Creative Team Workshops & Strategic Thinking Partnerships.
Stuck?
The best ideas are already in the room.
Playful, guided thinking to help teams tackle real business challenges, get beyond the obvious and uncover fresh possibilities for their brand, products and audience.
Creative thinking built on 20 years leading teams and strategy at:
Why Whirr?
In business, we get used to seeing things a certain way. The same answers, the same approaches, the same assumptions.
Whirr helps teams get curious about what else might be possible - making unexpected connections, questioning the obvious and finding fresh ways into the challenges that matter.
What else might be possible?
Look again.
There's often more to a problem than first meets the eye.
Think differently.
Play with perspectives and connect ideas in unexpected ways.
See what happens.
Give people the space, permission and confidence to explore possibilities together.
Whirr philosophy
More Minds
= Better Ideas
After 20 years leading creative teams and campaigns at The Guardian, Bloomberg and VICE, I learned a clear truth: the best ideas rarely come from the loudest voices in the room, from a specific job title or from a blank canvas.
They come when everyone in the business gets the time, right tools, confidence and culture to think differently.Whirr brings that kind of thinking to real business challenges - helping purposeful businesses question the obvious, explore new possibilities, find better ways forward - and enjoy the process while doing it.
How to Whirr
Three ways to work together, whatever the size of your team.
Bring a real business challenge and we'll help you find a different way into it.
1: WORKSHOPS
For teams.
Tailored sessions built to ease specific team friction - whether your ideas are feeling a bit safe, you aren't sure how to scale a small thought into something bigger, or your team is a little nervous about 'being creative'. We'll shake things up using fresh perspectives and simple, playful tools to get everyone thinking out loud.
2: THINKING
PARTNER
For founders and individuals.
A warm, informal, 1:1 sounding board to untangle a messy idea, test your instincts, and work through a strategic challenge in a safe space before you bring it to anyone else.
3: THINKING,
ONGOING
For growing businesses without a marketer.
Senior, big-brand creative thinking combined with active, regular support. An extra marketing brain to help you sense, test, and try new ideas while keeping your brand’s daily momentum moving.
Our Core Workshop Themes
Small to Mighty
You’ve got some initial thoughts on what your business could do next, but you don’t know how to build it into something bigger.
This session uses collaborative frameworks to unite different perspectives in the room to build a single, cohesive concept, using structured tools to pressure-test the idea and ensure it’s worth your time.
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2-4 hrs
In person
All Invited
You have loads of great people in your business, but the same loud voices dominate while quieter perspectives get lost.
This session gives your team the confidence and practical tools to overcome creative barriers, break down silos, and ensure everyone enjoys contributing together.
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2-4 hrs
In person
Flip the Brief
Specifically for sales and marketing teams looking to break out of conventional, tired ideas.
Drawing directly on my experience leading creative teams, this session gives you actionable tools to challenge deep-seated sector norms, shift your core assumptions, and design highly unique responses that focus intensely on your audience.
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2-4 hrs
In person
Like what whirr stands for, but can’t find what you need? Send us an email and we can put something together that feels just right.
Bring your own lunch to feed your body, while Whirr feeds your mind. Every quarter, we launch a brand new, story-led thematic session designed to challenge familiar assumptions and spark lateral thinking over a casual lunch hour.
Q4 HIGHLIGHT: THE POWER OF RANDOM
Starter: Stories showing how unexpected connections and historical accidents unlock fresh paths of thinking.
Main: Simple, practical techniques to try together (including whirr’s own whirrometer).
Takeaway: Actionable lateral-thinking tools your team can use long after lunch is over.
⏱️ Duration: 1 Hour | 📍 Format: In-person
Missed a previous theme? Drop us an email to request a custom archive session for your team.
