Creativity Training for Companies
Design Thinking – A Structured Approach to Creative Problem-Solving
Our Corporate Creativity Training helps business leaders strengthen creative problem-solving capabilities across their teams—structured, practical, and focused on real business challenges. This training equips teams with a clear, repeatable method to move from ambiguity to insight, from ideas to decisions, and from concepts to human-centered, implementable solutions.
Sample Creativity Training Agenda (Excerpt)
Foundations & Context
- Creativity warm-up and visualization
- Why Design Thinking has become a leading innovation approach
- Positioning Design Thinking among modern problem-solving frameworks
- The role of IDEO, David Kelley, and Hasso Plattner
- Case examples from Airbnb, Apple, and IKEA
Problem Space – Understanding What Really Matters
- Customer Journey Mapping
- Identifying pain points and Peak Moments
- Applying Jobs-to-Be-Done
- Persona development using Lego® Serious Play®
Defining the Right Problem
- Clear problem statements
- How-might-we questions
- Setting strategic focus
Solution Space – Structured Creativity
- Brainwriting and brainstorming
- Perspective shifts and cross-industry inspiration
- Idea mashups
- Prioritization using Impact–Effort matrices
Prototyping, Testing & Learning
- Storytelling and visualization
- Rapid “Works-Like” prototypes
- User testing and hypothesis validation
- Iteration based on feedback
Reflection & Transfer
- Key learnings
- Applying Design Thinking in daily work
- Q&A and next steps
Why Choosing Our Creativity Training
- Teams face complex challenges but lack a structured problem-solving approach
- Creativity exists, but ideas do not translate into action
- Customer needs are discussed, but not deeply understood
- Innovation initiatives stall due to unclear priorities and assumptions
This workshop provides a shared language and method for creative problem solving—across functions, roles, and seniority levels.
Formats
- 1-day or 2–3-day workshops
- On-site / in-house across Europe or remote
- Available in English and German
Our creativity training is not a lecture. It is a facilitated working session.
Teams alternate between individual reflection and structured collaboration, supported by proven facilitation techniques that ensure:
- Active participation
- Clear prioritization
- Tangible outcomes
The focus is on learning by doing and transferring methods directly into daily work.
Your Trainer Joern Steinz (MBA)
Joern Steinz combines strong business acumen with deep methodological expertise in creative problem-solving. He is an experienced Design Thinking Trainer and workshop facilitator and the founder of INNOMINDS.
For more than a decade, he has supported leadership teams and organizations in strengthening creative problem-solving capabilities, improving decision-making, and turning innovation initiatives into measurable business impact.
His workshops are designed to foster the creative competence of participants. By combining Design Thinking with Jobs-to-Be-Done, Lean Startup®, and the Business Model Canvas®, Joern ensures that solutions are not only human-centered, but also strategically sound and execution-ready.
Joern holds an MBA from the EADA Business School and previously worked as a consultant at Accenture, bringing a strong commercial and strategic perspective to his facilitation work.
Selected clients include: Allianz, Bayer, Capgemini, DHL, Epson, E.ON, Ferrero, Horváth & Partners, Lufthansa, McKinsey & Company, Personio, PwC, Sanofi, Siemens, and Volkswagen.
Inquiry & Contact
If you are ready to strengthen creative problem-solving, empower your teams, and tackle complex challenges with clarity, let’s start the conversation. At the beginning of our collaboration, we offer a free, no-obligation initial consultation. Together, we will clarify your objectives, understand your team’s context, and define the right Creativity Training format for your organization. Simply reach out using the short contact form below. We look forward to hearing from you and will get back to you within 24 hours.
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We have guided teams across Europe in cities such as Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamburg, Helsinki, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Strasbourg, Vienna, Vilnius, and Warsaw—helping organizations strengthen creative problem-solving and innovation capabilities across diverse cultural contexts.
Beyond Europe, we work internationally with clients in Vancouver, Boston, New York, and Chicago, as well as Dubai, Singapore, Sydney, and Melbourne.