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Week #6: Know The Order Of Influence

Week #6: Know The Order Of Influence

Two pieces of wisdom that will ruin your work if you follow them too literally. The first is: "the customer is always right." The second is "people don't know what they want until they see it." Henry Ford supposedly said "if I'

By Niamh Donoghue 19 Jun 2026
Every week, a "thing" in your inbox to shape the world you're building. You can do the activities right away, or come back at a later date.

Week #5 - Own your narrative

Last week the invitation was to anthropoligise your life, weeks #2 was about thinking in terms of the experience you want others to have. This week is about owning your narrative. As Nora Ephron said... Everyone in this group has a natural instinct to build something that others will really

By Niamh Donoghue 09 Jun 2026
An online residency for founders & creatives building businesses that feel like worlds

An online residency for founders & creatives building businesses that feel like worlds

Just like artists join residencies to get out of their daily context so their work can take shape, I’ve created an online residency for business owners and creators to do the same for their businesses, side projects and creations waiting to come through! My world is full of people

By Niamh Donoghue 02 Apr 2026
Freedom without structure is escapism: The employee to entrepreneur loop

Freedom without structure is escapism: The employee to entrepreneur loop

This is for anyone who went from employee to entrepreneur and didn't realise your salary isn’t the only thing you need to replace when you leave your job. In 2021, I received a well timed synchronous email from an old boss asking if I would come work

By Niamh Donoghue 05 Mar 2026
Part 2: Does your brain have too many tabs open? The solution for creative brains in business

Part 2: Does your brain have too many tabs open? The solution for creative brains in business

Last week I talked about creative brains not thinking in straight lines. They think in images and connections, one idea activates another, and they can hold many threads at once. This is a superpower in creation mode — designing, problem solving, making art, building offers. But the moment you have to

By Niamh Donoghue 26 Jan 2026
Part 1: Does your brain have too many tabs open? A map for creative brains in business

Part 1: Does your brain have too many tabs open? A map for creative brains in business

This is for anyone who over explains or blanks when it comes to talking about themselves or their work. Someone asks "what do you do" and your brain opens a million tabs and whatever you say never feels quite right. Most creative founders & artists don’t think

By Niamh Donoghue 22 Jan 2026
The World Builder Method

The World Builder Method

Human beings love to create intricate systems of rules and stories to make sense of their existence. That's what I'm doing with "World Building". I'm trying to make sense of why some people are able to create businesses that everyone loves AND

By Niamh Donoghue 21 Dec 2025
Everything you need from Thursday's session + an update on the "thing" I keep not doing.

Everything you need from Thursday's session + an update on the "thing" I keep not doing.

Hey everyone, recording from Thursday is here. On the call I shared that I really want to get into a rhythm of writing more and actually sharing it... I have been sitting on doing this for about 3 months (despite doing lots of writing, I'm just not hitting

By Niamh Donoghue 18 Dec 2025
I know exactly what I'm supposed to do... but I'm still not doing it (work, career, world builder edition)

I know exactly what I'm supposed to do... but I'm still not doing it (work, career, world builder edition)

If there is one feeling I'm familiar with... it's this: Knowing what I'm supposed to do and still not doing it. And most of the time, I don’t give myself a hard time about it, but a couple of months ago I did

By Niamh Donoghue 18 Nov 2025
Thidden art of world building: Visions & Citizens

Thidden art of world building: Visions & Citizens

This week was Session 2 of 5 in The Hidden Art of World Building – a live monthly workshop where we build our worlds in real time. These are small, intimate sessions designed for people who are actively building, you can join any time. Everyone on the World Builder Studio plan

By Niamh Donoghue 20 Sep 2025
The hidden art of world building live session

Art of World Building

The hidden art of world building live session

Link to recording Link to slides Biird case study World builder GPTs World builder “ingredients & map” Session 002: Finding your first citizen 18th Sept

By Niamh Donoghue 26 Aug 2025
Liquid Death Case Study

Liquid Death Case Study

This series reverse engineers the worlds we naturally want to be part of. It's a study of World Builders; the people who create things we want to be part of, not things we need to be sold on. Each episode maps how they do it and who they

By Niamh Donoghue 26 Jun 2025
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