At Catalyst Ranch, we've created an environment that stirs up inspiration and creativity, making corporate meetings infinitely more productive and weddings and special events wildly original.
Welcome to Creative Juice: the Catalyst Ranch blog, where you'll find:
- our own insights into what makes creative magic happen at Catalyst Ranch
- activities and ideas you can use at home or with your colleagues, to juice up your imagination
- people, places and events around town that will feed your creative spirit
We're glad to have you here. Now fill up your cup!
Our most recent posts:
Local Inspiration: A Chicago Incubator for Science Startups
At Catalyst Ranch, we see ourselves as an incubator for the groups and individuals that come through and use our space. There are so many ways to engage and foster people’s ideas and [...]
Chicago is for Music Lovers: Lollapalooza 2024
It’s that time of year again! Lollapalooza is coming back to Chicago and with it, the biggest artists and bands across the music world will be lighting up Grant Park. Four days of live [...]
July is Disability Pride Month
Catalyst Ranch strives to be inclusive of all people because we believe that when we all truly work together, the knowledge and experience each person has from their background or culture will help create [...]
The power of a great pairing: The Windy City Smokeout festival
We here at Catalyst Ranch believe in collaboration as a key tool in innovation and creativity. When you're in the creating or building stage of a project, the pairing of two different things [...]
How to Leverage Your Environment to Activate Your Meeting Attendees
“Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it.” — John Kao, Jamming Why do people say that they need a change of environment or some fresh air when [...]
Midyear Color Check-In: Is Your 2024 as Peach Fuzz-y as Pantone’s?
Six months ago, the Pantone prognosticators heralded a year swathed in Peach Fuzz. Were they right? At the top of 2024, we challenged our clients to use the Pantone Color of the Year [...]
Books that Stir Our Creativity and Innovation
As proponents of innovation, creativity and play, naturally we at Catalyst Ranch are always seeking new ideas ourselves. And while there’s inspiration to be found in conversation and cultural happenings, there’s unique comfort [...]
Momentum and the Creative Process
At Catalyst Ranch we try to avoid labels, but if you were going to generalize, you might describe us as creative, fun and artistic types! You probably won’t have our blog in mind if [...]
Improv, Leaders and Radical Empathy: Discussing I See You! with author Erin Diehl
We're just abuzz at the Ranch this week, because a brand new book has its Chicago launch party at our space! And it's all the sweeter because it's the debut book from none other [...]
At Catalyst Ranch, we've created an environment that stirs up inspiration and creativity, making corporate meetings infinitely more productive and weddings and special events wildly original.
Welcome to Creative Juice: the Catalyst Ranch blog, where you'll find:
- our own insights into what makes creative magic happen at Catalyst Ranch
- activities and ideas you can use at home or with your colleagues, to juice up your imagination
- people, places and events around town that will feed your creative spirit
We're glad to have you here. Now fill up your cup!
Our most recent posts:
Local Inspiration: A Chicago Incubator for Science Startups
At Catalyst Ranch, we see ourselves as an incubator for the groups and individuals that come through and use our space. There are so many ways to engage and foster people’s ideas and [...]
Chicago is for Music Lovers: Lollapalooza 2024
It’s that time of year again! Lollapalooza is coming back to Chicago and with it, the biggest artists and bands across the music world will be lighting up Grant Park. Four days of live [...]
July is Disability Pride Month
Catalyst Ranch strives to be inclusive of all people because we believe that when we all truly work together, the knowledge and experience each person has from their background or culture will help create [...]
The power of a great pairing: The Windy City Smokeout festival
We here at Catalyst Ranch believe in collaboration as a key tool in innovation and creativity. When you're in the creating or building stage of a project, the pairing of two different things [...]
How to Leverage Your Environment to Activate Your Meeting Attendees
“Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it.” — John Kao, Jamming Why do people say that they need a change of environment or some fresh air when [...]
Midyear Color Check-In: Is Your 2024 as Peach Fuzz-y as Pantone’s?
Six months ago, the Pantone prognosticators heralded a year swathed in Peach Fuzz. Were they right? At the top of 2024, we challenged our clients to use the Pantone Color of the Year [...]
Books that Stir Our Creativity and Innovation
As proponents of innovation, creativity and play, naturally we at Catalyst Ranch are always seeking new ideas ourselves. And while there’s inspiration to be found in conversation and cultural happenings, there’s unique comfort [...]
Momentum and the Creative Process
At Catalyst Ranch we try to avoid labels, but if you were going to generalize, you might describe us as creative, fun and artistic types! You probably won’t have our blog in mind if [...]
Improv, Leaders and Radical Empathy: Discussing I See You! with author Erin Diehl
We're just abuzz at the Ranch this week, because a brand new book has its Chicago launch party at our space! And it's all the sweeter because it's the debut book from none other [...]