Free Webinars

Improvisation helps you think on your feet, find your voice, and increase your listening and presence. Essential skills for leading and collaborating at any level.

Join serial improvisers, Think Productive MD, Elena Kerrigan and Professional Coach David Papa in this Ninja Skills Session where they introduce you to the basics of improvisation (think “Whose Line is it Anyway”) and challenge you to rethink your relationship with mistakes and perfection.

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:16 Why We Personally Enjoy Improv
04:49 What Improv Can Bring to Your Work
07:15 Learning to Silence Your Inner Critic
08:33 Using the 'Yes and' Rule to Make You a Great Scene Partner
09:41 The Importance of Listening to Your Scene Partner
10:14 Committing to Your Character
10:38 How Improv Can Increase Creativity at Work
12:27 Setting Boundaries and Creating Safe Scenes
14:40 Improv Game Ideas and Rules for the Workplace
16:01 More From Think Productive
19:27 How Improv Can Be Energising

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Date: June 13, 2023

Duration: 20 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

In this free webinar, Graham Allcott discusses how we can all bring kindness to work – and the positive impact it has on our productivity and well-being.

He talks about:
- How kindness and empathy drive trust and help build the psychological safety that high-performing teams and organisations need to thrive
- Why “kind” and “nice” are NOT the same thing
- The traits of Kindful Leadership
- Give practical tips on how to inject kindness into your team that will inspire others to pass it on

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:10 You're Human, Not a Superhero
03:24 Why the 'Business Baddie' Archetype Should be Challenged
05:54 Successful Business 'Goodies'
09:33 How Kindness and Trust Promote Productivity and Safety
12:22 The Difference Between Being Nice and Being Kind
15:21 The 7 Traits of Kind Leaders
19:58 'Human, Not Superhero' in Practice
21:35 The People First, Work Second Mentality
22:00 Why You Should Create Space to Ease Tension, Understand and Listen
25:03 How to Open and End Meetings with Kindness
25:48 Make Someone's Day With a Kind Email
27:24 The Benefits of Paying it Forward
29:49 More From Graham Allcott and Think Productive
34:06 Ulterior Motives and Kindness
35:37 The Importance of Being Kind to Yourself
36:51 Authenticity and Doing Your Best
38:04 Kindness and Accountability
39:02 Why Kindness Isn't Weakness
40:09 Prioritising Kindness Even When You're Stressed
41:48 Injecting Kindness into Formal Situations

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Date: June 12, 2023

Duration: 46 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

EMPOWER YOUR TEAM, RECLAIM YOUR TIME. WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW!

Are you a Delegation Ninja?

When we get busy and overwhelmed, we often stop delegating – “they won’t do it like I do it, it’s too hard, it will take too long, everyone else is busy too…” The excuses abound.

Join us to find out:
- Why Delegation is great
- Why YOU need to delegate well
- How to Delegate Like a Ninja

By optimising the way you delegate, you can build an organisation of thinkers. It brilliantly empowers your team members to think and to problem solve in new and innovative ways. Suddenly you are building a culture of thinking, engaged, motivated problem solvers, rather than a culture of overloaded, responsibility burdened managers.

Date: May 31, 2023

Duration: 28 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

So being a Productivity Ninja means we get it all done, perfectly, all the time right? Wrong.

At Think Productive, we’re helping create workplace cultures where yes people can get their best stuff done, but just as importantly in a way that's sustainable, happy and healthy. That was always tricky of course – but in this past year, it somehow got even harder.

Join our Productivity Ninja Lee Cottier & MD Elena Kerrigan as we explore the balance between expectations and reality, learn to embrace the way things really are, and commit to practical ways of looking after ourselves, and each other.

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Date: May 17, 2023

Duration: 57 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Since Hayley and Graham published ‘How to Fix Meetings’ in 2021 we’ve been in many organisations to help reduce the number of meetings people attend and to help make the ones that people do attend even better.

In this webinar, Hayley and Graham chat about some of the wonderful ideas clients have come up with to improve their meetings and some of the challenging questions our Productivity Ninjas are asked about meetings.

They also include some ideas on how different organisations are dealing with their information updates, hybrid meetings and what information needs to be shared in advance as a bare minimum.

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
02:24 The Real Cost of Meetings
03:29 Where You Should Be Putting Your Attention
07:45 Balancing Virtual and Face to Face Meetings
09:20 Challenges of Hybrid Meetings
13:20 Encouraging Positive Contribution in Meetings
17:41 The Importance of Setting a Meeting Agenda
19:58 Tips for Keeping Your Meetings Fresh and Engaging
21:52 Acknowledging Power Dynamics (the HIPPO effect)
25:05 The 40-20-40 Model
27:46 The Importance of Truth and Honesty
31:12 The Delete a Day Challenge
36:50 Being More Ruthless with Meetings
38:25 How to Deal With Meetings that Overrun
41:56 Writing Purpose Statements
44:23 How to Opt Out of Meetings
47:40 Encouraging People to Bring Truth to Meetings
50:13 Introducing a Trial Period For Changes
51:31 How to Prioritise Actions
54:24 Optimising Your Pro-Active Attention Time
58:58 How to Keep Moving During Meetings

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Date: May 9, 2023

Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

Let’s think like Ninjas!

Learn how to confront procrastination by understanding why we do it. Think DUST!

Eat frogs – get stuff done! Learn how to manage your attention for the best results and how to give yourself space for what matters. :-)

Date: May 3, 2023

Duration: 29 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

If you’re feeling overwhelmed and your brain is a little scattered, we’re here to help.

Join us to discover our TOP 3 tips on reducing overwhelm, clearing your brain and establishing some Ninja Zen Like Calm into your work and life.

This session is part of our Ninja Skill Booster series of free 30 minute webinars. We make these short, sharp, and super practical. Looking forward to chatting with you.

Date: April 21, 2023

Duration: 29 minutes

Host: Australia

Spoken Language: English

Join the founder of Think Productive and author of the best-selling book ‘How to be a Productivity Ninja’ Graham Allcott to discover the magic in giving clear, kind and constructive feedback.

You’ll understand the purpose of giving feedback (and how to do it well), how intent and approach are everything, and what to do to continue to get better at delivering feedback.

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
03:55 The Purpose of Feedback
06:10 The Importance of Clear Expectations
07:37 Negative and Destructive Feedback
12:57 How to Receive Feedback Graciously
17:26 How to Give Kind and Effective Feedback
21:47 Giving Feedback and Debriefing in Meetings
23:29 The 1:1 Feedback Model
26:23 The Importance of Intent and Delivery
28:41 NASA: A Feedback Analogy
30:34 More From Think Productive
33:48 Leading With Kindness
34:57 Navigating Negative Feedback
38:15 Tips For Giving Balanced Feedback
42:07 Dealing With Defensiveness
46:24 Steps to Take After Receiving Feedback
47:06 Managing Self-Esteem Issues
49:37 Creating an Outlet Outside of Your Company
51:28 Learning to Let Go of Control
54:41 Thoughts on 'Safe Spaces'
57:52 Remembering the Positives

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Date: March 21, 2023

Duration: 1 hour, 1 minute

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English

For more tips on how to make space for what matters, and all of our latest skill sessions, make sure to like this video and subscribe!

Timestamps:
00:00 Hello and Welcome!
05:45 Overview of the Session
08:14 The Highs and Lows of WFH
10:20 The Challenges of Hybrid Working
11:27 The Benefits of Hybrid Working
14:09 The 4 Modes of Work
15:44 Doing Solo Work at Home
17:36 Why You Should Avoid Multitasking
18:47 Creating Space for Solo Work
20:10 The Benefits of Tandem Work and How to Create This at Home
22:16 Navigating Collaboration While WFH
26:39 Alternative Tools to Email
27:18 Sometimes Real-Time Collaboration is Best
30:57 The Diverse Experience of Working During Covid
33:41 Integrating Wellbeing Into Work
35:48 Creating Space for Community
39:35 Being Mindful of Remote Workspace Inequality
41:15 How Remote Working Celebrates Accessibility and Inclusion
43:17 Adapting the Workspace
46:02 More From Think Productive
48:35 Bringing the Office into Your at-Home Work Space
51:33 How to Keep Virtual Teams Connected

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Date: March 6, 2023

Duration: 58 minutes

Host: United Kingdom

Spoken Language: English