Stuck, or just ready to move faster?
Whirr brings a fresh pair of eyes, practical tools and a different way of looking at things, to get your thinking whirring.
Workshops · 1:1 thinking · Ongoing support
Ideas don’t come from job titles.
They come from people.
When you’re too close to a problem,
fresh eyes can see what you can’t.
The loudest voice isn’t necessarily
the one with the best idea.
A small thought is just a starting point waiting to be built into something bigger.
Different minds
need different ways to think.
01/ Why whirr?
Most businesses aren’t short of good thinking
They’re short of the space, fresh perspectives, right conditions and practical tools to get it moving.
Whether that’s you and one big challenge, or a whole team, whirr helps get that thinking whirring.
The whirr philosophy
Ideas don’t come from job titles. They come from people.
When you're too close to a problem, a fresh pair of eyes can see what you can't.
A small thought is just a starting point waiting to be built into something bigger.
Different minds
need different ways to think.
02/ What is whirr?
whirr /wɜː/ verb
a series of small sounds, moving so quickly they become one continuous thing
whirr gets thinking moving
Using a range of practical tools and techniques, whirr helps people and businesses:
explore challenges from different angles
challenge assumptions and get beyond habitual thinking
give different minds different ways into a problem
bring quieter voices alongside the confident
build on each other’s thinking and see the possibilities they might otherwise miss.
The goal of whirr isn’t to have the answer.
It’s to give everyone the confidence, tools and permission to explore one.
“I've spent 20 years helping brands and businesses find a better way into a problem, including at the Guardian, Bloomberg, VICE and Clear Channel.
Whirr is how I do that now: one to one, ongoing, or with your team.”
03/ Ways to whirr
Workshops · 1:1 thinking · Ongoing support
Thinking together
whirrkit
workshops
Develop a team that's better at working through challenges together.
Practical, playful sessions that help your teams to approach challenges, opportunity or question from different angles. Using a carefully chosen mix of thinking tools, we’ll practice how to challenge assumptions, get beyond habitual thinking and help small thoughts become bigger possibilities.
We'll work on a real challenge to keep it practical, but the point is what your team can do with these tools afterwards.
You'll leave with more ways to think about the challenge - and a whirrkit of practical tools to keep using.
Bring me a challenge, opportunity or half-formed thought that's been going round your head. I'll bring a fresh perspective, connections, questions and whatever thinking tools might help us see it differently.
No prescribed process. No big deck. No telling you what to do. Just two brains thinking together.
Thinking with you
Thinking
partner
Too close to something to see it differently? Sometimes you just need another mind in the room.
Ongoing support
Thinking,
ongoing
An experienced extra brain to call on when you need one.
For small businesses who’d value an extra experienced thinking brain on an ongoing basis, without the need for a permanent hire.
From tricky challenges to new opportunities, I’ll bring 20+ years of creative and commercial experience, plus a natural appetite for new ideas to get great thinking moving.
