What climer consulting does

Climer Consulting is a sole proprietorship founded in 2003 by Dr. Amy Climer and headquartered in Asheville, NC, that provides speaking, training, and facilitation services focused on creativity, innovation, and team development. Its core offering is the Deliberate Creative® methodology — a research-based framework developed through Dr. Climer's PhD work in Leadership and Change that systematizes team innovation through a three-dimensional team model and an associated Deliberate Creative® Team Scale assessment. Adjacent productized IP includes Climer Cards (a trademarked 52-card physical and virtual deck used for facilitation worldwide), The Deliberate Facilitator Program (a cohort-based training program for facilitators), and the 2025-published book Deliberate Creative Teams: How to Lead for Innovative Results.

The business operates as a hybrid services-and-product company with seven identifiable revenue streams: keynote speaking engagements, customized training workshops (half-day to three-day, in-person or virtual), team-building programs and retreats, conference emcee services, Climer Cards product sales, book sales through major retailers and direct bulk orders, and the Deliberate Creative Podcast (100+ episodes on creativity, innovation, human-centered design, and facilitation). Pricing is quote-based with no published rate cards. Go-to-market is sales-led and event-driven, leveraging thought-leadership content (podcast, blog, social media, newsletter, published book, TEDx talk) as a top-of-funnel mechanism, with direct client engagement via website, phone, and email for conversion.

Climer Consulting serves more than 200 organizations across at least six horizontal segments: corporate enterprises (notably Mayo Clinic, Google, Kohler, Toppers Pizza, FOX Sports, Duluth Trading), federal and state government agencies (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Strategic Command, Pacific Northwest National Labs, National Conference of State Legislators), higher education institutions (Stanford, University of Wisconsin–Madison, NC State), healthcare organizations (St. Croix Regional Medical Center, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals), professional associations (National Speakers Association, Association for Experiential Education), and non-profits. Dr. Climer holds Certified Speaking Professional and Certified Virtual Presenter credentials from the National Speakers Association and is the recipient of the Karl Rohnke Creativity Award (2016), the Goody Business Book Award (2025), the Axiom Business Book Award (2025), and CEO Monthly's Most Influential CEO of Creativity Training (2026).

Name

climer consulting

Legal name

Dr. Amy Climer

Website

https://climerconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Climer Consulting is a sole proprietorship founded in 2003 by Dr. Amy Climer that delivers speaking, training, and facilitation services focused on creativity, innovation, and team development, built on the proprietary Deliberate Creative® methodology and serving 200+ organizations across corporate, government, healthcare, education, and association sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Training and Coaching Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Learning, Training & Corporate Education Consulting (BPAHAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Meeting & Conference Planning & Coordination (HSACADAA)

Keywords

• Creativity training
• Team building workshops
• Innovation consulting
• Keynote speaking services
• Facilitator training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Asheville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Speaking Engagements: Keynote speaking at conferences, corporate events, and association meetings. Dr. Climer delivers engaging presentations on creativity, leadership, and change management tailored to specific audience needs.
2. Training Programs and Workshops: Customized creativity training, facilitator training, and team building programs delivered in-person or virtually. Workshops range from half-day to three-day sessions for executives, mid-level managers, or employees.
3. Team Building Programs: Top-tier team-building programs and off-site retreats designed and delivered by Dr. Climer, tailored to each group's distinct requirements.
4. Emcee Services: Conference emcee services for associations and organizations hosting large events, providing engagement, speaker coordination, and event flow management.
5. Climer Cards Product Sales: Sale of physical and virtual Climer Cards decks - creativity and teambuilding tools used worldwide across various settings.
6. Book Sales: Sale of 'Deliberate Creative Teams: How to Lead for Innovative Results' published in 2025, available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, and direct orders. Bulk orders available for organizations.
7. Podcast: The Deliberate Creative Podcast (100+ episodes) serves as both a marketing channel and revenue driver, building audience and establishing thought leadership in the creativity and innovation space.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Climer Consulting delivers keynote speaking, customized creativity and innovation training, facilitator certification programs, team-building retreats, and conference emcee services to organizations worldwide. The practice also sells physical facilitation products (Climer Cards) and a published book based on its proprietary Deliberate Creative® methodology developed from Dr. Amy Climer's PhD research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Deliberate Creative Team®: A research-based team model and scale developed by Dr. Amy Climer for measuring and enhancing team creativity.
• Climer Cards®
• The Deliberate Creative Podcast
• The Deliberate Facilitator Program

Products and services

• Keynote Speaking Engagements Customized keynote presentations on creativity, leadership, change management, and innovation delivered by Dr. Amy Climer at conferences, corporate events, association meetings, and virtual summits.
• Creativity Training Workshops Customized half-day to three-day in-person or virtual workshops that teach teams and leaders Dr. Climer's Deliberate Creative methodology for innovation on demand.
• Team Building Programs and Retreats Top-tier team-building programs and customized off-site retreats designed and facilitated by Dr. Amy Climer for executive teams, mid-level managers, and intact work groups.
• Conference Emcee Services Professional conference emcee services for associations and organizations hosting large events, including speaker coordination, audience engagement, and event flow management.
• The Deliberate Facilitator Program A cohort-based training program for intermediate to experienced trainers and facilitators, built around the facilitation model developed by Dr. Amy Climer.
• Climer Cards A physical and virtual 52-card deck featuring watercolor paintings, used by facilitators, teachers, parents, therapists, and camp counselors worldwide for team building activities, deepening conversations, and generating creative ideas.
• Deliberate Creative Teams Book The published book 'Deliberate Creative Teams: How to Lead for Innovative Results' (2025), based on Dr. Amy Climer's PhD dissertation and two decades of consulting experience, available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Books-A-Million, and direct orders with bulk discounts for organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Teams learn to generate dozens to hundreds of new ideas through structured ideation processes, moving beyond ineffective traditional brainstorming
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm offering leadership development, team effectiveness, and culture-change services. It overlaps with Climer's leadership and team development offerings as part of a much broader consulting portfolio.
• Blanchard (The Ken Blanchard Companies): Blanchard provides leadership and management training programs (e.g., SLII) to organizations worldwide. It competes for the same enterprise L&D budget as Climer but with broader leadership content and a larger licensee network.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Dale Carnegie provides established leadership, communication, and team training programs delivered through a global licensee network. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Climer's leadership-and-team offerings but with a far larger brand and delivery footprint.
• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a large leadership and organizational training provider selling content like 'The 7 Habits' to enterprises globally. It competes with Climer for leadership-training budget but at much broader scope and scale.

Direct peers

• LUMA Institute: LUMA Institute offers human-centered design and innovation training programs, including a certified practitioner network. It is directly comparable to Climer Consulting as a focused creativity/innovation training provider with a licensed-delivery model.
• The Second City: The Second City delivers team building, leadership, and creativity workshops using improv-based methods to corporate clients. It overlaps with Climer's experiential, facilitation-driven approach to team creativity training.
• Mind Gym: Mind Gym is a performance consulting firm that delivers behavior-change workshops and training to large enterprises. It targets the same corporate L&D buyer as Climer Consulting with a more productized, scaled delivery model.
• IDEO U: IDEO U is the online learning and corporate training arm of IDEO, teaching design thinking and innovation skills. It competes for the same corporate creativity-training budget as Climer Consulting, with deeper brand recognition.
• FourSight: FourSight provides the Thinking Preferences assessment and training programs used by facilitators worldwide. It is directly comparable to the Deliberate Creative® Team Scale as an assessment-driven creativity-training IP.
• Creative Education Foundation (CPSI): The Creative Education Foundation promotes Creative Problem Solving (CPS) methodology and runs the annual CPSI conference. It is a direct peer in the creativity-training and facilitation space, with the same target buyer (facilitators, trainers, L&D leaders).

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@AmyClimer
• Facebookfacebook.com/climerconsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/climer-consulting
• Instagraminstagram.com/amyclimer

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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