From Corporate to Creative is a two-part intensive designed for the moment you know something has to change.

Think of it as a sandbox, taken seriously. It’s a protected space for us to test the creative dream you keep putting off. We will work with the identity shock of a (real or possible) major exit from corporate leadership and sketch a blueprint for your next chapter.

  • Our Focus: This is for the internal friction of a major life shift. You may have left already and be living with the aftermath of an exit, or still be weighing whether to stay, take on another big corporate role, or leave and build something of your own. Likely, your creativity is feeling stymied.

  • The Structure: Two 120-minute private intensives spaced one week apart, followed by a single, scheduled 60-minute integration call 30 days later.

  • The Outcome: A steadier sense of yourself, a tested version of your creative idea and a roadmap that will clarify whether you want to pivot, build something new, or breathe more creativity into the life you already have.

  • Best For: Those seriously thinking of leaving a major role, or who have recently left one. Founders navigating life immediately after a business sale. Women emerging from a major life transition: grief, divorce, or something else.

RUPTURE

Every transition begins when something breaks open. My intensives meet you in that space to work on what comes next.

Choose between:

The Creative Founder’s Intensive is a targeted live diagnostic for your venture.

A single, high-impact engagement to bring analytical rigour and strategic design to the most pressing operational challenge in your business right now.

  • Our Focus: A precise look at one urgent area of your business architecture. Rather than auditing your entire model in an afternoon, we use my blueprint to zero in on exactly what you need most today, whether it’s pricing structure, legal and financial planning, a hiring roadmap, or something else.

  • The Structure: One 150-minute private session, followed by a single, scheduled 60-minute integration call 30 days later.

  • The Outcome: Adding an experienced outsider’s perspective to your own thinking brings immediate clarity. Together, we will design an actionable 12-month focus map for that one problem.

  • Best For: Active founders and creative leaders who need one focused session to untangle a bottleneck and clear their immediate next steps.

Bess Sturman
Bess Sturman

the alignment process

The short, sharp nature of these intensives asks both of us for clear communication. You will need a readiness to summarise your situation clearly and to change perspectives with my support. I will be fully invested in our sessions, because I am uncompromising about fit.

Your pathway into one of my shorter programmes begins here.

Next steps:

  1. Apply: Complete a brief, confidential intake questionnaire outlining your current reality and select your intensive.

  2. Review: I will review your responses (usually within 48 hours) to ensure our alignment.

  3. Proposal: If there is a clear fit and a suitable slot is available, we will schedule a brief 15-minute call to align on expectations and logistics before I issue your formal proposal.

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