Date:
Neustiftgasse 33, 1070 Vienna
Creative Problem Solving for Everyday Life & Work
Thoughts going in circles. A feeling that can't quite be put into words. A decision that somehow won't move forward.
What if the way out isn't in your head – but on paper? In this workshop, the pen becomes a thinking tool. Not for writing beautifully. Not for taking notes. But for thinking itself – visible, tangible, surprisingly alive.
What happens in three hours?
You bring a real topic with you – something that's been on your mind at work or in everyday life. And then: get it out onto paper. Using both playful and structured methods, you take it apart, turn it around, look at it from angles you hadn't seen before. Problem clustering, creative writing techniques, visual thinking tools – all analogue, all done by hand.
No laptop. No scrolling. Just you, a sheet of paper and a pen.
Why does it work?
Because the brain thinks in circles – but the hand doesn't lie. The moment a thought lands on paper, it stops being abstract. It becomes something you can touch, rearrange and transform. Writing slows things down – and in that slowness, something unexpected happens: clarity.
In a world full of screens, paper is an act of returning to what matters: writing by hand makes life more tactile, more analogue and more creative – giving human creativity the space it needs to truly flourish.
At the end of the workshop, you won't walk away with an empty to-do list, but with a real, self-developed decision – handwritten, well thought through, and entirely yours.
Duration: c.a. 3 hours
Language: English and German if necessary
Course leader: Francesca Romana Cordella
Cancellation conditions
More than 1 week before: 95% of the course fee will be refunded.
Less than 1 week before: 80% of the course costs will be refunded.
3 days before: 50% of the course costs will be refunded.
Less than 3 days before: No refund.
Minimum number of participants 4 persons.
If fewer places are paid for up to 1 day before the course starts, the course will be cancelled. The full course fee will be refunded.