Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity (CINC)

What Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity (CINC) does

Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity (CINC) is a Denmark-based, for-profit research institute that commercializes more than a decade of neuroscience research on creative problem-solving, conducted by co-founder Morten Friis-Olivarius and a research team that includes a medical doctor with a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. The company's core product is the "Managing the Creative Mindset" two-day course, structured around 3 hours of preparatory e-learning and 9 hours of in-class "studio teaching," which teaches participants how to identify and manipulate practical and neurological creativity constraints to improve ideation and complex problem solving. The portfolio is rounded out by standalone lectures (~45 minutes), workshops (~3 hours), inspirational talks, and customized corporate programs for public and private sector organizations, with delivery available in English, Danish, and Norwegian.

CINC monetizes these offerings as professional services: participants pay for the open-enrollment two-day course (price includes training, lunch, snacks, and certification but is not publicly disclosed), while organizations book bespoke training through direct email and phone booking. The go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven, relying on direct outreach, TEDx-style speaking engagements, and earned media (TV2, Weekendavisen, Mashable, Videnskab) to drive demand. Customer segments are horizontal across private-sector firms, public-sector institutions, and executive individuals, with named exposure limited to Danish educational institutions (DTU, CBS, DIS).

Beyond its core training business, CINC operates from a headquarters in Dragør, Denmark, and maintains an international subsidiary, CINC Paris (led by Olivier Tharreau), with the company also claiming global delivery reach. It has spun out five ventures (Plato, Brevity, Co-cept, Work Face, Idea Chain) extending the NeuroCreativity research into separate productized offerings. The firm is privately held, founder-led, with no disclosed funding rounds, revenue figures, patents, or institutional investors in the source data.

Name

Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity (CINC)

Legal name

Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity (CINC)

Website

https://neurocreativity.dk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity (CINC) is a Denmark-based research institute that translates more than a decade of neuroscience research on creative problem-solving into applied training services, including a flagship two-day creativity course, lectures, workshops, and custom enterprise programs for public and private sector clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Creativity Training Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Business Schools and Computer and Management Training (6114)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving (EDABAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

DEI, Culture & Employee Engagement Training (BPACANAE)

Keywords

• Creativity training programs
• Neuroscience research services
• Corporate innovation training
• Professional development workshops
• Executive education courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Two Day Creativity Course: Open enrollment course with certification. Price includes two days training, lunch, snacks, and certification. Participants from various sectors mixed in diverse groups for networking.
2. Customized Corporate Training: Customised courses for public and private sector organizations, tailored to specific organizational needs.
3. Lectures and Workshops: Expert lectures (approximately 45 minutes) and workshops (approximately 3 hours) on neuroscience of creativity that can be booked as separate talks, mixed together, or integrated as part of longer interactive sessions.
4. Inspirational Talks: Brief introductory talks on neuroscience of creativity, including interactive demonstrations of divergent thinking capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CINC is a Denmark-based research and training company that delivers neuroscience-based creativity training. Its core offering is a two-day 'Managing the Creative Mindset' course that combines preparatory e-learning with supervised studio-style in-class training, supplemented by shorter lectures, workshops, and fully customized corporate programs for public and private sector organizations.

Product overview

CINC offers a portfolio of neuroscience-based creativity training solutions centered around the "Managing the Creative Mindset Course" as their primary offering, supplemented by lectures, workshops, and custom-designed programs for organizations. The approach draws from over a decade of neuroscientific research into creative problem solving, delivered through structured two-day courses, expert talks, and tailored corporate training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Managing the Creative Mindset Course (Two Day Creativity Course) A two-day creativity training course built on neuroscience of creativity research, including 3 hours of preparatory e-learning plus 9 hours of in-class training using the studio teaching method (short lectures combined with supervised multidisciplinary team work). Covers creative thought management, idea generation, the foundations of NeuroCreativity, creative constraints management, and solution generation. Includes certification, lunch, and snacks.
• Lectures and Workshops Expert lectures (approximately 45 minutes) and interactive workshops (approximately 3 hours) on the neuroscience of creativity, including topics such as creativity in business applications and frugal innovation. Available separately or integrated into longer interactive sessions, in English, Danish, and Norwegian.
• Custom Solutions Customised creativity training courses and programs tailored for public and private sector organizations, scoped to specific organizational needs and requested via direct contact with CINC.

Quantifiable outcome

• Participants become better equipped with tools and techniques to foster creativity in practice
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• PlatominorOthersCINC spin-off company. Website: http://meetplato.com/
• BrevityminorOthersCINC spin-off company. Website: http://neurocreativity.wixsite.com/brevity
• Co-ceptminorOthersCINC spin-off company. Website: http://www.co-cept.dk
• Work FaceminorOthersCINC spin-off company. Website: http://work-face.launchrock.com/
• Idea ChainminorOthersCINC spin-off company. Website: http://idea-chain.neurocreativity.dk/

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Strategyzer: Provides business model innovation training, certification and tooling to organizations and consultants. Comparable to CINC as a structured, methodology-driven innovation training provider with both open-enrollment courses and enterprise programs.
• The Inovo Group: Specialized innovation consulting firm offering innovation capability-building training and advisory to mid-market and enterprise clients. Directly comparable as a focused, smaller consultancy competing for the same corporate creativity-training budgets.
• Kaospilot: Denmark-based alternative business school focused on creative entrepreneurship, leadership and change-making education. Highly comparable to CINC as a fellow Danish-headquartered creative-leadership education brand serving both individuals and corporate clients.
• Hyper Island: Sweden-based provider of creative and business transformation learning programs for professionals and organizations. Directly comparable to CINC in offering experiential, non-traditional training for corporate and individual learners, with similar global delivery ambition.
• Second City Works: Corporate training arm of The Second City using improvisation-based methods to teach creativity, collaboration and innovation to business audiences. Highly comparable experiential, applied-creativity training model targeted at enterprise buyers.
• IDEO U: Online learning arm of design firm IDEO offering design thinking and innovation courses for individuals and organizations. Comparable to CINC in teaching structured creativity and innovation skills, though anchored in design thinking rather than neuroscience.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Innovation (Doblin): Deloitte's innovation practice (built around the acquired Doblin firm) delivers enterprise innovation strategy and capability-building. Overlaps with CINC's enterprise creativity-training value proposition but at global consulting scale.
• Frog Design (Capgemini Invent): Global design and innovation consultancy now part of Capgemini Invent, offering corporate clients creativity, design thinking and innovation services. Comparable to CINC's enterprise offering but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Stanford d.school: Stanford University's design thinking institute offering executive education, workshops and methods training on creative problem solving. Comparable academic-anchored creativity training brand with significant institutional credibility.

Emerging players

• ImprovEdge: Applied improvisation-based corporate training provider teaching creativity, communication and collaboration to business audiences. Comparable niche, experiential training methodology targeting enterprise learning and development buyers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/neurocreativity
• Facebookfacebook.com/neurocreativity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/4997689
• Instagraminstagram.com/neurocreativity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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