Your Creative Partner for
Collaboration & Impact
We are a multidisciplinary design and facilitation practice supporting cities, organizations, and communities in building strong, inclusive ways of working together for a more just, caring, and sustainable future.
Organizations across sectors trust Creative Insights Studio
We work with
Municipalities & Public Sector / Private Sector / Cultural Sector & Civil Society Organisations
We are specialists in design and facilitation. We help organizations across sectors tackle complex challenges through collaborative, inclusive approaches. Our expertise isn't in your industry but it's in the processes that make collaboration work.
We practice Collaboration at every level
System Collaboration
We work with cities and public administrations to design collaborative frameworks, cross-sector partnerships, and place-based programs that address complex societal challenges and drive systemic change.
Organizational Collaboration
We support organizations in developing structures, services, and programs that enhance their collaborative capacity—through strategy development, facilitation, and implementation of cross-functional projects.
Community Collaboration
We engage with people and local communities to create inclusive spaces, participatory initiatives, and shared learning environments that strengthen social cohesion and collective action.
As your collaboration partner, we help you with:
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Design &
Strategy
We combine design thinking, research, and strategic insight to explore challenges and create context-specific solutions.
This could include: Design research & insights; Service design; and Strategic communication & impact storytelling
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Project Management
We support the implementation of collaborative initiatives from concept to delivery with clarity and care.
This could include: Multi-stakeholder coordination; Event & program development; and Procurement, marketing, and documentation
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Facilitation & Learning
We design and lead participatory processes and learning journeys that activate teams and communities.
This could include: Workshop and process facilitation; Team development & capacity-building; and Learning design (in-person & digital)
Insights & Conversations
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Good Place Podcast - How does a placemaking lab shape communities?
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Creative Helsingborg
Insights Report
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Social Innovation & Collaboration in Public Spaces - Söderscen Impact Report 2024
Report
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Why is Human-centered Design Essential in A Profit-centered World?
Design to Connect Podcast Guest
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How to develop social resilience via creative-cross innovations? Introducing NDPC’s webinar with Abbas Sbeity
Article NDPC
Who We Work With
Municipalities & Public Sector / Private Sector / Cultural Sector & Civil Society Organisations
What our clients are saying
At Contentor, collaboration is at the heart of everything we do and Abbas helped bring that to life. He created a space that was both energising and reflective, helping our team pause, connect, and see our work with fresh perspective. His hands-on, creative workshop brought clarity, alignment, and a stronger sense of team spirit so much that we plan to end the year with another workshop.
Parul Ghosh
Contentor
Abbas brought design research craft, methods and curiosity to our collaborations - and helped develop our product further through both creativity and pragmatism. I really appreciate his passion and dedication to learn and develop, both himself, and this work.
Sveinung Skaalnes
Colearn
I worked with Creative Insights Studio and Abbas within the project Cultural Pearls in 2024. Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture, one of the project partners, commissioned Abbas to work as a consultant and producer for the Seed-Money Initiative Roadmap. This guidebook was set to support the Cultural Pearls municipalities in establishing meaningful collaborations with their culture and creative sector professionals for the goal of added resilience in their communities.
Abbas was just the right professional for this task. It is quite rare to find this varied set of skills in only one person. Abbas knows very well the cultural sector, aswell as the municipalities. So right from the start it was very easy to build a common ground and he could relate to both of our target groups. Abbas created the visual guidebook, with very high quality and nice visual identity. Also, I appreciated his professional approach to outlining his own work and the overall flow of our collaboration. And when all things did not go as planned, Abbas was very flexible in making things work anyway.
Krista Petäjäjärvi
Nordic Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC)
