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Tim Reid

Tim is a BAFTA winning TV comedy writer and a creativity expert. Tim has been a top class speaker for over 10 years and is passionate about inspiring teams and leaders to up their creativity and have bigger, better ideas.

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£5500 - £6000

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£3500 - £4000

Tim shares stories from his years as a creator of some of our favourite funny shows and from his time as a global brand builder and innovator, to show how creativity is not a talent but a way of working.

Tim is a multiple award-winning television comedy writer, best known for co-creating and co-writing TV comedies such as the BAFTA winning sitcom, ‘Peter Kay’s Car Share’, and the BAFTA nominated ‘Meet the Richardsons’, starring comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont.

Tim hosts a podcast called Fist of Firsts where he chats to some of the biggest names in comedy, music and art to uncover their creative processes and secrets. Tim’s guests have included Russell Kane, Zoe Lyons, Richard Herring, Seann Walsh, Jed Mercurio, Richard Hawley and many more of the most creative minds.

But as well as being a successful comedy writer and podcaster, Tim is a world class innovation expert, and he’s worked for some of the world’s most creative organisations, including global ad agencies, innovation consultancies and the BBC. He’s helped clients from beer brands to broadcasters, confectioners to condom makers reimagine the future and re-invent their businesses.

From his unique position as both a successful innovation consultant and comedy writer, Tim has drawn together a practical guide to having bigger, better ideas by applying the trade secrets used by top creative professionals, comedians and writers. And to build on his library of stories and collection of creative tools,

Tim’s talks inspire teams and leaders to think differently, collaborate with more productive energy and create big ideas that actually happen.

Over the last ten years Tim has built a reputation as an engaging, entertaining speaker who knows how to keep an audience laughing while sharing instantly usable creative tools.

“It was a fantastic session from Tim. The team were inspired and found the tools for letting ideas develop and how to improve them really useful. Tim is a great speaker and brought great energy to the afternoon. He was very entertaining too!”
“Tim was fabulous. The team really took to him and absorbed what he was saying. I have had many commnets following the session saying how much they took from it and how useful it was. As well as being entertaining!”
“Tim’s creativity training was fantastic. The day itself was motivating and engaging and the techniques we learnt have revolutionised how we run brainstorms, and in fact what we now see as a brainstorm! He gave us hints and tips to help us roll this process out and ensure companywide adoption.”
“Tim is one of the most versatile ‘admen’ I know – almost a one man agency in fact! An award winning writer, he’s also an intelligent planner and an effective client handler who inspires everyone with the quality of his thinking, and also his passion and professionalism. Whatever he touches turns to gold. Give him any brief and it’s in safe hands – you’ll get everything you wanted and more.”
“Tim was very instrumental in helping us build a great international innovation pipeline. He brought us his strong experience with different companies both at strategic and project management levels, and demonstrated great abilities to work with many different cultures.”
“I have known Tim for a number of years, originally when he was at McCann Erickson Manchester and latterly whilst he has been at What If in Manchester. I find Tim a great person to work with, he has lots of energy, he is insightful and a great planner. I would have no hesitation in recommending Tim.”
“An excellent session. Tim was a very compelling speaker; passionate, energetic and really useful techniques. A great presenter and really good at keeping the audience engaged.”
“Tim is a world class creative communicator. He is able to inspire a group to different thinking that takes brands and strategic thinking to new levels. He is energetic. He is eloquent. He can tell truth to power. I look forward to working with him again.”
“Tim brings a precious mix of business smartness and ingenious thinking.”
“Under Tim’s expert guidance, he took the cross-functional team on a truly creative journey which led the team to thinking differently about creating solutions born from true insight.”
“Tim is one of the most talented people I know. He uses his intelligence eloquently and creatively to deliver creative solutions. He has the clarity of thought that makes him an outstanding planner and the personality to take all audiences with him. He’s great fun to be with too!”
“Tim’s content added so much value to our members’ experience. We have had nothing but great feedback from our members who thoroughly enjoyed the day.”
“Tim challenged our assumptions, expanded our thinking and stimulated some brilliant ideas.”
“Tim was a fantastic, exciting speaker. The session was engaging, fun and practical.”

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