Unblock Creativity

Unblock Creativity

Remove creative blocks to dramatically increase engagement and productivity. Denise’s keynotes show people how to access more of the brain’s natural ability to focus, problem-solve, and find Flow.

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Ignite Innovation

Ignite Innovation

Make innovation a daily habit. Generate fresh solutions and ideas consistently. Transform constraints into catalysts. Denise’s keynotes and trainings teach people to trust and develop their ideas, turning contributors into innovators.

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Cultivate Collaboration

Cultivate Collaboration

Ready to develop your team’s collaboration skills for increased ideation and optimum output? Denise teaches people in teams how multiply each other’s ideas to solve problems, innovate, and create better together.

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Up-Level Leadership

Up-Level Leadership

Need adaptive leaders who effectively communicate their vision and guide talented teams? Denise helps executives remove mental blocks to enable them become leaders who inspire their companies to evolve.

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I saw Denise speak at a Design conference several years ago and she had a huge room feeling hope that we, as creative people, can overcome the things we put in our own way.
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We Can Create a Better World

Posted by on Jun 4, 2020 in Articles, Books, Leadership | No Comments
We Can Create a Better World

“Creative work is not the selfish act or bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being on it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.” — Steven Pressfield, The War of Art In addition to becoming more of who we are, […]

6 Ways Leaders Can Start Banishing Their Inner Critic

Posted by on Mar 8, 2020 in Articles, Leadership | No Comments
6 Ways Leaders Can Start Banishing Their Inner Critic

In order to be effective leaders, we must know how to bring the best out of ourselves as well as encourage the same in others. Therein lies the rub. Despite outward appearances, when in a position of leadership we may still feel like we don’t know enough, that everything we do needs to be perfect, […]

Breaking the Perfectionism-Procrastination Infinite Loop

Posted by on Mar 26, 2019 in Articles, Creativity, Productivity, Work | 2 Comments
Breaking the Perfectionism-Procrastination Infinite Loop

Putting it off doesn’t make it go away. Getting it done does. — Ned Hallowell, Driven to Distraction You get out of the meeting with your client, full of ideas and energy about what you’re going to do next. You commit to a deadline for ideas, a proposal, designs — some kind of deliverable to […]

Is Your Inner Critic Too Loud? Tune It Out!

Posted by on Feb 15, 2019 in Articles, Creativity, Productivity, Work | No Comments
Is Your Inner Critic Too Loud? Tune It Out!

“Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.” — W. H. Auden, poet In the past, the Inner Critic may have seemed like a huge, intimidating presence in your mind, with your stringent self-criticisms appearing as if they are the […]

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