Solve marketing challenges in hours, instead of weeks.
The Navigator Collective is a branding and marketing consultancy that unites stakeholders and empowers them to solve complex problems, together, fast.
Co-Creation is our secret sauce.
Teams get more done when they solve problems together. Yet in so many organizations, there are multiple factors that keep teams apart. These same factors tend to make workshops downright awful.
We exist to flip that script. We specialize in getting the right people in the room, breaking down organizational silos, removing hierarchy, overcoming traditional power dynamics, and empowering everyone on the team to solve problems faster than anyone thought possible.
Technology, meet Psychology.
Group problem solving is too often limited by functional silos, vertical hierarchy, geography, language, culture, power dynamics and even interpersonal styles.
Failing to address these challenges can make working sessions feel downright exhausting for participants, and leave organizers regretting the wasted time, effort and expense.
We believe great ideas absolutely do come from everywhere. But, without the right structure and nurture, they probably won’t.
That’s why we created our one-of-a-kind everybrAIn methodology. It’s built on powerful ideation frameworks used by the world’s most innovative companies. And it also addresses the true elephant in the room – the psychology of taking creative risks and sharing ideas with peers. When the hierarchy is elimited, the room feels welcoming. When judgment is removed, ideas can flow. When people understand themselves and their peers, they learn how to collaborate better. With everbrAIn - teams get valuable results in hours.
No one empowers & accelerates teams the way we do.
“The workshop saved us thousands of dollars, and at least 2 months.”
—Diane Rames
Treasurer, American Advertising Federation SF Bay Area
Exceptionally-trained facilitators
Our workshop facilitators are 20+ year veterans in their fields, coming from diverse functional disciplines, and bringing a wide variety of industry experience. But that’s only half the story. We give every facilitator extensive training in 8 key psychology and technology disciplines to make them truly exceptional at the art of motivating teams and unlocking creativity.
Outstanding group dynamics
Creative risk-taking only happens when people feel empowered and safe to do so. When they aren’t afraid of judgment from peers or superiors. When they aren’t bickering or quietly retreating. When they have the time they need to think, and the creative inspiration to dream. We meticulously design the mechanics of our working sessions to bring people together, eliminate hierarchy, remove silos, and strip away power dynamics. Participants are energized, and organizers get the solutions they need.
Enhanced with the power of Generative AI
While AI is not the primary herb and spice in our secret sauce, it is a key part of the recipe. We’ve taken a uniquely empowering approach to AI, creating a team of highly-trained AI Agents with expertise in Creative Concepting, Design Thinking, Business Strategy, Social Psychology and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. The agents serve as thought partners to the working team, enabling people to push further and ideate faster than they previously thought possible.
Feedback has been very positive:
“10 out of 10. Nobody else is doing what you’re doing right now.”
—Todd Sommers
President, OH Partners
“The innovation workshop expanded my idea of what my campaign event could be. I fully intend to use the event concept this year.”
—Sarah Harrison
Candidate for Wisconsin State Assembly
“The innovation session sparked hundreds of ideas, and also fostered deeper team collaboration. It accelerated our path to transformation in a fun, sustainable way.”
—Patrick Conreaux
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Sageworx
“At one point our team spontaneously started clapping because we had a major breakthrough.”
—Jamie Perkins
Head of Strategic Marketing and Communications, Saint Francis High School
“The ideas from the innovation session were so on-brand and actionable, it blew me away.”
—Carolyn Hoskins
Executive Director, Domini Hoskins Black History Museum
“This is an incredible new way to use market research—we saved hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars.”
“We generated over 1,000 ideas in a matter of hours, and refined them into 12 powerful, feasible concepts. The experience was transformative, leaving us with actionable strategies to elevate our client’s presence and mission."
—Carol Hood
VP, Digital Creative Director, Carol. H. Williams Advertising
—Dr. Marthinus JC van Loggerenberg
President, American Advertising Federation SF Bay Area, and Director of the Advertising Program at University of San Francisco