The topic of creativity and problem solving skills has risen up the agenda given the need for more flexible thinking over the past 18 months, as well as what we use space for, as organisations start returning to office. In his role at Google, this is definitely a big priority for Kirk, and and he is also being asked to help other partner organisations in this area and challenge them on how they think about this right now. We're delighted that Kirk agreed to take time out of his busy schedule and address our Workplace Trends audience.

About Kirk

Kirk helps leaders, teams and organisations use creativity to solve problems.

At Google, he does this in two ways - by partnering on projects where the team recognises they need to disrupt their thinking to develop new options, and also by training Googlers on the techniques and approaches that help us be even more creative on demand, when it's needed most. Kirk Built Google’s Magic Academy, a revered program to help make creativity as valued a part of Googlers’ toolkit as knowledge and technical based skills.

Where time permits, Kirk acts as an advisor, mentor and public speaker. He partners with organisations non-conflicting to Google, to help them develop creative capability at all levels in their organisations. This currently includes adidas, Intuit and EY. He also leads a module on creative problem solving for both the English Football Association UEFA Pro coaching licence and their Technical Director program. He is also an ambassador for Moving Ahead, a social enterprise focussed on helping drive greater diversity in business all over the world.

Kirk has been a mentor to The Hope Fund for Cancer Research, helping some of the world’s most respected biologists, geneticists and Nobel prize winners, to disrupt traditional thinking. He has also led workshops at Wharton business school and Stanford, to help senior executives unlock even more creativity in themselves and their teams.

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