Services
We'll stage dive into your reality.
DARE YOUR CREATIVITY TO STAND OUT
We look ahead and liberate teams through strategy, unconstrained thinking, and crisp solutions that empower businesses to break free from convention and obstructionism.
WORK IT
We've spent the last 25+ years creating and delivering transformative experiences for the world's most renowned brands and top design institutions and universities. From MTV to Bloomingdale's, Avon to The Home Depot, Barclays to UPS, Deloitte to Savannah College of Art and Design, we’ve been integral to the success and growth of these organizations. We have sat where you are right now. Decades of working with in-house corporate teams and gritty startups have revealed what truly works—and what falls flat.
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Performed in-person, hybrid or remote, our services are designed for stakeholders, teams, senior executives, and C-suite leaders who are involved in strategy, product, design, operations, marketing, change, and policy. We partner with you to forge a powerful, unified vision of what success looks like, measured by outcomes, timing, cost, and effort.
​Led by Paul Stonick, you’ll gain a partner dedicated to crafting tailored solutions that fosters deeper connections with stakeholders and drives a shared vision of trust and collaboration. Because relationships matter, and we’re about connecting with people in meaningful ways. When you work with us, you’ll know us by name and face. We’re enthusiastic and want to make a difference with your teams.
Greatest Hits
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Hit The High Notes
Cranking up a solid design strategy isn’t just about grabbing attention—it’s about leveraging design as a catalyst for change and growth.
Outcomes: Adopt a mindset that affords the ability to focus more on problem-solving, execution, and better alignment with business goals.
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Amp Up Your Leadership
The art of Design Leadership combines crisp strategic insight with artistic vision. This coaching program emphasizes the importance of balancing creativity and strategy while staying adaptable to new ideas.
Outcomes: Unite teams around a bold and inspiring design vision.
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Taking Care Of Business
Learn how to align design strategies with business objectives, measure the impact of design investments, and effectively communicate design's value to stakeholders.
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Outcomes: Unlock new opportunities for creating value and success in your organization.
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Riff On Org Structure
KICK knows one size doesn’t fit all. We help organizations understand their current state, work towards a desired future, identify issues and opportunities, and effectively support people.
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Outcomes: Auditing of design maturity, structure, training, mentoring, career paths and modeling excellence.
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Culture Club
Culture is not bagels in the breakroom, free lunch, or cool furniture – it's a feeling. Today, and especially post-pandemic, people want to feel trusted, valued, recognized and empowered in their careers.
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Outcomes: Explore strategies and tactics to create trust, change and retention of talent.
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Almost Famous
Do you have a personal brand? What are you famous for, good or bad? Your personal brand is comprised of your story, values and differentiators. It's also what people say when you're not in the room, or in Slack.
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Outcomes: Techniques for crafting, managing and nurturing your personal brand.
OUR ANTHEM
We know nurturing relationships—both with our audiences and each other—grows business. We work alongside our clients as partners to create real value and deliver impactful outcomes.
OUTCOMES OVER OUTPUTS
We craft user-centric strategies that not only meet needs, but also ignites passion. Let’s deliver remarkable outcomes that capture hearts and minds of your teams, and ensures your brand always shines.
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UNDERSTAND REALITY
Our services are grounded in understanding people first. We blend empathy, old-school grit with interdependent thinking to get under the skin, identify the pain points and smash down barriers between teams to drive collaboration, creativity and transparency.
DEFINE OPPORTUNITY
We fuse strategic smarts with unconstrained thinking to hunt down opportunities and construct the fiercest strategies to seize them. It’s all about pushing boundaries and turning ideas into reality.
Like what you see? Let’s grab a chat and explore how we can turn it up to ten for your team.
WE'RE WITH THE BAND
