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Bold Workshops. Brave Conversations.

Unlock the value of your team. No two workshops are the same because no two teams are.
Every session is research backed, interactive and designed to spark team-led action.

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Perfect for leadership offsites, development days, conferences and whole-team sessions.

Recently Featured: No Umbrellas in conversation…

Our Founding Director, Florence Potter, brings bold, research-backed insights to these conversations with Lisa Leong (ABC) and Tom Bosna (Well Workplaces). These aren’t just interviews, they’re invitations to rethink how we work together.

9.6

average workshop rating out of 10.

100%

workshop participants said that they’d recommend No Umbrellas to friends and colleagues.

89%

of participants said they walked away with usable, team-ready tools.

54

number of sharpies that went missing in our workshops last year!

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EVENTS

SXSW Sydney 2025

No Umbrellas founder, Florence Potter joined Greg Graham (B&T), Scott Laird (WPP Media) , Richard Spencer (AgeInc) for a panel discussion at SXSW Sydney.

With an ageing population and shifting team dynamics, tackling age discrimination isn’t just a moral imperative, it’s a creative one. Team effectiveness, innovation and inclusion all depend on it. And yes, it starts with talking. Listening. Challenging. Rethinking. And not putting up umbrellas!

RADIO

How to nail collaboration between generations

Listen to No Umbrellas founder, Florence Potter, interview with Lisa Leong on ABC’s This Working Life

Listen to the podcast here

Learn how to build co-operation rather than friction, between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X and Baby Boomers. 
Instead of leaning on stereotypes, there are ways to work to the strengths of people in teams that include multiple generations.  

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PRINT

Why bosses should stop railing against Gen Z

See our Founder Florence Potter featured in the AFR for No Umbrellas.

Read the Australian Financial Review article here

They may do things differently, but new research suggests younger workers are often the most engaged and motivated segment of a company’s workforce. “Potter says the workshops encourage employees to reserve judgment and be curious about why their older or younger colleagues do things differently.”

Most importantly…[we] must move away from generational judgement and toward generational curiosity.

Professor Shelly Grunsted
University of Oklahoma

Forget the headlines.

Let’s talk about what really drives your team.

We don’t stand for stereotypes - our workshops are about looking behind the negative headlines, exploring generational norms and sharing the latest research. We then use that to better understand the differences between individuals but, more importantly, finding the commonalities. Then find ways of bridging the gaps, capitalising on the shared values and improving our ways of working.

Why Generations?