CREATE:

Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking with Design Thinking, for better ideas faster

CSI

Programs in this Suite

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CREATIVE THINKING FUNDAMENTALS
+ Who Killed Creativity?

Unlocking individual and team creativity and building an innovative culture.

SUITE: Create - METHODS: Gamified simulation & team building | Workshop | Facilitation | Keynote | Licence | Self-led | Online | PLATFORMS: Face to Face | Virtual | Blended | Customised | KEYWORDS: Creative Quotient (CQ), Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking skills. (TTCT) Audit, Diagnostic, Culture

CSI-1 CORE MODULES

1. Harnessing Creative Intelligence (CQ) – for a competitive business advantage.

2. “Who Killed Creativity?” interactive session – gamified simulation experience.

3. Implications & Applications – business and/or personal goal setting and strategic planning.

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THE CREATIVE PROCESS:+ The 7 Creative Thinking Rescue Strategies

A practical model incorporating Creative / Critical / Designing Thinking, for better ideas faster

SUITE: Create - METHODS: Workshop | Facilitation | Keynote | Licence | Self-led | Online | PLATFORMS: Face to Face | Virtual | Blended | Customised | KEY WORDS: Design Thinking, Agile, Ideation, Prototyping

CSI-2 CORE MODULES

1. Creative Thinking Strategies: Skills to redesign your brain for generating unique ideas.

2. Critical Thinking Skills: How to use critical thinking for more effective problem solving.

3. Implications & Applications: Business facilitation with case study & coaching. TRY & APPLY: Become a company (e.g., P&G case study) and practice using the method to solve a seemingly impossible “wicked” problem.

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THE CREATIVE TOOLS
+ Creative Thinking Strategies in action (with design thinking tools)

Get proactive with your own real assignment and pitch back

SUITE: Create - METHODS: Workshop | Facilitation | Licence | Self-led | Online | PLATFORMS: Face to Face | Virtual | Customised | KEY WORDS: Design Thinking, Design Lab, Pitching, Sales,

CSI-2+ CORE MODULES

1. Advanced Creative Thinking with Design Thinking: Solve your own real business challenge using our SID model with additional design thinking tools.

2. Advanced Creative Thinking Assignment: Online independent team course to solve a challenge and then create a pitch.

3. Pitch back: Teams can be coached and then pitch back their case study and solutions to a stakeholder team.

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TEAM CREATIVITY
+ Creative Collaboration

Take advantage of a diverse team to come up with better ideas and solutions faster

SUITE: Create - METHODS: Workshop | Facilitation | PLATFORMS: Face to Face | Virtual | Customised | KEY WORDS: Leadership, Diversity, Team work, Profiling, DISC, MBTI iCLi

CSI-3 CORE MODULES

1. The importance of collaboration and teamwork.

2. Team Tools: DISC (behavior), iCLi (innovation), MBTI (temperament), HBDI (whole brain).

3. Implications & Applications: Business facilitation with case study & coaching.

4. Deep Dive Lab: With coaching and team facilitation, working through real team issues.

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SYSTEMATIZING INNOVATION
+ The Creative Appliance Project

Multifaceted capstone project that serve as a culminating experience at the end of a program

SUITE: Create | Narrate - METHODS: Gamified simulation & team building | Workshop | Facilitation | Keynote | Licence | PLATFORMS: Face to Face | Virtual | Customised | KEY WORDS: Design Thinking, Design, Build, Pitch, Vision, Mission, Values

CSI-4 Core modules

1. Learn and use the creative and critical thinking tools in practice (i.e., agile design thinking).

2. ‘The Creative Appliance Project’ simulation: Design, Build, and Pitch.

3. Implications & Applications: Business facilitation with case study, coaching & deep dive lab.

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THE CREATIVE CONNECTION
+ The Chocolate Factory

Becoming truly people centric: Developing client & employee engagement with strategic innovation

SUITE: Create - METHODS: Gamified simulation & team building | Workshop | Facilitation | Licence | PLATFORMS: Face to Face | KEY WORDS: Silos Alignment, Empathy maps, Customer Journey, Process redesign, Engagement

CSI-5 CORE MODULES

1. Becoming truly people centric : Developing client & employee engagement with strategic innovation.

2. ‘The Chocolate Factory’ simulation: Gamified simulation experience.

3. Implications & Applications: Business facilitation with case study, coaching & deep dive lab.

About the Creative Scene Investigation Program Suite

Unlock Creative Thinking for Breakthrough Innovation & Business Transformation

Creativity is the foundation of innovation, yet the relentless pressure to innovate faster is creating a toxic culture that stifles the creative process rather than nurturing it. Ironically, in the rush for rapid results, organizations risk killing the very thing that drives innovation: creativity.

This suite of programs (keynote, workshop, gamified simulations and business facilitation)  is designed to help businesses:
✅ Identify and eliminate creative barriers that hinder breakthrough ideas.
✅ Implement practical creative thinking strategies for sustainable innovation.
✅ Leverage design thinking processes effectively—avoiding common pitfalls.

By fostering a culture of creativity, organizations can enhance problem-solving, inspire innovation, and achieve long-term success in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Why Creativity Is Essential for Business Growth

In today’s fast-changing business environment, creativity is more than a skill—it’s a strategic necessity for organizations looking to stay ahead of disruption.

  • Creativity fuels innovation, enabling businesses to develop groundbreaking solutions and adapt to evolving markets.
  • Cultural transformation is a prerequisite for innovation—organizations must build a creativity-first culture before implementing new systems.
  • Creative thinking mindsets and skill development are crucial at the individual and organizational levels to ensure innovation thrives.

Many companies focus only on design thinking but fail to embed a true innovation strategy, leading to ineffective outcomes. Businesses that embrace creativity-driven leadership gain the agility to navigate disruption, drive meaningful change, and accelerate growth.

MEMORABLE THEME

CSI (Crime Scene Investigation)

RESEARCH BASED ON

The neuroscience of Creative Thinking

Flagship Keynote from this CREATIVE THINKING suite

Creative and Critical Thinking Skills for Leaders in an AI‑Dominated World:

Developing the human capabilities essential for innovation and effective decision‑making in an AI‑dominated world.

Building the Thinking Skills That Technology Can’t Replace

In an AI‑dominated world, the real advantage comes from the human abilities machines can’t replicate: creative thinking, critical judgment, and the capacity to navigate complexity with insight. This session helps leaders strengthen these essential skills so they can generate better ideas, make clearer decisions, and stay in control of their thinking as AI reshapes the business landscape.

Drawing on global executive experience and insights from the Harvard case study JPMorgan Chase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI, Andrew Grant (and/or Dr Gaia Grant) explores how to think creatively and critically when facing ambiguity, rapid change, and “wicked problems.” Participants learn how AI changes the context of problem‑solving—not how to use AI technically—and how to avoid the cognitive biases that undermine innovation.

Practical tools and diagnostics—including the Creative Quotient (CQ), the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT), and Tirian’s AI Creativity Utilization Dial—help leaders assess creative thinking capacity, challenge assumptions, and understand when human ingenuity must lead.

Andrew Grant &/or Dr Gaia Grant won’t just help you use AI—they’ll show you how to harness it to supercharge creative thinking and tackle wicked problems with greater precision and efficiency

Key Takeaways & Talking Points

  • Strengthen creative and critical thinking in an AI‑accelerated environment
  • Understand how AI shifts the context of problem‑solving and decision‑making
  • Use the AI Creativity Utilization Dial to balance human insight with AI‑enabled support
  • Measure creative thinking capacity with the CQ and TTCT, and see where human creativity outperforms AI
  • Overcome cognitive biases and build a culture of thoughtful enquiry and innovation
  • Solve a real workplace ‘wicked problem’.

Features + more

WhatHow
Dive deep into the contentBuy the book  (Amazon)  (Wiley)
Self-diagnose your team’s creative capacity?Run the CSI1 Who Killed Creativity Team Gamified board
Self-lead your team for better ideas fasterUse the Creative Thinking Collaborative Canvas (with design thinking tools)
Extend with an AssignmentOnline blended learning courses
Read the latestSee all blogs & articles
Get motivatedFeature Keynote Talk > Andrew Grant (TEDx)
See what clients have to say about this topic suite & more resourcesSee the YouTube playlist
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“Helped us really think through the value of creativity in business”
Partner | Director | US Advisory Forensic Services | PwC

The unique Diagnostic & Developmental approach

Diagnose: The gamified board session focuses on the potential psychological and neurological blocks to critical and creative thinking. Along with an our CQ assessment, this is an interactive diagnostic session designed to provoke an engaging discussion about the potential blocks to critical and creative thinking. We recommended that these sessions be run prior to embarking on any design thinking learning/project.

Develop: The Creative + Critical Thinking sessions. This includes the Strategies for Innovative Development (SID) model, which provides a great foundation for design thinking for those looking for an easy-to-use practical model to solve challenging problems. The suite continues to build with the aid of creative thinking and systemizing innovation & processes teams. This connects all the crucial elements and results in successful outcomes.

Choose stand-alone independent solutions OR blended learning integrated inteventions.

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