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Insights from Industry Forums: Creative Thinking Festival
How could I resist an invitation from Lynn Wood at Idea Spies and Professor Anne Bamford both creative power houses to attend the inaugural Creative Thinking Festival. A vibrant celebration of ideas, innovation, and collaboration. Bringing together, policymakers, arts professionals, educators, creative leaders from diverse fields, the festival served as a melting pot of perspectives, united by a shared curiosity about the role of creativity in society and wellbeing.
New Course for 2025
I’m excited to announce a new collaboration with Leonie Cutts from CCS Corporation that brings together our shared passion for creative facilitation and meaningful engagement. Over the years, we’ve witnessed how powerful image cards can be in unlocking conversations and creating deeper connections, whether in person or online.
Client Stories – Maverick Minds at the School for Cybernetics, ANU
When the School for Cybernetics at ANU first reached out to Maverick Minds, I was intrigued and a little surprised. Afterall Cybernetics is not a term I use every day, and one of my first thoughts was, What do I know about Cybernetics?
Client Stories – Creating Wellbeing in Times of Change and Uncertainty at USQ
The winds of change and uncertainty seem ever-present. But what if, instead of fearing change, we embraced it as an opportunity for growth and wellbeing?
Five Essential Steps to Catalysing Change: A Written Guide
After considerable experience supporting leaders and teams to transform their organisations, and asking many questions along the way, the time felt right to develop and share a series of questions I generally ask clients at the beginning of their enquiry as to how Maverick Minds can help them with their challenges and opportunities.
Why it’s time to re-imagine conferences
Do you go to conferences? Did it meet your expectations? What did you learn? What were you inspired to do? And what did you actually do?
The Innovation Edge: who has it?
The Innovation Edge: who has it?
What can we learn from both China and the West about the art of making, collaboration and Innovation?
Into and Beyond the Woods
Beyond the Woods: Innovation has become a buzz word, often seen as an organisational value, a core element of doing business and that thing that makes an organisation unique. It sounds good, and who doesn’t want to innovate, or who would say they don’t want to innovate? The paradox we face is that there is also an aversion towards it.
World Creativity and Innovation Day Sunday April 21 2024
Sunday April 21 is World Creativity and Innovation Day. It serves as a reminder of the power of human creativity and innovation and the boundless potential that resides within each of us.
Artworks
When not facilitating and coaching, you can find me in my art studio. It’s one of my favourite places to pause, reflect, imagine, experiment, play and create artworks.
Events and Webinars
We design and deliver presentations and webinars. Over time we will grow and curate our collection. If you have a requirement for virtual presentations and webinars, we invite you to get in touch. We’d love to explore ideas with you and bring them to life. Get in...
Facilitating with Stories
Following on from The Story Cookbook – Practical Recipes for Change, Cathryn Lloyd and Andrew Rixon curated and edited a collection of writings and experiences from an international cast of contributors. The book delves into the ethics of working with stories, how...
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