Hey, I’m Aden Date
I help bold leaders delight and engage their teams
Un-boring team development informed by Cognitive Science (not management fads)
A few friends I’ve met along the way
Prevent Death By PowerPoint
We know we want our people to be more wild, alive, and human, but our training is stale, boring, and predictable. We’re dumping truckloads of information on exhausted brains on Thursday only to wonder why our people aren’t more energised on Friday.
Cognitive science shows us that training doesn’t have to be boring. We learn best when we are engaged and delighted (yes, even for introverts and sceptics). It’s time to close our laptops, get off our arses, purge the PowerPoint and burn the Post-Its.
Break boredom and bring work to life (and life to work)
More Energy
More laughs, more learning, and more energy. Delight in work and unleash joy and insight for your team. No pumped-up jams, forced fun or motivational speakers needed.
More Creativity
Creativity happens when we’re playful, energised and connected to our colleagues. Unboring training opens space for the wisdom of your team to emerge spontaneously.
More Leadership
Say goodbye to micro- management. When team members discover their own agency, less top-down management is needed. Think Ted Lasso with (maybe?) fewer group hugs.
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❝ Something from Shani if she’ll allow it, mostly about how she overcame initial reluctance. I’ll need to check if she’s ok to have CSIRO attached to the testimonial. ❞
Shani Wende, L&D Specialist, CSIRO
Three ways you can work with me
Experience (Half-day)
Dive into unboring with a joyful, purposeful experience that connects your team. Open the space for creative courage and shift sticky behaviours with a half-day workshop.
Extend (Full day)
Pull back the curtain and connect unboring training to new ways of working.
Rediscover the wild human in your team with a full-day experience that brings the future of work to life.
Embed (Offsites/Bespoke)
Dive into unboring with a joyful, purposeful experience that connects your team. Open the space for creative courage and shift sticky behaviours with a half-day workshop.
of Australian employees consider themselves fully engaged at work.
of Australians acknowledged positive impacts of arts and creativity
Of Aden Dates think this would be a great fit for your team
Success with Student Success
Alan’s top-performing team went the extra mile…
❝ Testimonial from Alan about the work we have done together, in quote form. Alan’s team benefitted in these ways. The quote will end up being about this length.❞
Short para giving a little background on Alan. What does Alan do, what problem did he have when he came to you, and what was he dreaming of?
