90 minutes · Live online · Future Skills 101
Egos dissolve. Ideas flow.
Led by Alwin Put, author of Unlock Collective Genius, this session is a high-energy 90 minutes on why co-creation so rarely lives up to its promise and the 5 Tenets that fix it.
Before you book
Two minutes on what the session actually covers and who it's for.
The problem
Whether you're collaborating with teammates, clients or creative partners, most 'co-creation' is really just a meeting with extra sticky notes. Five sneaky barriers are usually why.
Most collaboration sessions optimise for agreement, not for the moment where something genuinely new appears.
The same five, largely invisible barriers show up again and again and almost nobody names them.
Without a common set of principles, egos, hierarchy and habit quietly take over the room.
If you want ideas to flow instead of stall, this is the session that names what's in the way.
The core idea
Five tenets that unlock co-creative flow.
Unlock Collective Genius names the five barriers to real co-creation and gives you the 5 Tenets that unlock co-creative flow in any setting, plus what it means to become a 'vaganaut.'
How it works
The 90 minutes are the middle. What happens either side is what makes them stick.
No pre-work worksheet. Watch the two-minute intro above if you like, then just show up ready to think about your own collaborations.
Optional, before the sessionAlwin Put walks you through the 5 Tenets with guided exercises and reflection, so you experience co-creative flow in the room, not just hear about it.
90 minutes, live onlineTake your certificate, then bring what you've learned back to your work, or go further with a private session for your whole team.
Optional · ongoingWhat you take away
This is an introduction and it's honest about that. Ninety minutes buys you a working sense of the 5 Tenets, which is more than most courses manage in a day.
The five sneaky barriers that stop real co-creation, named clearly for the first time.
101The principles that unlock co-creative flow, hands-on, in any setting you work in.
101Guided exercises that shift how you connect, think and create with the people around you.
101Tools to start shaping a genuinely more co-creative culture at work, starting with your next meeting.
101Who it's for
What people notice
They notice that you:
And afterwards
Everyone who attends gets a Future Skills Certificate for Unlock Collective Genius 101, shareable on LinkedIn and one tile in a collection that grows as you take more of the series.
Want Alwin to run this for your whole team, using your own collaborations as the material? Ask on the day, or get in touch.
Practical details
Want it for your whole team, in your own context? Get in touch.
Dates & booking
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Want it for your own team? Every Future Skills 101 course is also available bespoke and in-house on a date that suits you. Get in touch to set it up.