Melissa Dinwiddie

Why Choose Me? Because your audience has heard "be more innovative" a hundred times — and it hasn't worked. What they haven't experienced is a session that makes them feel what innovation as a practice actually looks like: the permission to generate bad ideas, the relief of moving before everything is perfect, and the surprise of discovering that even the most analytical mind in the room is more creative than they thought. I especially love working with the teams most likely to check out during creativity sessions — engineers, project managers, data scientists, HR leaders — and I design every program to meet them where they are. No buzzwords, no fluff. Real tools they can use the next morning. A few things that set my work apart: Designed for skeptics. My framework was built for analytical teams who are convinced they're not creative. That's not a bug — it's the whole point. Rooted in neuroscience and practice, not inspiration. Audiences leave with a felt experience and a repeatable process, not just a motivational high that fades by Monday. Proven with real teams. From 125 project managers at PMI SF Bay Area to HR leaders at SHRM chapters across the country, the feedback is consistent: "One of the best sessions I've attended." "I could see the breakthroughs happening — it was ELECTRIC." A book in their hands. Every program can be paired with Innovation at Work, giving attendees 52 ready-to-use micro-experiments to keep the momentum going long after the event ends. If you're looking for a speaker who will entertain and inspire your audience — and leave them with something they'll actually use — let's talk.