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Creativity for People and Culture

Unleash Creativity to Retain, Attract and Motivate Your Talent

Your talent is the driving force behind success and creativity is your secret weapon. It’s essential for building a workplace where people thrive, stay engaged, and want to grow. Spark + Forge helps HR and People leaders unlock the creative potential of your teams, addressing retention, recruitment, and motivation challenges with practical, impactful solutions.

A creative workplace - the ultimate perk

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CREATIVITY RETAINS

Retaining talent goes beyond salary and perks—it’s about creating an environment where employees feel valued, inspired, and part of something meaningful. Creativity fosters engagement by encouraging autonomy, fresh thinking, and opportunities for growth.

CREATIVITY ATTRACTS

Creative workplaces attract top talent by showcasing innovation, collaboration, and a vibrant culture. Candidates aren’t just looking for jobs with perks—they’re looking for opportunities to grow and contribute in meaningful ways.

CREATIVITY MOTIVATES

Motivation flourishes when your people are empowered to think differently, get involved, solve problems, and see the impact of their work. Creativity builds confidence, promotes true collaboration, and keeps your team energised and optimistic about the challenges ahead.

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People who work where creativity feels supported report higher levels of personal, team and organizational performance, and they are less likely to say they’re looking for another job.
— Gallup workplace study on Creativity, 2018
Closing the gap between the freedom of workers to create and the crying need for their creativity is more than an economic and technological imperative; it’s also about honoring the nature of humanity itself—the moral case.
— Unlocking Human Creativity at Work: Closing the Gap, Doug Kirkpatrick, 2024

unique challenges,
creative solutions

HR leaders in SMEs face unique challenges: balancing tight budgets, prioritising critical skills, and driving engagement in competitive markets. To thrive, you need to be both strategic and creative in your approach to learning and development.

Limited budgets mean you can’t train for everything at once.

We help you identify and focus on the skills that have the greatest impact on your business goals, such as creativity, collaboration, and innovative problem-solving.

Scaling training for a dispersed or growing workforce can be costly.

We provide tools and resources that complement e-learning platforms, turning theoretical knowledge into practical application through interactive workshops and team exercises.

Employees must take more ownership of their growth.

Our coaching and facilitation techniques encourage teams to share knowledge and co-create solutions, strengthening internal bonds and improving team engagement.

Proving the value of L&D initiatives to leadership.

We help you design metrics to measure the impact of creativity-focused training, linking outcomes directly to engagement, retention, and business success.

How we do it

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Targeted Workshops – For Immediate Impact

Our workshops are a great place to start. Designed to tackle a specific challenge or when you need to get unstuck fast, spark fresh ideas, or introduce teams to creative problem-solving methods so you can really forge ahead.

We get you moving.

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TRAINING AND COACHING - for ONGOING impact

Through focused training and coaching, Spark + Forge equips individuals and teams with the creative skills and insights they need to solve problems effectively and drive meaningful growth.

We give you the power.

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Culture BUILDING - for lasting impact

Building a creative culture is about embedding a mindset and practices that keep innovation alive across your organisation. Combine workshops, coaching and training to inspire a movement and make the mindset shift.

We help you build the capability and make it stick.

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Ready to unlock creativity and motivate your people?

We’d love to chat about helping you forge ahead.

Book in a 45 min appointment or please complete the form below.