What is Creative intelligence
Creative Intelligence (CI) is the innate capacity in all of us to generate insight, meaning, and connection through the imaginative act—whether or not we consider ourselves “creative.” It’s how we see, sense, and shape the world, enhancing how we think, communicate, solve problems, and lead. CI lives where intuition and intellect meet—where AHA moments spark clarity, originality, and deeper self-alignment. Building Creative Intelligence strengthens not just our projects, but our presence, self-awareness, and ability to move through life with agility, joy, and purpose. These tools are taught across disciplines—to adult learners, college students, and private sector professionals alike.
NEW Courses coming soon
Get ready for Aha! Ignite Your Creative Process—my signature course that’s helped thousands discover their voice and finally start. And for an entry point, You Have Permission: A Creative Kickstart is your invitation to ditch perfection, quiet self-doubt, and begin right where you are, and with joy. These offerings are designed for individuals across sectors and life stages—whether you’re writing, filmmaking, practicing law or medicine, leading teams, playing sports, documenting a family legacy, dreaming, or rebuilding momentum. These courses are here to fuel your confidence, self-reliance, and your next creative leap.
Your Guide
Niloufar Talebi is a trailblazing creative force—a multidisciplinary artist, author, award-winning translator, and visionary educator who has spent decades redefining how we tell stories, translate experience, and connect across difference. Through her multidisciplinary work in literature, performance, and education, she has helped thousands awaken their Creative Intelligence and reclaim their agency. Her signature AHA Method has been taught in classrooms, boardrooms, and workshops around the world—to students, professionals, creatives, and changemakers from all walks of life. Rooted in lived experience and decades of pedagogy, her multimodal method teaches individuals and institutions how to tap into deeper presence, sharper insight, and true originality in an age of distraction and automation. With her signature “Aha” process, she invites others to discover not only how their mind and insights operate, but what they are capable of and who they become when they create.
“This workshop felt like the practical training I didn’t know I needed—it built on my law school communication courses but shifted my focus to something new: how the audience actually receives what I’m trying to say. I’d love to go even deeper.”
““Before this course, I didn’t even know I had a creative process—now I not only understand it, I’ve built one that reflects who I am. It’s changed how I study, how I write, how I think. This class didn’t just teach creativity—it taught me how to understand myself.””
“Niloufar is a treasure—a dynamic, inspiring presence whose creativity and insight left a lasting impact on our dental team and students at the University of the Pacific. Her workshops energized the room, elevated our practice, and reminded us of the human connection at the heart of healthcare. We can’t wait to work with her again!”
“I didn’t think I was creative. But through this process, I realized creativity is how I’ve survived, solved problems, changed careers, raised kids, and started over—again and again. I just never had a name for it. This course helped me claim it.”
“I think Niloufar Talebi was a wonderful instructor. I felt her passion and loved how consistent she was with the structures and systems of her class. I loved that I felt encouraged, pushed, and guided. In previous online courses you don’t always feel that special spark from instructors or presenters. Niloufar truly makes the course materials and the assignments engaging.”
“Excellent course. The course provided real insights into the creative process, both unique to each individual and shared. The instructor was engaging, always positive, and had tremendous breadth and depth of literature and creative writing.”
“I thought creativity belonged to artists. I was wrong. This course showed me that creativity lives in math, in research, in problem-solving. It helped me stop waiting to be motivated, and start building a sustainable, energized way to approach any challenge.”
““This course gave me permission to slow down, to play again, to take my ideas seriously. I used to rush through work. Now I pause, plan, and create with intention. I even started bringing creative thinking into my leadership and team dynamics.””
“Niloufar Talebi is a gem. She was generous, funny, and inspiring. Every session, she dropped little gems of wisdom on us that hit like bombs of insight. I hung on her every word, and sometimes watched the recorded video to write down exactly what she said. She encouraged us to continue to write, to explore our own themes and stories, and offered great advice on how to do so. She sprinkled us with fairy dust to allow us to write difficult pieces or to explore territory we’ve not explored before. And a bonus: she was extremely punctual and conscious of our time. Please hire her back! I want to take more courses from her! And make this one longer!”
“The workshop introduced a more creative approach to legal writing, encouraging us to be more concise and intentional with our language. It challenged my assumption that legal writing must always be rigid and impersonal.”
“This course turned out to be a powerful catalyst for me, not just for writing, but for nurturing my creativity in general. It has sharpened my observational skills, made me more disciplined and motivated, and shown me that there is joy in writing, not just struggle. Through the work we did in this class I learned that what matters most is showing up and putting in the time and effort.”