Our Mission
To deliver real-world active learning experiences that spark curiosity, boost learner engagement and ultimately deepen student learning outcomes and capacity to solve problems.
Our Vision
A world where learners are truly engaged, inspired and ready to tackle complex global challenges.
Our Leadership Team
Fergal is an Entrepreneurial Specialist at University College Dublin (UCD) Innovation Academy. He facilitates undergrad, postgrad & postdoc multi-disciplinary programmes aimed at fostering a creative, innovative mindset and skillset. In 2017 Fergal received a UCD Teaching Excellence Award for sustained commitment to teaching excellence and student learning. He is also Programme Manager & adjunct lecturer for Public Sector Innovation at the Institute of Public Administration. He facilitates innovation on Go Global 4 Growth, a Government-sponsored management development programme for high potential SMEs.
Fergal has supported numerous teams to tackle real-world challenges in their organisations. They include EIT Health, Roche, Bayer, PayPal, LinkedIn, PwC, World Rugby, Vodafone, Colgate-Palmolive and the Irish Police Force (An Garda Siochana).
Jack brings a deep understanding of the student learning experience, having graduated with a first class honours from DCU, led university societies, collaborated closely with student unions, served as a member of the US Embassy Irish Youth Council, and hosted student hackathons.
He spearheaded the development of the customer success function at Offr, a well-funded Irish proptech startup. He has also held the role of Senior Associate in Corporate Sales Development at Peakon (acquired by Workday) in London, and led sales development for Carma in Sydney.
At Anytime Creativity, Jack is driven by an unwavering commitment to creating unforgettable experiences for both students and educators.
Our Story
Anytime Creativity was born from a desire to ignite student engagement and cultivate growth mindsets.
The father-son duo, Fergal and Jack, combined their unique perspectives — Fergal’s expertise as an educator and active learning specialist, and Jack’s rich understanding of the student learning experience.
Separately, they had witnessed the transformative energy that emerges when students discover their creative capacity to define and solve problems.
The idea for Anytime Creativity took shape when Fergal joined Jack on the inspiring island of Koh Tao, Thailand, for a week following Jack’s backpacking adventure. There, they brainstormed how to design a space where educators could easily bring problem-solving to life in their classrooms.
From that trip emerged Anytime Creativity — an AnyModule, AnyTopic active learning platform that complements traditional lectures, significantly improves student learning outcomes, streamlines educator workloads, and aligns with institutional strategic objectives.
Blogs
Addressing the Student Disengagement Crisis
The Global Student Disengagement Crisis University leaders everywhere are growing increasingly concerned about what has become known as 'the global student disengagement crisis'. In 2022 Wiley Research found that more [...]
UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science
Case Study with UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science Craig Slattery, Assistant Professor of Regulatory Affairs & Toxicology at University College Dublin used our platform to offer a [...]
Idea Validation Tools
Steve Blank, entrepreneur, best-selling author and educator at Stanford University and Imperial College, says that "an idea without validation is simply a gamble, nothing more." Idea validation saves time, minimises [...]
Nurturing The World’s Top 2 In-Demand Skills
Creative & Critical Thinking In it's biennial Future of Jobs report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) consistently identify Creative Thinking and Critical / Analytic Thinking as the top two in-demand [...]
Trinity College Dublin School of Biochemistry and Immunology
Case Study with Trinity College Dublin School of Biochemistry & Immunology Dr. Jean Fletcher, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Teaching & Learning at Trinity College Dublin School of [...]
Insights & Problem Framing Tools
In our last newsletter, we explored how our users effortlessly navigate four distinct stages of idea validation as part of the Anytime Creativity problem-solving process. These stages are: Inspiro, [...]
