Innovation Workshop
Intensive, facilitated sessions using Creative Problem Solving methodology, custom-designed around your specific challenge, team, and organizational context.
Schedule a Planning ConversationWhat makes these different
Most innovation sessions produce excitement and sticky notes. They struggle to produce actionable, implementable solutions. The difference is almost always process.
We all approach problems differently. When a group works without a shared process, those differences create noise. When they work within a structured methodology, those differences become an asset. CPS gives every participant a common framework without flattening individual contribution.
We are process experts, and we walk your team through a process to unlock their best thinking. This results in a solution developed by the people responsible for implementing it. This results in momentum and ownership greater than any externally driven solution.
The CPS methodology
Every workshop follows the four-stage Creative Problem Solving framework, adapted to your specific challenge and team. The stages aren't rigid steps, they're a disciplined way of making sure you are solving the right problem before you commit to a solution.
Define the right problem before solving it. Explore challenges from multiple angles to craft focused, solvable problem statements. Most groups skip this stage. Many groups end up solving the wrong problem.
Generate diverse possibilities without judgment. Structured techniques produce more ideas, and more useful ideas, than unstructured brainstorming. Quantity here enables quality later.
Strengthen promising concepts into workable solutions. Add implementation feasibility while preserving the creative core that made the idea worth pursuing.
Create concrete action plans with clear ownership, timelines, and accountability. Leave the room knowing who is doing what, and when.
Team composition
The quality of your workshop outcomes depends heavily on who's in the room. Here's how to think about it.
The best workshops include people who think differently. Mixing analytical and intuitive thinkers, implementers and ideators, creates productive friction. We can help you assess and interpret that diversity before the session begins.
Individual thinking style assessments (FourSight, VIEW, or KAI) before a workshop give participants self-awareness about their cognitive preferences and give facilitators a clear picture of the group. Participants engage differently when they understand how they and their colleagues naturally approach problems. This step is optional but consistently improves session outcomes.
Flexible formats
We design each engagement to match your team's location, preferences, and the complexity of your challenge.
Best for complex challenges and relationship building.
Experienced facilitators at your location, or offsite, with all materials, visual tools, and documentation support included.
Best for distributed teams and focused sessions.
Expert virtual facilitation using Idea Studio, our visual collaboration platform, built for structured creative work. Digital documentation delivered after every session.
Best for complex challenges needing additional time between sessions for incubation or prototyping and testing.
Typically this looks like a 2 to 3 day in-person session followed by 1 or 2 virtual sessions a short time later.
What you gain
Every Innovation Workshop produces both immediate, tangible results and material that carries forward.
Every workshop is custom-designed around your specific challenge, team composition, and organizational context. The conversation to get there takes 30 to 45 minutes.
Schedule a ConversationWhat happens next: We'll discuss your challenge, team dynamics, and goals. If there's a good fit, we'll outline a workshop design and timeline from there.