The Creative Pause
Cards
A two-minute pause. One card. One question. Then back to work — but different. 52 prompts across four practices, designed for the desk, the meeting, the moment before you default to the obvious answer.
- 52 cards in the signature green and gold box
- A numbered card — yours, never replaced
- A signed thank you, handwritten by Adanma
- Founder's Circle access — early thinking, expansion packs first
- A digital companion sent immediately while you wait for shipping
shipping
1 of 100
and made in UK
A taste of the practice
Each category is a different
kind of creative move.
Three prompts from each category below. The remaining 40 arrive with your deck.
Begin
The first move when you're stuck
Begin while you're still uncertain. That's when it counts.
The blank page isn't the problem. What is?
The half-formed thought — what's it trying to become?
+ 10 more in the deck
Reflect
Look inward honestly
Where did you stop trusting yourself — and why?
What's the signal in this you've been ignoring?
What assumption did this break for you?
+ 10 more in the deck
Experiment
Create without attachment
Try the version that feels too simple.
Give yourself permission to get it wrong.
The weird idea you dismissed — come back to it.
+ 10 more in the deck
Release
Clear what's in the way
Whose voice is that, telling you no?
What belief about your creativity are you ready to put down?
What did you start to think before you stopped yourself?
+ 10 more in the deck
The remaining 40 prompts arrive with your deck.
Pull one. Begin.
How to begin
Three ways in
The cards are yours to use however feels right. There's no wrong way. But here are three rituals that work.
The morning card
Pull one before opening your laptop. Don't answer it. Let it sit with you while you work. Notice if anything surfaces.
The stuck moment
When you find yourself going in circles on a problem, pause. Pull a card from any category. Let the question redirect your thinking — even briefly.
The weekly reset
One evening a week, pull three cards in this order — Reflect, Release, Begin. Spend a few minutes with each. A way of closing one week and beginning the next.
Beyond the core deck
Specialist packs
for specific contexts
Each expansion pack is 13 prompts designed for a particular kind of work. Sold separately or bundled with workshops.
Available
Campaign
For when the brief needs a bigger idea
For marketing teams working on briefs and campaign concepts. 13 prompts that push past the safe answer to something genuinely distinctive.
13 cards · £20 standalone · Bundled with workshops
Available
Leadership
For when the decision needs clearer thinking
For senior teams making big decisions, setting direction, navigating uncertainty. Anchored in research from Multipliers, The Fearless Organisation, and others.
13 cards · £20 standalone · Bundled with workshops
Available
Innovation
For when the problem needs a fresh angle
For product, strategy, and innovation teams generating new ideas. Drawing on design thinking, IDEO methods, and AI-era innovation challenges.
13 cards · £20 standalone · Bundled with workshops
What happens when you pull one
Three real moments
A Tuesday afternoon
"It was 3pm on a Tuesday. I was three rounds into a campaign brief that wasn't landing. I pulled an Experiment card — 'What's the core of this — before everything else got added?' I sat with it. Within ten minutes I'd thrown out two slides that had been carrying the whole pitch. The thing underneath was simpler than I'd been making it. The campaign got approved that Friday."
Before a difficult conversation
"I had a conversation coming up that I'd been avoiding. I pulled a Release card without thinking — 'Whose voice is that, telling you no?' I realised the voice I was hearing wasn't the person I was about to talk to. It was someone from years ago. Once I noticed that, the conversation got easier."
On a Sunday evening
"I was anxious about Monday. I pulled a Begin card — 'You don't have to choose perfectly. Just choose one.' That's the one I needed. I made a small decision about something I'd been agonising over for two weeks. The decision wasn't perfect. But it was made. And the Sunday anxiety lifted."
Practical questions
FAQs
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52 prompt cards (85 x 120mm, 350gsm silk-laminated stock), a folded leaflet with the welcome and three rituals, and a forest green and gold box.
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Founder Editions ship September 2026. Standard decks ship from September onwards. UK orders typically arrive within 5 working days of dispatch.
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Yes. The cards are the foundation of every Creative Pause workshop. They work the same in the room as they do at your desk.
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The Founder Edition is one of the first 100 ever made — numbered, signed, with a handwritten thank you and access to the Founder's Circle. The standard deck is the same 52 cards in the same box, without the numbering or signing. Once the Founder Editions are gone, they're gone.
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Yes. Three additional 13-card expansion packs sit alongside the core deck — Campaign (for marketing teams), Leadership (for senior teams), and Practice (for personal creative practice). Available separately or bundled.
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Yes. For teams, see the For Teams page where you'll find self-hosted kits, virtual workshops, and in-person facilitated sessions.
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