Where Ideas Come to Play: Building Creative, Resilient Teams for the Future

Hey there!

I'm Laura, and I'm so glad you're here—welcome to The Creativity Campus,  where ideas come to play.

The Creativity Campus first opened its doors in 2013, bringing creativity into the lives of adults and their kids as a shared experience. Shortly after launch, I was accepted into the Digital Futures Initiative, an innovative Masters of Design program at OCAD University. So The Creativity Campus went into hibernation while I immersed myself in creative life and learning.

Now, more than a decade later, The Creativity Campus has been reborn—and it's ready for recess.

 Three playgrounds. Three ways to play.

 The Creativity Campus now offers three distinct spaces where ideas come to play: Creative Recalibration (team development and creative collaboration), Creative Community (building networks of creative practitioners), and Innovation Facilitation (guiding organizations through complex challenges). Over the next few weeks, I'll be introducing each of these offerings in detail. Today, let's explore Creative Connection—because even the best teams need recess.

Why now? Because the playground has changed.

 Informed by my work as an independent consultant and innovation leader at Highline BETA, Doblin/Deloitte, and SHS Inc., I'm coming home to creativity with fresh eyes and urgent conviction. But this time, I'm bringing new tools to the playground: training as a certified flow coach from the FLOW Coaching Institute and in addition to my learnings as a creativity coach trained by Dr. Eric Maisel, one of the world's leading authorities on the creative life.

These methodologies aren't just frameworks—they're game-changers. I use FLOW principles to help teams and individuals reconnect with the meaning in their work and turn their passions into action. Through creativity coaching approaches, I design and deliver custom workshops to help teams cultivate the mindsets that support curiosity, innovation, appropriate risk-taking, and collaboration.

Because here's what I know: companies and individuals that want to not only survive but thrive in our rapidly changing world need to harness our most human strengths—creativity, connection, and collaboration.

Here's the thing: AI will have a role in almost every organization going forward, and it's for exactly that reason that human ingenuity and insights are so critical. In a world where everyone can summon the power of supercomputers in the blink of an eye, the differentiator becomes the creativity and spark of the human team. The magic that happens when people play together.

The problem? Teams are forgetting how to play.

Staff are being asked to adopt new technologies that reshape their roles. Many companies are calling people back to the office. New generations of staff are bringing different perspectives to teams and the work they share. The world is navigating intense economic and political change. It's no surprise that teams feel overwhelmed and resentful. It's difficult to stay resilient—or to remember the meaning and relationships that brought us to our work in the first place—when we're confronted by so many new demands on our time, energy, and attention.

This is where The Creativity Campus comes in.

Think of our Creative Recalibration workshops as your team's creative recess—a place where ideas come to play and people rediscover why they love working together.

Our sessions provide teams with the breathing room needed to recalibrate and reconnect. Grounded in the principles of participatory design and co-creation, and informed by FLOW coaching's blend of positive psychology and the neuroscience of Flow we guide teams to discover the creative practices that will help them cultivate meaning as a group. Together, you'll shape your own culture, rituals, and ways of working in alignment with your organization's priorities and purpose.

The outcomes? Teams that play well together, work brilliantly together.

The Creativity Campus produces teams that are strong, cohesive, confident, and collaborative. They're resilient to change and equipped with tools that activate their creative curiosity as they grow the sector and institutional knowledge critical to achieving organizational goals. Creative teams know how to work together, how to disagree productively, and how to pivot when circumstances demand it. They do all this as a united force because they trust one another and can draw from positive, collaborative experiences as they respond to uncertainty and shape their future.

But don't take my word for it.

Decades of research backs this up. Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's groundbreaking research on flow states demonstrate that when people engage with creativity to explore, connect, and create tangible outcomes, they become more resilient, optimistic, and engaged. Studies published in the American Journal of Public Health show creative engagement improves psychological well-being and reduces stress. Google's Project Aristotle found that psychological safety—built through connection and trust—is the number one predictor of high-performing teams. And IBM's global CEO survey identified creativity as the most crucial leadership competency for navigating complexity.

The evidence is clear: creative teams generate novel ideas more frequently, assess risks more effectively, and their members are happier at work—feeling more fulfilled and connecting more deeply to their sense of purpose.

 More playgrounds to explore. 

Creative Recalibration is just the first stop on our tour of The Creativity Campus. In the coming weeks, I'll be sharing more about Creative Community—where independent creatives and remote teams find their place to play together—and Innovation Facilitation—where we guide organizations through complex challenges with creative problem-solving approaches. Three offerings, one mission: creating spaces where ideas come to play.

Ready to bring back recess?

Let's talk about how The Creativity Campus can help you build stronger, more resilient teams. Stay tuned for more details about sessions and services by signing up for updates below, or book a call and we'll explore how creative collaboration can future-proof your business.

After all, the best work happens where ideas come to play.