Case Studies
Success stories and testimonials spanning diverse industries
Legal services
Webber Wentzel in alliance with Linklaters
Creative Thinking Accelerator programme
This is ongoing program designed exclusively for lawyers and legal support staff. It is a comprehensive experience featuring in-person workshops, online sessions, and group coaching. The participant base spans from seasoned senior partners to aspiring junior lawyers.
The programme has comprises of four in-person sessions spread across a month, ensuring sustained learning and growth.
Kathy Colman
Partner, Head of Knowledge & Innovation | Webber Wentzel in alliance with Linklaters
"This experience was completely different to the typical training that we would attend in a law firm environment and that in itself was exciting and different. I came away with something that enriched me as an individual as well as advancing the cause of innovation and creativity within the firm.
Nina understood and got to grips with the law firm context and the market in which we are operating. She speaks very authoritatively about innovation more broadly. It’s also interesting to hear about how other organisations and sectors innovate, which is important to us as because our clients are innovating all the time as their business environment changes and I think that they expect us, as their lawyers, to do the same."
Kathy Colman
Head of Knowledge & Innovation
Lucia Quy
Lead: Legal Solutions & Technology
Elisha Bhugwandeen
Senior Knowledge Lawyer
Dawid de Villiers
Partner, Financial Regulatory
Nurie Jappie
Lead: Delivery Improvement
Webber Wentzel in Partneship with Linklaters
Finance
Merchant Capital
L.E.A.D. Management and Creative Thinking Programme
Merchant Capital is a leading provider of disruptive financial services to small and medium businesses in emerging markets. Our five-month leadership and creative intelligence programme combines deep learning with practical application, enabling participants to implement their insights directly into their work environment.
The programme empowers leaders to enhance their self-awareness, develop stronger interpersonal skills, and collaborate across divisions to solve complex business challenges. The impact has been remarkable, earning high praise from Merchant Capital's CEO, Dov Girnun, who brings experience from both Harvard and Stanford leadership programmes.
Dov Girnun
CEO, Merchant Capital
"The Exco has been amazed at the incredible exponential growth we've seen in the people who've been on this programme. I've had some really proud moments at our company over the past twelve years - I can count them on one hand - and this is one of them. I am so proud. I can't believe the caliber of leaders we have developed here.
I've had the privilege of studying at Harvard and Stanford, this programme is better. This is seriously incredible stuff. These are the ingredients for a strong leadership culture and team. Creativity Wake-Up, I want to thank you. We put our trust in you and you have shot the lights out."
Nqobile Sibisi
Client Coverage Analyst, Standard Bank
“I thoroughly enjoyed the programme. I think it was insightful and creative. It got me out of my comfort zone; got me to think; got me to chat with the people in my team and collaborate with them. I learned how to brainstorm ideas and shoot down some of my own insecurities and break through that glass ceiling that I’ve created for myself."
Mbhoni Maluleke
Client Analyst, Standard Bank
“The course was very, very informative. It was an eye-opener. For one, I didn’t believe or knew that everyone can be innovative, anyone had a role to play in the innovation world. I thought it was all about the ideators. It was very interesting to learn that there are different roles one can play.
The three days were amazing. Everything worked our perfectly. The activities we did helped to stimulate us. You taught us and then gave us time to actually apply what we learned in that session. It helped because it was still fresh in our heads and we could take those lessons and apply them right away."
Le-Juan Beukes
Head of Sales Fulfilment, Merchant Capital
“The workshop was incredible. I had a session with Nina before the training and mentioned what I wanted to get out of this. It was a tall order and it was delivered tenfold. The training was incredibly helpful to the team… Nina as a facilitator was able to encapsulate everything that we wanted to achieve as a management team for the sales team and that’s incredibly powerful."
Alfred Ruwanda
Acquisition Manager, Merchant Capital
“We’ve just had a lovely session with Nina from Creativity Wake-Up. It’s all about understanding the different personalities within the work environment. I found this very insightful. You learn about how people perceive you, how you want to be perceived and the actual reality. It’s definitely a nice way of understanding certain individuals with different leading colours as to how to communicate with them and how to present to them. This is certainly something I can use daily, in my work life and also in my personal life. It was very insightful. Definitely a session worth booking with Nina at Creativity Wake-Up.”
Healthcare
EberVet Petcare Group
Creative Thinking for Results Programme
This programme comprised of two full-day, in-person workshops spaced over two months followed by a three-month online Growth Programme. Over 60 participants, including all staff members from EberVet clinics and stores, took part in this transformative initiative.
Seven months after the completion of our programme with the Ebervet Group, we had an an interview with with Ann Baret Ann is CEO of Team Dynamics Consulting and a business consultant and coach for the EberVet Group.
Ann said, "In all my years of working as a business consultant, I have never seen a programme have such a positive and profound impact on an organisation. We were anticipating the business growth following the programme. We did not anticipate the positive mindset shifts and the way the teams are operating in a more interconnected way."
Ann Baret
CEO of Team Dynamics Consulting, Business Consultant and Coach to the EberVet Group
"The biggest change has been seen at the clinic in the Strand. Before the Creative Thinking Programme, the Strand Clinic was the least profitable clinic in the group. Its primary role was to support the EberVet outreach arm, which runs sterilization and education projects in disadvantaged communities.
Seven months after the Creative Thinking programme, the Strand Clinic has grown to one of our most profitable clinics. Inspired and equipped by the programme, they developed a new stategy and used creative problem solving to address key issues. They have now employed four new vets. By growing their paid client base, they have expanded their outreach projects as well. The clinic has done a complete about-turn and they no longer consider themselves to be ‘the poor cousins'."
The Association of Palliative Care Practitioners of SA
Creative Warm-Up to open an international symposium
This session was an online, live workshop tailored for over 100 international medical specialists. It formed part of a international symposium for palliative practitioners, expertly hosted by PalPRAC SA.
Dr. Jesne Kistan
Medical Methodologist at PALPRAC
"We recently invited Creativity Wake Up to participate in a symposium held by our organization. Celia was phenomenal - she was professional, passionate and provided creative inspiration that met our organizational needs. Her incredible mix of art, music and mindfulness equipped our attendees to engage with curiosity and creative thinking during our event. Highly recommended!"
Education
Lane Weenink
Event Management Student, Aleit Academy
“The Creativity Wake-Up workshop was amazing. It gave me my spark back. It opened my mind a lot. I’m thinking in ways that I never did before. It motivated me to live life fully.
It was a great, great learning opportunity. I absolutely loved it and will definitely recommend it to everyone."
Nkosini Ngwenya
Senior Researcher and PhD Student, University of Johannesburg
"Beautiful course. I absolutely enjoyed it and loved it... This course taught me so many things on how to tap into my creativity. I definitely recommend it." (5 Day Creative Wake-Up)
Debbie Laubsher
Business owner, iSimplify Computer Training
“I realised that I had to do something to ensure the sustainability of my business, so I joined the 5 Day Creative Workshop... This course gave me the courage to think out of the box. It also helped me identify where I was stuck in my business. Most of all, if was fun! ... The course helped me realise my dream of expanding my business... Join this course. You will not be disappointed!”
Technology
Ntuthuko Dlame
Regional Partner Marketing Lead, Sage
"I've actually started waking up a bit earlier to do free writing... the exercise where we get to to write what is on top of our minds. That's really a great exercise... It clears the mind in the morning and really helps you to see what is the important thing on your creative journey." (2-Day Creative Process Workshop)
Insurance
Aleeshah Nujjoo
OD Manager, Organizational Psychologist, Momentum Metropolitan
“It’s been a really lovely two days. We’ve had some interesting conversations and spent a lot of time bonding as a team. We’ve had some daring conversations as well… but in a way that we could also have fun. Nina has been really amazing.” (Two-Day Team Development Workshop)
Momentum Metropolitan
Humour Ignites Creativity 1 hour Workshop
Online, live workshop for 90+ actuaries. The workshop was part an actuarial CPD (Continuing Professional Development) programme.
Ghawa Latib
Learning and Development Specialist, Momentum Metropolitan
“The workshop was very well received, and we loved the active engagement that you were able to draw from the participants and the fun activities that you used.”
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
My Choices Foundation
2-day workshop and a follow-up 3-day workshop. Participants included over 60 leaders from around India.
My Choices Foundation (MCF) is an NGO that aims to give women, children and families choices to live lives free from violence, abuse and exploitation. Their programmes focus on stopping domestic violence and ending human-trafficking in India. (Watch this incredible video about their courageous fight against violence and trafficking.)
Our programme included in-person workshops, psychometric assessments, creative problem solving around real problems teams are facing.
Elca Grober
Founder and CEO, My Choices Foundation
"Your passion was not just evident; it was infectious. The love and care you poured into each session, each moment truly touched our souls.
It was a profound honour to be recipients of your wisdom, shared not just through words but through the joyous laughter and meaningful activities we engaged in together. Your commitment to sparking change ignited a flame within each one of us, inspiring creativity and joy in ways we could have never imagined."
The creative-thinking leaders from My Choices Foundation have put their learning into action and have seen great results.
Read their stories
Yvette Liedtke
Director, Taste & See
“Creativity Wake-Up taught the (aspirant business owners), by means of making a mind map and thinking outside of the box, of about 150 different kinds of small business that one could start within the township. It has been an incredible, incredible opportunity for them. We know that going forward it's going to create jobs and new initiatives within the townships for people to be able to support their families. We are so thankful for what (Creativity Wake-Up) has done in opening up people’s minds to see all the opportunities that are available to them. Thank you Creativity Wake-Up."
Engineering and Industry
Chantal Bekker
Community Upliftment Ambassador and Sales Representative, Rand Air
"This training will definitely have an impact on my work going forward. It’s really, really an eye opener, especially when it comes to my personality. I can come across a bit rigid and do need to sit back and think about my words, especially when I speak to customers. This training has really helped me because it goes into detail to help me understand my good and bad points. I found real benefit in that. Thank you very much." (Creative Thinking for Sales Training)
Mischa Tessendorf
Business Development Manager, Klaus Engineering
"The training was fantastic. Everybody loved it. Some people in the beginning were not that keen but in the end they were all involved and giving their ideas. It was a great experience over all. I think going forward the company is going to really benefit from this." (Team development workshop)
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