)
  • How malleable creativity and innovation capacity really are

Module 4: The Team as the Engine of Innovation


How teams unintentionally block innovation

  • groupthink
  • status quo bias


How teams enable creative thinking

  • diverse perspectives
  • psychological safety as a precondition

Format

  • in-company or virtual

  • 1 day or modular

  • highly interactive and practice-oriented

Reviews

“This session fundamentally changed how we approach innovation — not by pushing creativity harder, but by changing the conditions in which people think and work together.”


Anne Starkie-Alves, European Commission

A really useful workshop. What I liked most about it was that the workshop was tailor-made to fit our needs.


Because we were working on our own cases, I got to apply the new tools and techniques in a very hands-on way. I can now take these tools and insights back home with me."


Andrea Dohle,Communication Correspondent,

Enterprise Europe Network Germany

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