Workshop Facilitator and Trainer

Unlock the creative power of your team with this proprietary training based on Nick Kittle’s best-selling book, “Sustainovation: Building Sustainable Innovation in Government One Wildly Creative Idea at a Time.”

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Organizational favorite designed to energize and empower your teams.

Learn how to ask why, get creative, develop better ideas, implement effective pilot projects, and grow your “Team Us.”

Master taking action, building your personal armor and selling your ideas.

Discover how to institutionalize innovation throughout your organization.

Tap into Nick’s expertise as a 3x award-winning civic innovator, founder of one of the first government innovation offices in the country, and pioneer of the concept of Innovation Value.

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The True Nature of Innovation and How We Build It Into Our DNA

Perspective Shifting: Techniques to Be More Creative

Growing Ideas: How to Brainstorm Better

Leadership Skills Bootcamp: 7 Habits, StrengthsFinder, Speed of Trust, Mindset, The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team

Productivity Techniques to Improve Organizational Effectiveness

When you have to do more with less, efficient processes are the key. Nick Kittle will work with your teams to eliminate waste, improve processes, and focus on the work that matters most.

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Start with Your Why: The Power of “Why” and How to Use It

Process Mapping: Visualizing and Simplifying Your Operations

Six Sigma Techniques: Standard Work, Pull and Flow, Batching

Focus on What Matter Most: Frameworks for Prioritization

Set your team and initiatives up for success. Nick will share his insights and best practices from developing 65 unique or first-of-their-kind pilot projects while directly generating nearly $8 million in savings.

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Goal Setting: Striving to be SMART and CLEAR

How to Build Pilot Programs and Be Successful

Taking Action: How to Get Started on a Project

Real-World Pilot Programs: What Worked, What Didn’t

Time, money, attention: you’re in a constant fight for resources. Help your team sell their ideas and initiatives with training on how to influence an audience, tell stories, and connect others to a core message.

Public Speaking and the Importance of Story Telling

Clarity vs. Transparency: The Big Difference and How We Achieve It 

Effective measurements and KPIs

Effective prioritization techniques

Explore how successful engagement can lead to better planning, better outcomes, and a brighter future for your community. Learn more about the concept of tactical urbanism and arm your team with actionable insights.

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Selling Your Ideas: Be Brief, Be Brief, Be Gone

SDIC Modeling and Community Engagement

Funding: Securing the Budget and Buy-In You Need

Learn how to inspire your teams, build loyalty, and help individual employees identify and grow their passions.

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Happiness: A Summary of Harvard and Yale Happiness Courses

Life 2.0 and Lessons for a Better Life

Team Building Events and Mass Ideation

Help your new and seasoned elected officials build relationships and get up to speed on the basics and best practices of governance.

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Mass Idea Generation and Problem Solving

Strategic Planning Facilitation

Introduction to Different Governance Models