The Grounded Entrepreneur: Creativity & Remarkability Workshop

Every month, this workshop commences for a small group of business owners/ondernemers/ZZP'ers/freelancers, kunstenaars, and founders, in person, to work through your brands, make small and meaningful changes, and redress creativity for balance.

Core Focus: Make your business stand out while maintaining balance with creativity.

Overview: In a competitive market, it’s not enough to just work hard, you need to offer something authentic, not necessarily new or unheard of prior. This workshop explores with you how to make your business remarkable in a way that resonates with your customers. You’ll also learn how to develop creative habits that keep your business fresh and relevant, without burning out.

Major points:

• What makes your business stand out to customers.
• How to develop creative habits that fit into YOUR busy schedule, for your balance.
• How to move through the mountain of self-doubt and inner allyship and stay focused on what matters.

Key takeaways/action items:

• At least one significant change to use in your business
• At least one way to further recognize your inner critic as your inner ally
• A framework for making a creative action plan

Materials & Interaction

• Workbook
• Interaction between participants and facilitator is a part of the entire experience in an environment that is moderated as safe and inclusive.
• Your first café beverage is included in the price.

For Whom is This Appropriate?

• Bedrif eigenaars, ondernemers, ZZP'ers, kunstenaars with at least one year in their businesses
• Bedrif eigenaars, ondernemers, ZZP'ers, kunstenaars registered with the KvK and with a significant challenge to tackle in offering of services or products
• Seasoned business owners and the like who are feeling stagnant and need an atmosphere of like-minded professionals with whom to engage and think through change

This workshop is not appropriate for aspiring business owners or the like.

Bonuses

• A complimentary 30-minute session with Justin to discuss how your changes in the workshop have played out, or to further collaborate, scheduled in the future at your convenience.
• 20% of ticket sales go to The Human Prototype Lab for future workshops and events by the collaborators of the lab

Meet Justin, Your Facilitator and Business Cheerleader
Justin is a creative and consultant, as well as event and training facilitator with 17 years of experience in reorganizing teams, through change management, leadership development and inner-culture transformation. He has spent nearly 20 years in traditional employment - taking on roles of change and reorganization that were roles created for him, and as a business owners, artists and non-profit project/org developer. He integrates organisational leadership expertise, lived experience, and some change management practices, to help entrepreneurs/solopreneurs or business owners, as well as organisations, thrive through change. He is the starter and nurturer of The Human Prototype Lab, championing collaboration and well-being with other entrepeneurs. Originally from the United States of America, he is an immigrant in the Netherlands. In his spare time, he is an artist, enjoying the process as equally rewarding to the end results.

Some references used to build this workshop:

• Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• The Minimalist Entrepreneur by Sahil Lavingina
• The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
• Atomic Habits by James Clear