Be the Catalyst
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The magic of innovation lives in people – in you and your teams. It always has.
Remarkable solutions emerge when teams unleash their collective intelligence. It's happened time and time again.
For decades, driven by our belief in people’s innate creativity, we've helped Fortune 50 teams solve big challenges. Create new products, reinvent brands, design organizations, shift how leaders lead.
Now we're raising our game to achieve greater impact – more meaningful, more important impact. Supporting nonprofit teams solving their challenges.
Our purpose? Reveal the magic that lives in you and your teams. Why? To create enduring impact. Make a better world. Together.
who we are
Creative Catalyst is an educational nonprofit. We exist to help teams and leaders reveal the creative magic that already lives within people.
We build leaders and teams capability to be more creative and effective. Creative leaders who create the conditions for innovation. Creative teams who can see differently and solve brilliantly.
how we serve
The heart of the work are experiential journeys of learning and solving. Learning creativity, strategy, and problem solving practices. Solving problems limiting your impact.
Our partnerships include professionals and for-profit companies. These support our work with nonprofit partners - further enabling their impact.
the creative challenge
"The creative adult is the child who survived" — Ursula Le Guin
We are all born with boundless creativity. As children, we see the world with fresh eyes, unburdened by preconceptions. But society unwittingly stifles this spark, favoring the safe and predictable.
True innovation lies in rediscovering that unfiltered vision - our path to solving the world's biggest challenges. Let's unleash our collective brilliance and dare to see differently. Where enduring impact lies.
what we've learned
Organizations have a bias for process and tools. Why? Tangibility. Predictability. Discomfort with ambiguity. They're useful - but not the magic behing innovation.
There’s a saying “the map is not the territory”. Processes are only maps of the journey. People are the travelers - the magic lives in them.
Over years, we’ve discovered a set of deeply human practices. Rediscovered really - they're timeless. Experiential practices that connect and reveal teams' collective genius. Helping leaders create the conditions for innovation.
Surprisingly familiar - but not easy. Nine practices that breath life into curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. Used together in weeks-long solving journeys - or alone for focused challenges.
They ask for courage. And desire for change. If that's you, then let's create your impact. Together.
together, we can ...
catalyze creativity
‘Plant seeds’ that inspire. Help people and teams learn and practice new ways of working.
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Explore a single practice to build awareness. Dialogue with others to energize and share experiences.
shift thinking
‘Accelerate the growth’ of teams and ideas to discover insights and deliver holistic solutions.
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Deepen discovery and solving. Deepen relationships. Discover insights. Solve holistically.
create the conditions
‘Cultivate the soil’ to create the conditions for innovation. In teams and organizations.
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Apply practices to unleash the creativity of your organization. Build capability via coaching and learning.