Amy Climer
CVP

Amy Climer

Ph.D., CSP

NC, US
Amy's motto is "be deliberate to be creative." She uses research-based practices, engaging stories, and proven processes to teach teams and organizations to innovate on demand.
certified virtual presenter

Dr. Amy Climer is a best-selling author and expert on innovation in teams. She facilitates innovation with forward-thinking organizations such as Mayo Clinic, FOX Sports, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the University of Wisconsin. With a PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University and over 25 years of experience working with leaders and teams, she is widely regarded by executives as an asset to helping lead for innovation. She is the author of the best-selling book Deliberate Creative Teams: How to Lead for Innovative Results, a book for leaders who want their teams to be more creative, but don’t know where to start. Dr. Climer’s TEDx talk The Power of Deliberate Creative Teams explains her research and philosophies on innovation. She is the designer of Climer Cards, a creativity and teambuilding tool used by thousands to deepen conversations and generate ideas. Dr. Climer is a Certified Speaking Professional and Certified Virtual Presenter meaning that she is equally comfortable keynoting on a big stage, facilitating a retreat, or leading a webinar. In 2016, she won the Karl Rhonke Creativity Award from the Association for Experiential Education. In 2024 and 2025, CEO Monthly recognized Dr. Climer as the Most Influential CEO of Team Development in the Southeast. As an innovation consultant, she can help any leader whose team is stuck to experience innovative success by utilizing her Deliberate Creative Team system.

Amy Certificado de presentador virtual

Dr. Amy Climer is a best-selling author and expert on innovation in teams. She facilitates innovation with forward-thinking organizations such as Mayo Clinic, FOX Sports, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the University of Wisconsin. With a PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University and over 25 years of experience working with leaders and teams, she is widely regarded by executives as an asset to helping lead for innovation. She is the author of the best-selling book Deliberate Creative Teams: How to Lead for Innovative Results, a book for leaders who want their teams to be more creative, but don’t know where to start. Dr. Climer’s TEDx talk The Power of Deliberate Creative Teams explains her research and philosophies on innovation. She is the designer of Climer Cards, a creativity and teambuilding tool used by thousands to deepen conversations and generate ideas. Dr. Climer is a Certified Speaking Professional and Certified Virtual Presenter meaning that she is equally comfortable keynoting on a big stage, facilitating a retreat, or leading a webinar. In 2016, she won the Karl Rhonke Creativity Award from the Association for Experiential Education. In 2024 and 2025, CEO Monthly recognized Dr. Climer as the Most Influential CEO of Team Development in the Southeast. As an innovation consultant, she can help any leader whose team is stuck to experience innovative success by utilizing her Deliberate Creative Team system.

Amy Certificado de presentador virtual

The Deliberate Creative: How to Innovate on Demand

If you want to be creative and you wait for inspiration to strike you might be waiting a long time. Artist, inventors, entrepreneurs, and other highly creative people deliberately use creative strategies to help them be more innovative and implement change. In this workshop, learn and practice the Creative Problem Solving process, a research-based strategy that has been used in corporations and organizations around the world. Employees have used the Creative Problem Solving process to...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changing

Deliberate Creativity: 3 Elements of Innovation

Creativity is not a special talent that some of us are born with. We all have the capacity to be creative. However, most people do not understand how creativity really works and how to tap into their own creativity. Over 60% of CEOs claim it is the #1 skill they look for in employees. Yet, organizations often inadvertently hinder creativity and innovation. In this keynote, learn three elements organizations need if they want to foster innovation. By using stories, sharing...

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Beyond Brainstorming: Idea Generation Tools That Work

Since the 1950's research has shown that typical brainstorms often don't work. In this fast-paced interactive workshop, explore new ways to generate ideas quickly and what research says about the ineffectiveness of typical brainstorms. Bring a challenge you have been working on and leave with lots of new ideas.
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Creative Synergy for Teams

Creative synergy is the interactions amongst team members where the collective creative results are greater than the sum of their individual efforts. When teams achieve creative synergy the results can be amazing. However, teams are complex. Many fumble because of lack of purpose, poor team dynamics, or not understanding the creative process. This workshop will reveal recent research identifying three components all teams need in order to achieve creative synergy. Learn what you can do to...
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Leading Engaging Virtual Meetings

Lame virtual meetings were acceptable when we were first grounded by COVID. Now that virtual meetings are the norm, it's time to make them amazing!

Meetings are critical to collaborative work. Meetings are where teams define new problems, explore new approaches, brainstorm ideas, and share creative insights to real problems. At least, that's what happens in effective meetings.

Ineffective meetings are plagued by distracted participants and disengaged team members. They are boring,...

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Leadership Lessons from an Explorer: Shackleton's Journey of Endurance

In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton led a team of explorers to Antarctica aboard the ship Endurance. His ship's name said it all as the ice froze around the ship and the men were stranded for over a year. Shackleton performed the unimaginable and returned to England without a single death and his heroic leadership was heralded. Even today, 100 years later, his philosophies and leadership style are applicable to any setting involving a team. Learn how applying Shackleton's methods can...
LeadershipEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

Make it Experiential! Workshop Design and Facilitation Tools for Amazing Trainings

Lectures are boring. After 10 minutes we get fidgety, start zoning out, and learning goes down the tubes. Research shows that experiential education results in greater learning and engagement by students. In this fast-paced workshop learn the tools and techniques needed to make your trainings more active, interesting, and relevant leaving participants eager for more. The first portion will be focused on understanding experiential education theory and strategies, the second...

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Amy Certificado de presentador virtual