- ON STATE - Creative Strategy

Turn the Switch
On in Your Team.

Most organizations have creative people who don't know it yet. Our workshops don't teach creativity — they activate it. Hands-on making, neuroscience-backed facilitation, and real strategic challenges. The switch is already in your team. We help you flip it.

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Workshop formats
Local
Lake Geneva, WI — travel available
Flat
Pricing — no per-person math
Why This Works

Creativity is not a talent.
It is a switch.

Most people have been told — explicitly or implicitly — that they are not creative. That creativity is a gift some people have and others don't. That is one of the most damaging lies of the industrial age.

Creativity is a neurological state. It is activated by making things, by taking risks, by being over your skis and figuring it out anyway. The moment someone places their first tile, writes their first line, plays their first chord — something shifts. That shift is real, measurable, and transferable to every other domain of their work.

Our workshops are designed to flip that switch — and then immediately apply the activated state to your real organizational challenges.

Hands-On Making

Every workshop starts with making something real. Not a whiteboard exercise. Not a prompt. Something physical that activates the creative state.

Neuroscience-Backed

We explain why it works — dopamine, oxytocin, flow state — so participants understand the mechanism, not just the feeling.

Applied to Your Work

The activated state gets immediately directed at a real challenge your organization is facing. The output is strategic, not just experiential.

Flat-Fee Pricing

No per-person math. No surprise add-ons. One price, everything included. Easy to budget, easy to approve.

Workshop Packages

Four ways in.
One destination.

All packages are flat-fee, all materials included. Choose the depth that fits your team and your timeline.

Entry Point

The Spark

Light the fuse.

Duration
2 Hours
Capacity
Up to 20 people
$1,200
Flat rate · Materials included

Most people have been told they're not creative. This workshop proves otherwise in two hours. We combine hands-on making with the neuroscience of creativity — and by the end, every person in the room has made something real and understands why that matters.

What Happens
  • Hands-on creative making session (mosaic, collage, or medium of choice)
  • The creativity-as-switch framework — why it's not a talent
  • Guided reflection on what just shifted
  • Team debrief: how this applies to your work
Best For

Teams new to creative thinking, community organizations, introductory events, conference sessions.

The Outcome

Every participant leaves having made something — and having felt the switch flip. That experience is the foundation everything else builds on.

Most Requested

The Switch

Activate the team.

Duration
Half Day — 4 Hours
Capacity
Up to 25 people
$2,800
Flat rate · Materials included

A deeper activation that moves from making to strategy. We start with hands-on creative work to get the brain into the right state, then apply that activated thinking directly to a real challenge your organization is facing. You leave with both a felt experience and a tangible output.

What Happens
  • Creative warm-up and hands-on making session
  • The -ON STATE- creative strategy framework
  • Applied problem-solving workshop using your actual challenge
  • Facilitated team synthesis and output
  • Written summary of key insights and next steps
Best For

Leadership teams, brand strategy sessions, organizational pivots, product or campaign development.

The Outcome

A team that has experienced creative thinking together — and a real strategic output they can act on immediately.

Deep Dive

The Practice

Go deep. Build something real.

Duration
Full Day — 7 Hours
Capacity
Up to 20 people
$4,500
Flat rate · Materials included

A full creative strategy day. We move through activation, skill-building, and real strategic work — ending with a document your organization can actually use. This is for teams that want to change how they think, not just have a good day.

What Happens
  • Morning: Full creative activation sequence (making, reflection, framework)
  • Midday: Creative culture assessment — where is the switch off in your org?
  • Afternoon: Brand or organizational strategy session using the -ON STATE- method
  • End of day: Strategy document deliverable — written, actionable, yours
  • 30-day follow-up call included
Best For

Organizations undergoing change, brand repositioning, culture transformation, leadership development programs.

The Outcome

A strategy document. A team that thinks differently. A 30-day check-in to make sure it sticks.

Transformation

The Program

Change how your organization creates.

Duration
4 Sessions — Monthly
Capacity
Up to 15 people
$8,500
Full series · Materials included

Four monthly sessions that build on each other — from activation to ownership to strategy to culture change. This is not a workshop series. It is a sustained creative practice that rewires how your team approaches every challenge they face.

What Happens
  • Session 1 — The Spark: Activation and the creativity-as-switch framework
  • Session 2 — The Practice: Skill-building and creative confidence development
  • Session 3 — The Voice: Applying creative identity to organizational strategy
  • Session 4 — The Multiplier: Building a culture that sustains creative thinking
  • Between-session assignments and leadership coaching
  • Final creative strategy presentation to leadership
Best For

Organizations committed to culture change, leadership cohorts, community programs, workforce development initiatives.

The Outcome

A team that doesn't just think creatively when prompted — but that has made it their default operating mode.

Based in Lake Geneva, WI · Travel Available

We work locally across southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. We travel for the right engagement. Travel add-on: +$500–$1,500 depending on distance. Custom pricing available for multi-day or multi-team programs.

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Before You Book

- ON STATE -

The switch is already
in your team.

We help you flip it. Reach out to tell us about your team, your challenge, and what you're trying to change. We'll recommend the right format and make sure it's worth every hour.