What if the tension leaders try to manage… is actually the source of their greatest insight? This session reveals what happens when teams stop suppressing it—and start working with it.

What happens when training doesn’t just land—but lingers?
GAP Inc. set out to run a session. What they got was a shift in how people think, reflect, and show up days later.

Across six PopUpThinkTank sessions, Mortenson used structured moments of reflection and sensemaking to navigate growth-driven complexity. Rather than chasing quick fixes, leaders created space to surface what was really happening across change leadership, cross-functional teaming, and sustainability—building clarity, energy, and shared ownership along the way.

A 90-minute Big Topic session that convened 30+ leaders, founders, and practitioners to surface the human, ethical, and strategic conversations about AI that organizations know they need—but rarely make space for.

73% of participants volunteered to go first—how PopUpThinkTank helped Lifespark turn engagement into measurable adoption before a full rollout.

How Shannon Bloom Grew Her Practice, Her Visibility, and Her Confidence — and Started the Journey as a PopUpThinkTank Facilitator

At a moment of market maturity, SCO2 chose experience over amplification—activating its ecosystem through a single, high-trust convening that turned interest into momentum.

Barna partnered with PopUpThinkTank to engage pastors in faith-forward market development—using facilitated ideation to build clarity, trust, and early ownership for the TENx10 Project before any product or MVP existed.

Learn about the event collaboration for Maazah with Groove Investment Group, Forge North, and MN Catalyst Angel.

Meet Deborah Carver, The Content Technologist. Her mission is to make the internet better.

For Ben Bomar, founder of Lithyus, productizing the value proposition begins with customer discovery, validation, and network activation.

Bring together like-minded ESG leaders from a variety of corporate settings.

Bosa is a community-driven life management platform that amplifies word-of-mouth to help busy parents achieve their goals. Learn how co-founders worked with Pop Up Think Tank.

Check out what happened with startup Babbl at their BETA sponsored Pop Up Think Tank.

Check out what happened with startup ForeverWare at Twin Cities Startup Week 2022.

Founders Tim Wolters and Leah Bowes created CrowdSolve, a leading-edge technology to bring business and climate experts together around a common cause - our planet.

Beautytech. Hair love. Justice. Meet Ryan & Steph from Boulder, CO.

Introducing: Laela Erickson, Financial Advisor from Thrivent.

100s of Ideas & Connections. Four Founders from OCEAN Accelerator’s Portfolio.

On-demand Delivery. Driver-friendly. Built for a changing regulatory environment. Spring ‘22 BETA Showcase Winner.