Creativity, Actualized Workshop

Give Your Team an Edge With the Art & Science of Psychology, Creativity & Self-Actualization

Hosted By Jessica Carson

Help your employees actualize their unique creative potential

By harnessing the creative power of cognitive diversity, your team can tap into flow, motivation, authenticity, purpose, and more. This workshop will empower your team to create, collaborate, and lead from an awareness of who they really are, what they want to share, and why they create.

Embracing cognitive diversity in the workplace can drive creativity, innovation, and growth.

(Hong, 2004; Lu, 2021).

Employees who engage in creative work score higher in life satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and self-actualization.

(Burleson, 2005; Cameron, 2012)

Authenticity at work (being seen as one’s real self) is tied to job satisfaction, meaning in work, and self-determined motivation.

(Biermeier-Hanson, 2020; Kuntz, 2017; Ma, 2020)

Jessica Carson is a leading author, scholar, innovator & coach on the psychology of creativity

“The essential user’s manual for the entrepreneurial spirit.”

—Justin McLeod, Founder & CEO, Hinge

Practical & Playful Psychology

As an innovator across startups, venture, and academia, as well as a scholar on the psychology of creativity and entrepreneurship, Jessica brings a practical yet playful perspective to her workshops.

Her work has been featured by:

Oxford University Press

Columbia University

TED

Georgetown University

Psychiatric Times

University of Maryland

London School of Economics ·

Society of Psychologists in Leadership ·

CG Jung Institute ·

European Union ·

Scaletech Conference

Georgian ·

American University ·

Latticework Investment Group

Thrive Global

WeWork

American Psychological Association

Oxford University Press Columbia University TED Georgetown University Psychiatric Times University of Maryland London School of Economics · Society of Psychologists in Leadership · CG Jung Institute · European Union · Scaletech Conference Georgian · American University · Latticework Investment Group Thrive Global WeWork American Psychological Association

About the Workshop

  • See the full agenda below.

  • It can be either, depending on your preferences, location, and budget.

  • A maximum of 10 attendees.

  • This workshop is ideal for senior executives, founding teams, and high performance employees in startups, venture firms, corporations, and other innovative organizations.

  • The workshop is comprised of three 90-minute blocks, with ample time for breaks and lunch. With breaks, it takes approximately 6 hours. While the start and end times are flexible, here is a sample agenda:

    10AM-11:30AM: Session 1

    11:30AM-12:30PM: Lunch

    12:30PM-2:00PM: Session 2

    2:00PM-2:30PM: Break

    2:30PM-4:00PM: Session 3

  • The cost is dependent on the number of attendees as well as the medium (in person vs. virtual). The price ranges from $3,000-$6,000, not including travel.

Part I: Cognitive Diversity

Morning Session

Objective: To identify the cognitive diversity of each participant that contributes to their unique creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative potential.

Overview: Each of us is wired uniquely. Cognitive diversity refers to the differences in strengths, perspectives, and lived experiences that contribute to our potential in the workplace. By learning about the cognitive diversity of ourselves and those we work with, we can tap into our strengths, compensate for our shortcomings, pursue work that’s fulfilling, and move toward a state of high performance.

Agenda:

  • Learn the research behind cognitive diversity, including the role of personality traits, neurodiversity, adversity, and more

  • Rotating partner chats to identify our own cognitive diversity

  • Reflection exercise to link cognitive diversity to creative potential

Part II: Self-Actualization

Early Afternoon Session

Objective: To identify the activities, environments, and triggers that are uniquely creativity-inducing to each participant.

Overview: Based on our wiring, each of us will have a unique roadmap for self-actualization: For achieving a sense of authenticity, purpose, and flow. When we understand what self-actualization looks and feels like for us, we can more readily can tap into flow states, embody authentic leadership, find meaning in the workplace, and fulfill our greatest potential.

Agenda:

  • Learn about the research behind self-actualization, including flow states, autotelic activities, peak experiences, and more

  • Rotating partner chats to identify our unique matrix for self-actualization

  • Reflection exercise to turn this matrix into concrete personal strategies

Part III: Creativity, Actualized

Late Afternoon Session

Objective: To learn concrete strategies for designing teams, projects, and work environments with cognitive diversity, self-actualization, and creativity in mind.

Overview: It’s time to turn our knowledge into action. At this point, every participant will have a deep understanding of their own cognitive diversity and self-actualization potential. Now, we can apply this knowledge to team dynamics, creative projects, and work environments. By exploring our own creativity within the context of a larger group, we can be more empowered to create work condition that maximize everyone’s unique potential.

Agenda:

  • Learn about the research behind self-actualization, including flow states, autotelic activities, peak experiences, harmonious passion, and more

  • Rotating partner chats to brainstorm teams, projects, and environments

  • Reflection exercise

Praise

  • The essential user’s manual for the entrepreneurial spirit...I only wish I’d received this profound, comforting guidance when I began my journey.

    —Justin McLeod, Founder & CEO of Hinge

  • Points the way to a healthier life as an entrepreneur, as the first step in any worthy personal or professional pursuit is being honest about one’s own experience.

    —Jon Staff, Founder & CEO of Getaway

  • The shared language we have has enriched our daily interactions, allowing for greater insights to how each of us operate, provoking empathy, confidence and above all, trust.

    —Carissa Brady, Partner of Latticework Investment Group

  • Her sessions are a must for any venture firm or high-horsepower company. We've invited her back a half-dozen times — our founders can't get enough.

    —Stephen Hays, Founder & Managing Partner of What If? Ventures

  • This is a message that should be emphasized in universities, incubators, and institutions responsible for educating the next generation.

    —Howard W. Buffett, Columbia University

  • The psychiatrist’s dream come true—clinically robust, empathetic, and actionable.

    —Nina Vasan, MD, MBA, Director of Brainstorm: Stanford

  • Deep insights and a road map for enhancing entrepreneurial success.

    —Harris Eyre MD Ph.D., Brain Health Entrepreneur, Neuroscientist & Innovation Diplomat

  • Like a Canterbury Tales of entrepreneurs, you will soon be walking your journey with fellow pilgrims... she will show you that creativity and disorder go hand in hand.

    —Andy Dunn, Co-Founder of Bonobos & Founder at Red Swan Ventures

  • If you are a parent, you read The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. If you work with founders, you should read [Carson’s} Wired This Way.

    —Osnat Benari, VP, WeWork Labs

  • An endearing, ageless guidebook for the entrepreneurial spirit.

    —Martin Ditto, Founder & CEO, DITTO

  • A unique formulation of a path to wellness and wholeness for entrepreneurs... she helps us to understand that entrepreneurs are not only people, but people who matter.

    —Michael Freeman, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF

  • A unique and much-needed perspective on the mental and emotional health challenges faced by those trying to create a new world.

    —John Stokes, Founding Partner at Real Ventures

  • Carson attends to the whole experience of being a creator—not just the photoshopped and edited versions we often see in the media.

    —Luke Arthur Burgis, Professor at Catholic University & Author of Wanting

  • Refreshingly unravels the oft-repeated platitude ‘bring your whole self to your work.

    —Jessica Straus, Venture Partner at Dundee Venture Capital & Kauffman Fellow

  • Part self-exploration, part examination of the creative spirit, and part manifesto. But the sum is even greater than the excellent parts.

    —Allen Gannett, Founder of TrackMaven & Author of The Creative Curve

  • She provides a clear message to any aspiring entrepreneur that IT IS OK TO BE YOU.

    —Jeff Reid, Founding Director & Professor, Georgetown University Entrepreneurship Initiative

  • Should not only be required for anyone that aspires to build products in the 21st century, but also for those people who work with them...insights are relatable and rare.

    —Chris Messina, Inventor of the Hashtag

  • A user-manual for the creative mind, and a guide for those who live in their wake.

    —Jason Silva, Futurist & Former Host of Host Brain Games

  • If you are an entrepreneur, you MUST read this book if you want to understand yourself and succeed in business... you can’t afford not to.

    —John Gartner, Ph.D., Author of The Hypomanic Edge

  • Carson demonstrates the complexity of a creator’s mind...composed harmoniously to shape a beautiful work of art. Breathtaking.

    —Christian Busch, Ph.D. Faculty at NYU & Author of The Serendipity Mindset