Morning session
R14 500
Half a day, focused on one question or decision.
Innovation & Strategy Days
One great idea can change the shape of your business.
Fresh, original thinking is hard to come by. Everyone's too busy. Give your team one day, the right tools and a bit of play, and we'll go prospecting for new directions together.
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Teams I've worked with
- Woolworths Food Product Development
- Woolworths Food Marketing
- Woolworths Food Academy
- Engen
- Allan Gray
- City of Cape Town
- Escape + Explore
Going prospecting
You only need one
Your business already has the minds it needs. What it rarely has is the time and space to think of something new. An innovation day is like going prospecting: we dig, we explore, we turn things over, and we look for the idea that changes the game. You only need one.
I'm not a high-level strategist who hands you a 50-page plan. What I do is help your team find fresh ideas, and those ideas shape your strategy.
What you walk away with
More than a list of ideas
Not only do you walk away with game-changing ideas. Your team is aligned, and everyone feels clear about how to move forward. Because you built it together, everyone owns it.
Game-changing ideas
Fresh options your team would never have reached in a normal meeting.
A team that's aligned
Everyone has been heard, and everyone is pulling in the same direction.
Clear next steps
You leave knowing what happens next, and who's doing it.
How the day works
Six questions to a clear way forward
Everything builds towards one thing: new ideas worth acting on. We think about one thing at a time, all together, using Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats.
01
Where are we going?
We start by drawing your vision together, on one big wall, in your team's own words.
02
Where are we now?
The facts and figures. No spin, just what we actually know.
03
Yellow Hat
What's working?
The strengths we want to take with us.
04
Black Hat
What's in the way?
Risks and problems get their own time, so caution helps the plan instead of stalling it.
05
Red Hat
How do we feel about it?
Hunches and gut feel, said out loud. The things people usually only say in the car park get said in the room.
06
Green Hat
What new ideas will get us there?
My favourite part. We use creative thinking tools to come up with ideas a normal meeting never reaches, then choose the ones worth doing.
A vision you drew together
Something I've seen over and over: when a team creates its vision together, the business starts moving towards it. Even if the picture is a bit rough, and even if there's no formal plan afterwards. Because everyone helped draw it, everyone owns it.
When we look back a year or two later, teams are amazed at how much they've achieved. Of course it's even more powerful with a clear plan to follow, and we can help with that too.
Expect to play
Creativity needs play
If you're hoping for a day of PowerPoint slides, I'm probably not your person. You can't come up with new ideas when you feel judged, so my sessions are playful, and often a bit silly. Edward de Bono's three P's of creative thinking are: be playful, positive and prolific. Critical thinking gets its proper place, under the Black Hat.
Teams often say the day felt like a team build too. That's where the magic happens.
The room is ready before you arrive
Everything is set up so thinking feels easy, from the hand-drawn agenda to the welcome on the wall.
Clear pricing, no surprises
Full day
R25 000
The complete day: your shared vision, where you are now, and new ideas to get you there.
Prep & write-up
R1 500 / hour
For pre-interviews, a custom design, or a written summary sent back to you.
Prices exclude travel outside Cape Town and venue costs.
After the day
A great day is only the start. If you'd like, we can help your team turn the ideas into a clear plan, with simple check-ins to keep the momentum going.
Bring us your team's stuck question
Tell us what's in front of your team and how many people will be in the room, and we'll suggest the right day for you.
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