Empowering People, Shaping the Future
Empowering People, Shaping the Future
Creative Leadership for Thriving Teams
Build high-performing, future-ready teams through the power of creativity.
No arts and crafts required.
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Ignite Creativity for Unparalleled Results
No arts and crafts required. Everyday Creativity has proven to influence:
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Engaged Teams
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Problem Solving
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Leadership
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Well Being
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Dr. Caroline Brookfield’s comment linking curiosity and creativity—I solved a problem within minutes of her presentation by looking at it from a different angle.
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Don't just survive change, lead the future with creativity and confidence.
When people hear Dr. Brookfield’s inspiring, actionable, and surprisingly fun keynotes, they leave with the concrete tools they didn’t know they needed to act on their creative potential to perform at their best, resist burnout, and navigate whatever the future may bring.
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Put a Spring in your Step: Raise your Resilience with Everyday Creativity.Keynote to Inspire Optimism and Enthusiasm
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Best Audience
Idea for attendees in traditionally "non creative" fields or industries. Best for Sales Conferences, Training Kickoffs, Professional Development, Association Events, Leadership Programs
All the Feels
After years of study, late nights, and mac and cheese dinners, you might have hoped it would finally be worth it. But maybe you’re struggling to maintain your enthusiasm. How can you regain your early passion for your career? Wouldn’t you love to go to work with a smile and come home with energy to spare? Everyday creativity is the treasure map to work-life integration, with a proven impact on resilience. Many abandon creativity as a frivolous pursuit, or think it’s only for artists and grandmas. If you think you are too analytical to be creative, science proves you wrong. Everyday creativity is a human, elemental gift, accessible to everyone. No arts and crafts required. Learn how to effortlessly engage creativity in only a few minutes a day, from an unapologetic left brainer, stand-up comic and veterinarian.
In this session, you will learn
-5 habits to amplify your existing creativity in a few minutes a day
-How and why everyday creativity augments resilience and happiness
-The common pitfall that derails creativity and keeps us from expressing ourselvesLearning Objectives
List 5 easy ways to practice creativity daily (D.A.N.C.E)
Identify why we build barriers of judgement to expressing creativity.
Explain the difference between divergent and convergent creativity and why it matters to problem solving.
Summarize the evidence that creativity impacts resilience and creativity.
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“I realized that I was creative, but did not label it as creativity. I was associating creativity with arts. You kind of democratized creativity. I'm less stressed and I'm able to think more deeply. I'm much more at peace with myself and I'm a better human. Thanks so much.”
— Anne-Marie Levasseur, ACAS - Attendee at Women in Insurance Canada 2021
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Dauntless Teams: Collaborate with Creativity for Competitive AdvantageKeynote or Workshop on How to Empower Teams to Collaborate Effectively.
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Best Audience
Annual Meetings, Corporate Events, Leadership conferences, Personal Development training.
All the Feels
Disconnected teams with lackluster engagement are common barriers to organizational success. Intrepid teams who embrace creativity have higher trust, produce exemplary results, and are half as likely to quit. Luckily, you can build a creative mindset in every team member. Lay a foundation for success where teams collaborate more effectively to achieve innovative solutions. Learn how to get a team to pull together with creativity from an unapologetic left-brainer, stand-up comic, entrepreneur and locum veterinarian who has to engage and connect with new teams every day (and even herd some cats, for real!).
In this session you will learn
-Simple ground rules to lay the foundation for a creative team.
-Effortless habits to engage creativity in every team member.
-The most common mistakes that block team performance and creativity, and how to course correct.Learning Objectives
Recognize the relationship between Tolerance of Ambiguity, Creativity, and Resilience.
List benefits of a creative team to organizational performance and culture.
Describe 5 creative habits that are foundational to individual creativity in a team.
Build an agile mindset to embrace “just in time” skills development.
“We recently completed a workshop with our team that Caroline facilitated and it had a significant impact, particularly with one quite shy team member who now speaks up in meetings when she used to not share. I've also noticed our team seems to be smiling and having fun together more often than they used to as well which is no doubt due to the awesome session with her. If you're thinking about how to re-energize your team and bring creativity into your business, you better call Caroline! “
— Lisa Genovese, Président, BottomLine
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Blood, sweat and smiles: Rebound from a Tough Day Keynote for inspiring hope and building resilience in patient facing healthcare practitioners.
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Best Audience
Organizations and groups with patient facing healthcare roles.
All the Feels
If you have a patient-facing role in healthcare, you might have asked yourself, even once, why you went into this field in the first place. Colleagues are worn out and irritable, or leaving. You are expected to do the work of many, while performing miracles every day. No wonder you’re tired. Everyday creativity is a key ingredient that many have missed in the quest for the cure.
Research illustrates that healthcare workers bounce back faster after doing something creative, like making a meal, finding a new way to rip tape, or planting a flower. No paint nights or take an improv class (unless you want to). Engage creativity in only a few minutes a day as a balm for stress and an elixir to build confidence in uncertainty. Side effects may include better problem solving, improved job satisfaction and performance, and engagement at work. Learn how a veterinarian and stand up comedian uses everyday creativity to rebound from a tough day, and the published evidence on the benefits of creativity to resilience and happiness.
In this session, you will learn
-5 easy habits to engage creativity in a few minutes a day.
-The link between creativity, tolerance of ambiguity and resilience, and how to strengthen them.
-How to find your own creative practice to help rebound from stress.Learning Objectives
Define "everyday creativity" and compare to "big C" creativity.
Describe the evidence based relationship between everyday creativity, tolerance of ambiguity and resilience.
Identify personal creative practices that will build resilience.
List 5 habits that will build a nurturing environment for creativity.
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“Caroline was a pleasure to work with! She was respectful of deadlines and very attentive and responsive to the needs of our organization both financially and in requirements for presentation content. Caroline delivered an engaging presentation with both humour and professionalism. As our closing keynote speaker, Caroline had our attendees D.A.N.C.E-ing Into the Future with Creativity!”
— Susan Iannuzzi – PTSA 2020 Virtual Conference Planning Committee
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Creative Leadership: Unlock Creativity at Every Level for Incomparable ResultsKeynote or Workshop to Leverage Unorthodox Keys to Engagement and Performance
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Best Audience
Leaders, Managers, Team Leaders, anyone seeking more collaboration and engagement in teams.
All the Feels
Stop settling for sub-par, incremental improvements on old solutions. In this interactive experience, we will explore the prerequisites for creative thinking. Creative organizations inspire 70% of employees to contribute to innovation compared to 20%.
We have a big brain for a reason. Let’s use it to pause, get curious, and adapt. Banish status quo thinking and foster collaboration, engagement, and innovation.
Only for leaders who are willing to do what it takes to gain competitive advantage, drive innovation, and nurture empowered teams who want to come to work.
Uplifting and empowering keynote with clear, actionable takeaways. Workshop option for a more customized deep dive.
For leaders who want to change the world. And, for what it's worth, I'm not prone to hyperbole.Learning Objectives
Make better decisions despite outdated reactions to uncertainty.
Amplify curiosity for better business results and collaboration.
Get better ideas from yourself and others by avoiding the biggest pitfall in creative thinking.
Embed 5 foundational personal habits every day to magnify creative thinking.
Multiply profits and innovation by applying proven prerequisites for a creative company.
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The Reluctant Creative
Everyone is talking about creativity, but you are hardly interested in “paint night.” What if creativity doesn’t mean arts and crafts? Everyday creativity includes things as different as making a meal to building a pivot table in Excel. Exercise your own creativity for proven beneficial effects on your mood, job performance, salary and more. You can be a Reluctant Creative! No art supplies needed.
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Book a call with Caroline to talk about how to inspire your team to navigate through change with confidence, and perform at their best.
Getting started is the hardest part.
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I'll email you once in a while with updates on how to engage creativity, book reviews and other helpful information about channeling your inner kindergartener (without the crayon eating part).
You didn’t know you needed creativity, like, yesterday. Luckily, I can help you find your unique style of creativity today. This is your life. Let your creativity guide you to an uncommon life of your own beautiful design.
About Me
I was a creative genius in kindergarten. But, chances are, so were you. 98% of kindergarteners score as genius on a creativity test, but only 2% of adults score the same. What happened? Where did it go?
When I was in kindergarten, I loved animals, so it was a foregone conclusion that I should become a veterinarian. Then, in high school, I discovered a passion for performance, acting, improv and photography. Does this sound familiar? Did you think you had to choose Art or Science? Becoming a veterinarian seemed easier, more linear. Through a series of life events including entrepreneurship, a corporate speaking role, and stand up comedy, I regained my connection with my creativity. I recaptured my joy from kindergarten, by expressing what makes me unique and different.
But what would people think?
You, too, can find the joy everyday creativity, and learn how to worry less about rejection. I am obsessed with sharing the secret with other "non creatives" like me. Using my skills as researcher, I have devoured the evidence on creativity, and how it benefits our personal and professional life.
Nobody cares that much about what you do. You might as well have fun, enjoy your job, and share your unique gifts with the world. I know, it can be scary to try something new, and to speak up and stand out.
Leading with creativity builds cohesive teams who want to stay, because they are making a difference, feeling heard, and having fun. Creativity is contagious.
With experience for over 25 years as a "locum tenens" veterinarian, in hundreds of veterinary hospitals worldwide, I have mastered the nuance of engaging a new team, building their trust, and leading efficient process for superior patient care at warp speed. I have a Certificate of Professional Management from the University of Calgary, and am a certified Level 2 Creative Problem Solving Institute Facilitator. My time in research honed my critical thinking lens and demand for data, and my time in a global packaged goods company taught me the value of radical collaboration and innovation from the ground up (I got an innovation award!). Stand-Up Comedy and parenting have taught me the value of not taking things personally.
I live in Calgary, where my lectures go unheeded by my family. The dog listens, sometimes. My dream is to help the most reluctant creative find the courage to take tiny, unconventional actions every day towards a regret-proof life.
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“I solved a problem within minutes of her presentation by looking at it from a different angle.”
— Attendee
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“I will try to incorporate some of the DANCE into the my everyday life and work especially being okay with uncertainty and trying new things.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Loved the presentation! Going to work on putting myself in uncomfortable situations in order to grow and explore more creativity.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Caroline’s passion bubbled through in her presentation and it was hard not to get excited about being more creative at work.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Caroline's presentation was very very good! She is an amazing speaker and interacted well with us (as much as you can when its virtual) and you can tell she has so much passion for what she is teaching!”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“This was an amazing presentation, interactive, the speaker was engaging and passionate. I loved that the information in the presentation can be utilized in both my personal and work life.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Extremely engaging and entertaining, creative in her presentation, comical and full of energy, Caroline brings the audience to life. She is thought provoking and entertaining, as well, has a unique way to expand one’s horizon!”
— Iris Meck, Director of ConferencesGlacier FarmMedia, Advancing Women Conference (AWC) Founder and Host
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“She effortlessly connected with the attendees, capturing their attention from the very beginning and holding it throughout her entire talk. Her passion for the subject matter shone through, making her presentations engaging, thought-provoking, and thoroughly enjoyable.”
— Terra Shastri, Chief Experience Officer, Ontario Veterinary Medical Association
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“Her infectious energy captivated everyone. With her interactive approach, she truly engaged the audience and created a memorable experience for all in attendance.”
— Event Planner, RIS, Connect First Wealth
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“Since I attended your conference, I’ve been asking myself…. Why not? I can try, fail, and try it again. Now I feel more engaged with my thoughts and I think heaven is not even the limit… The limit is in my mind.”
— Dianne Rivera Mateus, Sales Manager, Fairmont Winnipeg
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“Your session entitled "Reluctant Creative" was very engaging, fun, and really made us think about moving through our barriers to be the most agile we can possibly be. I found the information compelling as it was backed by rigor and data.”
— Dr. Raeleen Manjak, DM/OL, ΔϺΔ, CPHR (Western Cities HR)
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“I realized that I was creative, but did not label it as creativity. You kind of democratized creativity. I'm less stressed and I'm able to think more deeply. I'm much more at peace with myself and I'm a better human.”
— Anne-Marie Levasseur, ACAS (Women in Insurance Canada)
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“Wow, that was a really fantastic presentation! The Board loved it and people seemed to really enjoy having such an interactive experience at the end of the day!”
— Amber Gregg, RVT, Executive Director, BCVTA (Keynote AGM)
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“Caroline was a pleasure to work with! Caroline delivered an engaging presentation with both humour and professionalism.”
— Susan Iannuzzi PTSA 2020 Virtual Conference Planning Committee
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“I solved a problem within minutes of her presentation by looking at it from a different angle.”
— Attendee
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“I will try to incorporate some of the DANCE into the my everyday life and work especially being okay with uncertainty and trying new things.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Loved the presentation! Going to work on putting myself in uncomfortable situations in order to grow and explore more creativity.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Caroline’s passion bubbled through in her presentation and it was hard not to get excited about being more creative at work.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“Caroline's presentation was very very good! She is an amazing speaker and interacted well with us (as much as you can when its virtual) and you can tell she has so much passion for what she is teaching!”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
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“This was an amazing presentation, interactive, the speaker was engaging and passionate. I loved that the information in the presentation can be utilized in both my personal and work life.”
— PTSA Keynote Attendee
