The Creative Imperative: Nurturing Agency & Hope

Join us for this month's Think Visual! Meetup - fuel your morning with creativity, caffeine & inspiration before heading in to work. **THIS EVENT IS IN PERSON IN SYDNEY** 2026 has been hectic. War. Mass job losses. The collapse of global trade. Climate change wreaking havoc. We’re living in chaotic times, and our attention is more fractured than ever with AI creeping into every corner of our lives. But there is an emerging resistance. Corporate professionals who are the top of their game, are purposefully carving out the time to detach themselves from the depths of the digital abyss - and finding time to get in touch with their creative side. What’s more, these people are actively nurturing creativity in the young people around them, finding ways to pass the torch to the next generation. This is a special panel event moderated by Alan Chen, co-founder of Think Visual! Alan will be in conversation with three creative humans with a truly unique take on reconnecting with their creativity. Sophie Matrai is currently working as a product designer at Macquarie Group, and is the founder of KinCollage - a business dedicated to making art out of the doodles and paintings that kids make. Ben Crothers is a true renaissance man - a scribe, painter, author, president of the Graphic Recorders Australia and a judge of Good Design Australia. Josh Bradshaw is designer and the head of product at PaidRight (a Wrkr company), but in his free time he hikes and draws with his daughters, builds HAM radios and prints cool t-shirts. Tickets are two for one! Who are you going to bring with you?