Michael Kollwitz

Problem-solving, shift by shift or day by day, can be draining and can take the joy out of our work. As teams, managers or individuals, we encounter new challenges every day. Navigating these challenges doesn't have to be exhausting. Avoiding them altogether can create even more stress.

One of the most valuable skills you can develop is the ability to use your creativity to solve your most critical problems and decisions.

This workshop will teach you how to face problems head-on and approach your work with a fresh perspective and positive mindset.

You'll learn how to foster innovation, improve teamwork, and enhance problem-solving skills among your employees to build stronger, more creative teams.

And, even better yet, Michael will entertain, educate and demonstrate some of these principles using an amazing, yet little-known American stringed instrument known as The Chapman Stick®. It's the best instrument you've never heard of.

Michael Kollwitz is a speaker and artist with a unique expertise: he combines creative principles with his corporate sales experience to teach audiences how to become "Problem-Solving Artists." Michael brings a unique perspective with a twenty-year history in corporate sales and another twenty years as an award-winning recording artist. He believes that everyone, whether in teams or as individuals, has the potential to tap into their inner creativity and become problem-solving artists.

Michael's journey is a testament to his problem-solving skills. As a young man, he took on the challenge of learning a revolutionary new instrument from the inventor himself. Despite numerous obstacles, he carved out a successful career playing an instrument unfamiliar to most. His hundreds of corporate performances, Billboard-charting recordings, and a book chronicling his career journey, "Stick With It," are all products of his creative problem-solving abilities.

He combines live music on the Chapman Stick® with humor and audience engagement to teach a new mindset for creative problem-solving to teams and individuals who are interested in experiencing continuous improvement.

Please provide:

A wireless Lavalier microphone and a screen large enough so that slides can be seen anywhere in the room.

A professional quality two-channel musical instrument amplifier. (If local, Michael can bring his own)

Both theatre and round seating are acceptable if Michael can walk around easily.