CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS

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Thinking & Problem-Solving Skills

Creativity: The Must-Have Skill for the Future

As Automation, AI, and Technology change the world of work at a rapid pace, (OK, tell us something we don’t know) what do you find at the top of almost every global CEO survey about what skills they need for their organisation to thrive in the 21st Century? It’s creativity and it’s best friends of curiosity and design. It’s the very human skills that are important. The good news? We all have creativity in abundance.

The (Creativity) Problem?

Creativity is one of the most feared, misunderstood, and under-utilised components in today’s workforce – but it doesn’t have to be.

Many professionals lack creative confidence because:

  • They believe they are “not creative.” (More on that later)
  • The worry of judgment, not being perfect or taking risks.
  • It’s easier to stick to routine or business as usual thinking rather than exploring new approaches.
  • Organisations demand immediate solutions (even if they are wrong)
  • The same organisations have a built in fear of change and anything new

All of that can change (and you’re in a good place to make that happen!)

So What Is Creativity?

According to the Oxford Dictionary, creativity is:

“The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.”

A New Perspective on Creativity

Simon Banks defines creativity as reconnecting with the natural talent and imagination we all have.

Creativity is as natural as breathing, walking, and talking—something humans have done since the beginning of time. We Are All Born Creative. 
It may sound a little woo-woo however creativity is the path to reimagining what’s possible and connecting with something much bigger than we thought possible. When teams rediscover and use their creative ability, they develop confidence, problem-solving skills, and innovative mindsets. And as said earlier, essential for the world of work.

Why Join a Creativity Workshop?

Our creativity workshops for business are designed to help professionals at all levels develop and harness creative and lateral problem-solving skills to solve those curly business challenges.

Benefits of Our Creativity Workshops

  • Challenge outdated paradigms of thinking and chart new ways forward
  • Develop a “what’s possible” mindset when problem-solving
  • Build curiosity and develop different ways of thinking about your customer
  • Shift from traditional thinking to a more innovative mindset.
  • Improve collaboration and engagement within teams.
  • Enhance problem-solving with real-world creative thinking techniques.
  • Most importantly, develop creative confidence to generate and share innovative ideas.

Creative Problem-Solving: Slow Down to Speed Up

Most people rush to find a quick solution when solving a problem. The issue?
Speed isn’t always the best strategy.

Benefits of Our Creativity Workshops

  • Find a problem.
  • Identify a quick fix.
  • Move on.

This works in some situations. if it’s a quick, easy challenge, however doesn’t work for any non-linear, curly or complex problem. This leads to missed opportunities for better, more innovative solutions that solve the problem and delight your clients.

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A More Creative Approach

This workshop teaches teams how to pause, rethink, and explore alternative solutions, leading to smarter, more impactful outcomes, internally and externally.

What Happens in Simon’s Creative Workshops?

A Creativity Workshop is an immersive, hands-on experience designed to help individuals and teams unlock their creative potential, develop problem-solving skills, and apply creative thinking to real-world challenges. Simon’s motto is that all content needs to be teachable, sharable and repeatable. This ensures that all workshops provide practical tools, exercises, and strategies that make creativity an accessible and usable skill in the workplace.

Each Creativity Workshop is tailored to meet the needs of different industries, business functions, and leadership levels. Whether you’re part of a sales team looking to increase revenue, a business leader looking to reimagine your strategy or a design or facilitation team wanting to foster engagement and problem-solving, the workshops provide actionable insights that can be applied immediately.

Key Workshop Focus Areas

What Is Creativity & Why Does It Matter?

Understand that our creativities come in many forms and how creativity impacts innovation, business success, and leadership.

Unlocking Your Creative Confidence

Tackle the Creative Ogre -The internal mental block that holds people back from embracing their creativity and taking risks.

The language of Innovation

What are the phrases that kill creativity and what are the words that make it thrive?

Tools & Techniques for Thinking Creatively

Practical strategies to challenge assumptions, unlock new perspectives, and apply creative problem-solving methods to real-world challenges. These include:

  • Divergent & Convergent Thinking: Learning when to generate multiple ideas and when to narrow them down into actionable solutions.
  • Lateral Thinking Techniques: Challenging assumptions and seeing problems from different perspectives.
  • Visual Thinking: Using visual techniques to map out challenges and solutions creatively.
  • Systems thinking: Understanding where a possible solution fits and how it interacts with a with the world around it

Develop a mindset that slows down to speed up

Ensuring more thoughtful and effective solutions that fit client need and ensure you are solving the right problem.

Embedding Creativity in Daily Work:

A Creativity Workshop isn’t just about generating ideas in a single session—it’s about embedding creative thinking into daily work. Participants leave with a personalised creativity action plan, outlining how to integrate creative problem-solving into their role.

Creating a Collaborative Culture of Innovation:

Workshops also focus on collaborative creativity, ensuring that teams learn how to support and build on each other’s ideas, making creative thinking a natural and ongoing part of their workplace culture.

Hands on creativity Challenges

Hands-On Creativity Challenges

The core of the workshop is about learning by doing. Through dynamic, hands on activities, participants engage in real-time creative challenges that strengthen their ability to think differently, collaborate effectively, and solve problems innovatively.

This moves teams beyond traditional brainstorming (which makes many people shudder) and apply creativity to real-world business challenges, whether it’s solving internal problems, improving customer experience, or developing new products and services.

Unlocking Your Creative Confidence

Participants work on real business challenges, applying what they’ve learned in practical ways. Whether working on product innovation, team collaboration, or leadership problem-solving, the exercises ensure creativity becomes a tangible tool rather than an abstract concept.

Key Takeaways from the Creativity Workshop

By the end of a creative thinking workshop, participants will have:

A Clear Understanding of Creativity and Creative Intelligence:

Participants learn how creativity applies beyond artistic disciplines, making it a valuable business tool.

Practical Strategies for Overcoming Creative Blocks:

Hands-on exercises help individuals develop confidence in their idea generation and problem-solving skills.

A Toolkit of Creative Thinking tools, techniques and frameworks:

Participants gain a set of proven strategies to approach business challenges with fresh perspectives.

The ability to Challenge Assumptions & generate fresh thinking as needed:

Attendees leave equipped to identify new opportunities, solve problems creatively, and encourage innovation within their teams.

Key Takeaways

The Core of Creativity:
Building Creative Confidence

What Is Creative Confidence?

  • The belief that everyone is creative.

  • The confidence to share ideas without fear.
  • The ability to generate solutions, even without all the answers.
  • The mindset to create positive change in the world around you.
  • It’s so often the missing ingredient in developing a culture of innovation

David and Tom Kelley’s book Creative Confidence explores how creativity isn’t a talent, it’s a mindset—one that anyone can develop. They highlight that the biggest barrier to innovation isn’t a lack of skill or knowledge, but fear—fear of failure, judgment, or getting it wrong. Creative confidence breaks through that fear, unlocking the courage to experiment, challenge the norm, and explore new possibilities.

When you’ve got creative confidence, you’ll see the lasting positive effects across your organisation of people who dare to share and test their ideas and work together so that solutions are fast, dynamic and real.

Read More: Your Creativity and Curiosity is Your Super Power

Take the First Step Toward a More Creative, Innovative Team

Creativity is a skill that can be developed. With the right tools and techniques, any team can harness it for better ideas, problem-solving, and innovation..

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Creativity Workshops FAQ

Creative thinking is the ability to approach challenges with fresh ideas, innovative solutions, and a mindset that embraces possibility. It is not limited to the arts but is essential in business, leadership, and problem-solving. Creative thinking allows people to see opportunities and reimagine opportunities, where others see obstacles, making it a vital skill in all areas of life.

In a Creativity Workshop, participants develop creative thinking techniques that help them generate ideas, challenge assumptions, and explore different perspectives. By practicing creativity regularly, individuals and teams become more adaptable, resilient, and prepared to solve complex challenges.

Businesses constantly face new challenges, evolving customer needs, and competitive pressures. A structured approach to problem-solving that includes creative thinking leads to better decision-making, increased efficiency, and innovative solutions.

This enables teams think differently, break out of rigid structures, and develop solutions that drive business success. The ability to solve problems creatively gives businesses a competitive edge and fosters a culture of continuous improvement.

OK, let’s stop you right there. Firstly, if you think you’re not creative your just labelling your creativity as something else. It’s there waiting for you to use it. Secondly, creativity should be called creativities. It comes in many, many forms. I promise that it’s not related to your ability to draw realistically!

Creativity is not an inborn talent reserved for only the special few. We all have it in abundance if we choose to use it. It’s is a skill that anyone can develop. Like any other skill, creativity can be strengthened through practice, exposure to new ideas, and structured training. Organisations that invest in creative thinking workshops (see what we did there?) help employees unlock their creative potential and apply it to real-world challenges.

When teams build creative confidence, they become more comfortable experimenting with new ideas, embracing uncertainty, and approaching their work with a problem-solving mindset. Businesses that nurture creativity benefit from higher innovation rates, improved teamwork, and a more engaged workforce.

How long is a piece of string? The workshops can run anywhere from 60 minutes through to two days. Two things to note is that you can’t change the world in an hour AND people always say. “we needed more time”. The best approach is always to work out you want to achieve the design the solution from there.

Our innovation and creativity workshops anyone who wants to build new skills, solve curly problems and look at business challenges with a fresh set of eyes.

Who facilitates this Creativity Workshop?

Simon Banks Creativity Workshop Facilitator

Great question! Simon Banks has spent over 20 years and 1400+ events working at the intersection of creativity, business and design. He helps teams unlock their innovation potential through hands-on, engaging workshops and keynote speaking.

He is:

  • A published author on creativity in business.
  • A dynamic facilitator known for interactive, high-energy sessions.
  • A curious cat who embraces the world of art and design in everything that he does
  • Co-host of The Occupational Philosophers Podcast
  • Someone who walks the talk as a (recovering) professional artist and illustrator

Curious to know more?

And finally…

We’re not just talking about what happens at work. Living a more creative and open life outside of work is just as important! This is why participants leave the workshops with a plan to keep creativity, freshness and variety flowing in all aspects of their lives – not just the workplace.

Are you ready to revive
your company’s creative spark?

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