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About us
Boosting collaboration for 10 years
We’ve designed and run hundreds of meetings, workshops, brainstorms, focus groups, strategy offsites, team building events and conferences.
Our approach to collaboration
A team is greater than the sum of its parts.
We’re called “Creative Huddle” because that’s our vision of a really successful facilitated session: team-based, high energy events of any size that help people collaborate effectively by generating ideas, solving problems, sharing opinions and making decisions.
People seem to like the name – a Creative Huddle implies togetherness, trust and of course creativity. It’s all about helping you think and work better, together.
Team-based
Get your team together to harness their collective strengths and perform at their best. We’ll help you build team trust, cohesion and communication and get everyone working together to deliver high-calibre results.
High-energy
Our meetings, workshops and conferences are nothing like the boring brainstorms and maddening meetings many people are subjected to every day. We keep the energy high to build motivation, momentum and dynamic ideas and solutions.
Results-focused
No more unproductive brainstorms, no more meetings that fail to get through the whole agenda, no more conferences where the content is immediately forgotten. We know that results and outcomes matter, so we always design with this in mind.
"Creative Huddle worked alongside our creative director to build a highly engaging session that filled our leaders with ideas and inspiration. I'd highly recommend Creative Huddle - they're easy to work with, know their stuff and are passionate about what they do."
Our team
We’re a small core team with a wider network of trusted associates, with many different talents and backgrounds. We’ll propose the most suitable facilitator(s) to work with you depending on the precise nature of your project.
Our UK-wide network
James Allen, founder and lead facilitator
James has facilitated brainstorms, meetings, focus groups, strategy workshops, team building events and conferences for a range of clients, from corporate household names to creative agencies and startups. He’s worked on many kinds of projects with groups of varying sizes and backgrounds.
James’s workshops are filled with field-tested tools and techniques to prompt and provoke participants into fruitful discussions and new ways of thinking. He’s an avid collector of tools and approaches from the worlds of facilitation, innovation, design thinking, brainstorming and decision-making, to help individuals collaborate effectively.
James is a member of the International Association of Facilitators, and we affirm and apply the IAF’s Statement of Values and Code of Ethics, the only global professional standard for facilitation practice.
Antonia Seymour, Publishing Director, Institute of Physics Publishing
“Creative Huddle facilitated an excellent team building workshop for IOP’s Senior Publishing Management Team. Everyone came away feeling very positive and we had a clear set of actions we could take forward together.”
Antonia Seymour, Publishing Director, Institute of Physics Publishing
Our process
What it’s like to work with us
Research
We’ll start by setting up an in-depth phone call or meeting, to get as much information as possible on your participants and desired outcomes.
We’ll work closely with you to fully understand the nuances of your project.
Design & Refine
We’ll then talk you through our recommendations, and you’ll have the chance to ask as many questions as you like and guide us through your vision of what you want to achieve.
We can work with you as much as needed in the run-up to the project to make sure we get everything right.
Delivery
When the time comes, we’ll be the enthusiastic facilitator and coach, carefully guiding your group of participants through a series of activities & discussions most relevant to them. We’ll inspire ideas, tease out solutions, so people find common ground.
We provide all necessary stationery, including activity guides and worksheets.
Review & Close
We’ll wrap up with a summary of key points and actions, and can provide a written summary afterwards if required.
Finally we’ll hold a debrief meeting with you to share any learnings or next steps.