Creativity changes the world. Creativity changes your world.*
Workshops • Individual Coaching • Consulting
Creative thinking for critical thinkers
My name is Alex Leviton. I’m the author of Explore Every Day. After graduating from journalism school at UC Berkeley, I’ve published well over a million words (Lonely Planet, The Guardian, USA Today, et al) and managed, taught or coached thousands of writers and non-writers. I’ve also:
Performed stand-up comedy and improv
Mentored trauma-informed arts therapy
Co-created a board game and a travel app
Along the way, I accidentally created a superpower: helping others find insight in their own creativity, creative thinking and communication. I’ve worked with everyone from CEOs to scientists to 7-year-old kids to help them find their voice.
Who you are Organizations and teams working in policy, science, media, tech or related fields, or individual people who blend creative with critical thinking of any kind in their work or lives.
The world-changing change you want You know that kinda magical feeling you get when the creative recesses of your brain fire all its cylinders? Yeah, that. Now, imagine if your entire team got to feel that feeling — together, with differences and uniqueness encouraged and even celebrated — and learn how to easily access it for the rest of their lives. Yep, that.
Some folks I’ve had the pleasure to consult for, teach, or work with:
“Alex’s prompts and exercises helped me un-block in a way I never would have expected, and they are simple and universal enough that I’m convinced they would be useful to anyone ... I have been writing and creating much more regularly since.”
Ten True Statements*: Why Creativity?
Our world is becoming far more complex and multi-layered at a time where we humans need to develop these creative thinking skills the most.
We all need to step up our creative thinking game ASAP. Even journalists and primary care doctors are at risk of losing their jobs.
Those in the know point to multi-layered creativity and creative thinking as the skills for the future.
Creativity is just fun. People and groups who learn how to safely incorporate more creative play and mind-expanding innovation usually do better than old, stodgy companies.
Creativity is also scary (see: Bravery to the right). But we’ll start with Safety and Curiosity. Baby steps.
In fact, you can read about how, starting in 1959, my Uncle Ernie invented the flip-top can this way.
Once you learn these Third Layer tools of accessing more creative thinking, you’ll realize how fruitless it can be to solve problems on the first layer.
You’ll also develop a language to talk Third Layer with your colleagues.
The process is pretty quick. Even a few hours is enough. Several hours is better, and a few months means you’ll learn this for life.
* ‘Ten True Statements’ is one of the opening exercises I do with clients. Try it yourself! (Or hire me to walk you through it.)
Services for organizations and individuals
-
Coaching
For Individuals
The Creativity Intensive: A semester (six appts, plus a free bonus appt — or entire workshop!) of 100% personalized focus on your unique creativity. Three months to delve into getting unstuck, starting (or finishing) a specific process, or developing lifelong tools for creativity and creative thinking.
Single appts also available. Substantially reduced rates for previous Creativity Intensive clients means you can come back for a refresh anytime forever and ever.
-
Facilitating Workshops Speaking
For Organizations
Each team member is unique, and we’ll celebrate how those differences can help us grow, individually and as an organization.
Learn the APLOMB process to grow creative thinking skills: Accept. Prompt. Let. Open. Marinate. Blueprint.
-
Consulting
For Organizations
Companies, startups, NGOs and nonprofits: How could your organization grow if you had a fractional Director of Creativity, Editorial Development or Creative Thinking for one month, six months, five years?
Instead of bringing in a consultant to solve your problems for you, bring in an out-of-the-box creativity expert to develop your innovation and solution-finding skills.
