Simplify the complex. Building synergies and understandings in teams, oh and solving big problems
Facilitator
An expert faciliator
An expert facilitator with years of experience running everything from small focused sessions to full company away days. We create the space for your team to think clearly, align and move forward together.
Strategic challenges to complex problems
From big strategic challenges to thorny, everyday issues, we help you work through it. From strategy sessions to roadmap decisions. Brand positioning to storytelling, all with the benefit of years of hands-on experience.
No lengthy Commitments
We replace a traditional product, design and strategy function with something more flexible, fractional and reliable. No minimum contract, cancel anytime.
Six months of embedded fractional and facilitator support across brand, growth, product and design, helping Implement AI move from a service business to a fundable SaaS product ahead of a Series A.
“We knew we had something real, we just didn't know how to say it. Getting the messaging, the product story and the onboarding right in parallel is what made Implement AI look like the product business we actually are, not the services business we started as.”
Facilitating a company-wide away week to realign Coinrule's product vision, roadmap and team around a new phase of growth, with the whole company in the room.
“We went to Common Ideas to help facilitate workshops at our offsite. Common Ideas created, managed and facilitated some of the most valuable workshops we've had as a company. It was our best ever offsite and the team loved them.”
Fractional Head of Design support transforming Byway Travel's design function in three months, pushing the business to be design-led in its decision making and building out the new design team.
“Design leadership has been the difference between building something transformative and something just ‘fine’.”
Facilitation support with Brick Rewards to help build their MVP, understand first customers and to help build the investment deck narrative
“Working with Common Ideas enabled us to concretely understand how minimal our MVP needed to be to launch. They also refined our investment narrative and story to be more compelling, data-driven and visionary.”
After seven years, PLU needed to realign its proposition. We helped them understand what was working and what wasn't, grouped their offer into clear product buckets, and introduced OKRs and a product mindset to help the organisation move from not-for-profit to a revenue-generating consultancy.
"The most transformative set of workshops we've done in the seven years we've founded the business"
Example Workshops
Vision & Strategy
A full-day session to align leadership on where the business is going and why. We work through purpose, 3-year ambition, and the strategic bets that get you there, leaving with a shared narrative the whole team can rally behind.
Innovation Sprint
A structured 1-3 day sprint to take a new product or venture idea from rough concept to validated opportunity. Covers problem framing, opportunity sizing, and a testable concept ready for build.
Team Offsite: Culture & Ways of Working
An away day focused on how a team actually works together, not just what they're working on. We surface friction points, agree new ways of working, and rebuild trust and alignment after a period of change or growth.
Customer Journey Analysis
A session to map the end-to-end customer journey, spot the moments that matter most, and agree where to focus to improve experience and drive growth.
Product Strategy, Roadmap & MVP
A working session to pressure-test product strategy against business goals and customer evidence, leaving teams with a prioritised roadmap and a clear MVP scope ready to build.
Brand & Proposition
A collaborative session to sharpen how a business talks about itself. We work through positioning, audience, and messaging together, so the outputs are owned by the team, not handed down from an agency.
AI Readiness
A practical session for leadership teams figuring out where AI actually fits in their business. We cut through the hype to identify real use cases, assess readiness, and agree a realistic first move.
What our clients have said
Leadership
“Common Ideas have the perfect blend of personality and experience to lead a large group of people and actually get results”
Fractional
“CI helped us refine and launch Bower Collective to market and was key part of the team that led to our early success and rapid growth”
Borrow my brain
“A brilliant brand and product mind - Common ideas brings unique insight and deep product thinking to all of our founders.”
Coach
“Common Ideas were the perfect solution for our business. They offered design expertise, without the need to commit lengthy contracts”
The World Bank
Facilitation, Coach
We helped build and deliver the first AI-venture studio in Belgrade, Serbia with the World Bank, designing a venture programme that works with talent and institutions across the Balkan region.
LyvaLabs
Masterclasses
We delivered a series of masterclasses to a cohort of entrepreneurs across Merseyside for LyvaLabs, backed by the Liverpool City Mayor, helping build more innovation in the region.
Hostology
Fractional
We worked closely with the CTO to refine, develop and build the platform, coaching them on design principles as the team moved to a leaner development setup.
People Like Us
Facilitation
After seven years, PLU needed to realign its proposition. We helped them understand what was working and what wasn't, grouped their offer into clear product buckets, and introduced OKRs and a product mindset to help the organisation move from not-for-profit to a revenue-generating consultancy.
OPUS Community
Project
We helped build OPUS into one of the most recognisable pre-seed communities in Europe, and got them ready for global expansion into the Middle East and America.
Coinrule
Facilitation
We facilitated a company-wide away week to realign Coinrule's product vision, roadmap and team around a new phase of growth, and returned for further workshops solving thorny issues in the product.
Cura
Fractional
Brought on to coach their design team of one, guiding them through problem-solving and product decisions, presenting ideas with confidence, and giving them formal mentorship from a design leader.
Slise Investment
Project
Helped build the best property investment platform in the UAE, providing end-to-end product support from strategy and design through to brand and messaging, culminating in a launched mobile app and desktop experience.
Hum2n
Facilitator
Helped Hum2n move from a bricks-and-mortar destination into the tech space, formalising an app experience that opened up a new revenue stream.
LiSA
Fractional
Worked closely with the co-founder (CTPO) and Head of Product to deliver a brand new experience for LiSA, pushing the boundaries of design to create something clients would truly love.
A few words we've written
A Year in the Life: The Benefits of Hiring a Fractional Design Leader
Why the right person in the room changes everything. The Power of a Great Facilitator
Common Ideas were the perfect solution for our business. They offered design expertise, without the need to commit lengthy contracts
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