Keynotes, workshops, and programs we design for teams and groups, along with guides and methods for leaders, trainers, and facilitators who want people to think, create, and decide together. Browse our most popular resources or jump to a topic.
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Most Popular Resources
The guides readers find and use most, based on search traffic and engagement.
The Four Stages of Competence Model
How people move from unconscious incompetence to mastery, and what it means for learning.
Six Thinking Hats Training (Ideation and Brainstorming Technique)
Edward de Bono's technique for structured group thinking and brainstorming.
Design Thinking Double Diamond Framework Training
The double diamond design thinking framework, with tips and resources to apply it.
Reflection Quotes for Growth, Mindset, & Motivation
50 quotes to prompt reflection, growth, and a stronger learning mindset.
Quotes about Strategy | Inspiring Words for Strategic Thinkers and Leaders
Quotes on strategy and strategic thinking for leaders, planners, and teams.
Mindset for Innovative Thinking
How innovative thinking shows up at each stage of the innovation process.
70-20-10 Model for Learning and Development
The 70-20-10 model of how people learn at work, and how to apply it in L&D.
LEGO® Serious Play® Open Source PDF Guide
How LEGO Serious Play works, with the open source guide to the method.
Keynotes, Workshops, and Programs
Everything on this page comes from the sessions we design and lead. If you are planning a conference, offsite, summit, or leadership program and want people to participate rather than sit and listen, start here.
Keynotes and Events
Interactive Keynote Speaker: Experiential Keynotes That Turn Audiences Into Participants
Experiential keynotes where the audience builds, connects, and leaves with next steps.
Interactive Pre-Conference Workshops for Conferences and Association Events
A hands-on session that helps attendees connect and start the conference ready to act.
Offsite Workshops, Retreats, Meetings and Summits Designed for your Place and People
Offsites, retreats, and summits designed around your people, place, and goals.
AI Hackathon for AI Adoption, Learning, Leadership, and Culture
A hands-on hackathon that builds AI skills, adoption, and a culture of experimentation.
Workshops for Teams and Groups
Innovation Workshops: Facilitate Design Thinking & Lead Innovation in Groups
Custom innovation and design thinking workshops for teams and leadership groups.
Design Thinking Training and Workshops for Teams and Organizations
Practical design thinking training with custom agendas for teams, live or virtual.
Strategy Workshops that Align Teams and Innovate Strategies
Strategy sessions that align leaders and teams and bring fresh thinking to the plan.
LEGO® Workshops for Organizations and Business with LEGO® Serious Play®
LEGO Serious Play sessions where teams build, share, and work through real challenges.
Workshops for Change Management and Change Leadership
Workshops that help leaders and teams understand, lead, and adapt to change.
Transformation Workshops
Story-driven workshops that help people learn through and lead transformation.
Gratitude Workshops: Storytelling Retreats, Activities and Experiences
Gratitude and storytelling retreats that strengthen connection and culture.
Softest of the Soft Skills Training Workshops
Workshops on the human skills underneath collaboration, leadership, and innovation.
AI Innovation Workshop
Use AI tools as a co-pilot for generating and developing ideas with your team.
Design Thinking AI Training
Hands-on training on using AI across the design thinking and innovation process.
Workshop to Rethink How You Work in Your Org (Innovate, Automate, Apply AI)
Help teams free up time and find smarter ways of working, including with AI.
Leadership and Facilitator Development
Facilitation Workshop: Training to Lead Engaging Sessions
Train leaders and trainers to run sessions people actually want to attend.
Facilitation and Session Design Training for Leaders
Train leaders to run workshops, offsites, and working sessions that spark action.
Coaching Program on Innovative Workshop Design and Facilitation
Coaching to design and facilitate more engaging, innovative workshops.
AI Facilitation Training Workshop for Program Designers and Facilitators
Hands-on training on using AI to design workshops and support facilitation.
Innovation Mindset Program
Our long-running program for developing an innovation mindset in teams and leaders.
Leading a Culture of Innovation with Design Thinking Facilitation
Help leaders build a culture of innovation through design thinking facilitation.
Design Thinking for Professional Development (Future-Ready Skills Workshop)
Participants use design thinking to choose future skills and build a development plan.
Facilitation and Workshop Design
How to plan, lead, and close sessions that get a group working together.
How to Facilitate a Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide
Prepare, open well, guide discussion, handle tough moments, and close with commitments.
How to Design a Workshop: A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing Workshops That Engage
A step-by-step guide to designing workshops that engage people from start to finish.
From Presenter to Facilitator: The Shift That Changed My Work
Why moving from presenting to facilitating changes how groups learn and act.
From Content Delivery to Experience Design (through Design Thinking)
Use design thinking to turn content-heavy sessions into real experiences.
No Tech is the New Tech: Why Less Tech Works in the AI Era
Why low-tech, hands-on sessions build stronger human connection in the AI era.
Facilitator Assessment: Free Facilitation Skills Test
A 24-question self-assessment of your facilitation skills, scored in 5 minutes.
The World Café Method: Hosting and Facilitating Collaborative Discussion
How to host World Cafe conversations that get a whole room thinking together.
Liberating Structures Training and Templates
Liberating Structures methods and templates that let every voice shape the work.
Design Thinking
Mindsets, frameworks, and activities for human-centered design.
Design Thinking Mindsets for Human-Centered Design
The five mindsets behind human-centered design and how to build them.
Human-Centered Design Training and Workshops for Teams and Organizations
Human-centered design workshops where teams learn by solving a real challenge.
Design Thinking Resources for Facilitators: Activities, Toolkits, and Agendas
Our recommended frameworks, toolkits, and activities for design thinking facilitators.
Design Thinking AI: How to Use AI in Human-Centered Design Thinking
Using AI to support research, ideation, and prototyping while keeping people at the center.
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Innovation and Creativity
Exercises and frameworks for generating ideas and building innovation capability.
How to Build an Innovation Program: Types, Steps, and How to Measure It
Types of innovation programs, eight steps to build one, and how to measure it.
Creative Problem Solving Process
The creative problem solving process, step by step, for teams and facilitators.
Culture of Innovation Assessment
A quick assessment of your organization's culture of innovation across four areas.
Storytelling and Leadership
Resources for leaders who use story to connect people and lead change.
Storytelling Workshop Activities: 10 Ideas for Leaders and Teams
Ten storytelling activities for leaders and teams, with facilitation tips.
A Simple Storytelling Model for Business, Leaders and Innovators
A simple story model leaders and innovators can use to communicate ideas.
50 Quotes About the Power of Storytelling for Leaders, Learning, and Business
50 quotes on how story educates, influences, and inspires.
Top TED Talks on Storytelling for Leaders, Facilitators, and Change Makers
TED talks on storytelling that leaders and facilitators can learn from and use.
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