the half-day on-site at saatchi & saatchi

let’s consider how we might navigate a half-day stillness creativity workshop at saatchi & saatchi.

while still keeping it open, here’s some basic structure: i will happily come visit your hQ to walk people through a series of presentations and experiential exercises. (it can be JUST “CREATIVES.” but I also would love it if you want to INVITE ALL. up to you.)

we will immerse in three separate sessions, each followed by an experiential practice. all of this will be compelling, interesting, & fun. think of it as an “interval style” half-day of inspiration.

The goal is two-fold, and one builds on the other. 1. We first want each person to understand and learn how to create the conditions for “stillness creativity,” how to naturally allow powerful ideas and insights to emerge, the way the world’s most innovative artists have done through history. 2. We next focus on helping your entire creative organism understand its radical potential as a collective of creatives united in common vision. This second goal is a big part of the deal. With new focus on allowing people to “work from anywhere,” we can learn how to use your company’s “in-person culture” for both wellness and advantage, so that creativity can flow in natural ways that support what happens when we work in silos. We will consider and practice what it means to work together with presence, how to allow every interaction to build ideas, encourage insights, strengthen community and yield “IN-spiration.” We will begin to appreciate your “brick and mortar HQ” as a “creativity engine-room.” Well worth the commute.

~ session1 / general presentation on stillness creativity. (45)

turn off your phones. use analog notes. this is being recorded if you want to reference it later. relax, but please listen with full attention.

~ experience a / try it. (30)

I WILL WALK everyone THROUGH THIS. i will give vERY SUGGESTIONS on what to do for the next half hour. go pee too. get a snack if you need it. see you in 30.

~ session 2 / CAN saatchi use emergent creativity to BECOME “THE WORLD’S MOST ‘in-spired’ agency”? (45)

we will reframe THE advantage & potential of having a “community creativity location.” wHAT IF EVERYONE IS ALIGNED ON THE intention TO make EVERY interaction, every office meeting, EVERY LUNCHROOM GREETING, EVERY WALK FROM CAR TO BUILDING INTO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR collaborative STILLNESS CREATIVITY? WHAT IF this view and intention helps saatchi BECOME an even more transformative creative CULTURE thanks to ITS ABSOLUTE DEDICATION TO FOSTERING, ENCOURAGING, SUPPORTING AND REMINDING EACH OTHER OF THE POWER OF ALLOWING CREATIVITY TO EMERGE ? to better and more seamlessly INNOVATE, SOLVE BRIEFS, HEAL tENSE RELATIONAL PATTERNS, MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND SO MUCH MORE.

~ experience b / GO practice emergent creative techniques in dyads (or small groups) for ANy OPEN BRIEF. (30)

I WILL WALK everyone THROUGH THIS, too. this is a group thing. think of it as an exercise in practicing “interpersonal stillness creativit.y” see you in 30.

~ session 3 / let’s bring “the darker side” of being a paid creative to the light. let’s consider how to apply stillness to these aspects. (45)

how can we look at “reactivity” with this new lens? how might we regard feelings of “stress,” “Imposter syndrome,” or “overwhelm” in a totally different way? what can we do to shift the baggage around “burnout” (or boredom, for that matter) and see these dynamics for what they really are? how can stillness creativity also be used as a way to watch our judgment of others with non-judgment, so that our “natural human stuff” can be gently seen and set aside so that productivity still shines through?

~ experience c / go for short & solo walk with no phone. (15-30)

no talky. no eye contact. go Move intentionally slow. Watch your mind without any labeling or judging of whatever it’s telling you (or whatever you’re feeling). Simply notice, And bring it back to each step.

~ experience d / ASK, SHARE , site quietly (Q&A / 30-45)

shall we TRY IT?