Your team is back from the mökki, but are they aligned for autumn?
Every August, the same scene plays out across Finland. Office car parks fill up again. Calendars that were almost empty a week earlier are suddenly packed with meetings. Coffee breaks begin with stories from the mökki, sailing trips in the archipelago and where this year’s first mushrooms were found. For many Finns, summer is more […]
This isn’t Paint & Wine
Our creative thinking workshops are often mistaken for Paint & Wine experiences. One of the questions we’re asked often is whether our workshops are like Paint & Wine. It’s an understandable question. Our business workshops use painting as a thinking tool to help teams communicate better, solve problems and discover new perspectives together. So there […]
Why change management fails when we forget feelings
Companies rarely fail at change because they did not make enough plans. Most organizations have carefully prepared strategies, timelines, new structures, presentations, and meetings. On paper, everything often makes perfect sense. Yet many transformations still struggle. People hesitate, old habits return, teams protect familiar ways of working, and the energy that existed at the beginning […]
Why teams struggle with change even when the change is positive
What is the one thing almost every team is processing right now? Change. Growth, restructuring, AI, new leadership, new expectations, new ways of working. Almost every organization is navigating some form of transition at the moment. And interestingly, the biggest challenge is often not the change itself. It’s the uncertainty that comes with it. Why […]
Why creativity builds psychological safety in teams
Google’s landmark Project Aristotle research identified psychological safety as the most important of five key dynamics associated with effective teams at Google. The research found that what mattered was less about who was on the team and more about how team members worked together. But organizations cannot mandate psychological safety. A policy or training session […]
Paint to reset: Why teams need creative breaks to think better
There is a moment most teams recognise, when the whiteboard is full, the conversation is going in circles, and the energy in the room has quietly collapsed. More discussion will not help. Another framework will not unlock it. What the team needs is a reset. The neuroscience of mental recovery Cognitive research shows that the […]
