— Intergenerational team facilitation
The conversations your team keep avoiding are the ones that matter most.
Research-backed workshops that turn generational friction into shared understanding, and shared understanding into teams that actually work together.
9.6
average participant rating for valuable use of time.
100%
of participants recommend
No Umbrellas to other teams.
— WHY WE EXIST
For the first time in history, we have up to five generations in a single workplace.
72%
of Gen Z workers considered leaving their role last year
21% actually did. The remaining 51% stayed, disengaged and on the brink. The turnover conversation misses the point. The real issue is generational friction that goes unaddressed.
— McCrindle Research Australia
$211 B
estimated annual cost of employee disengagement in Australia
A disengaged employee costs approximately 34% of their annual salary. That's $3,400 for every $10,000 earned — and it compounds across every team, every year.
— Gallup, Australia
25%
of the Australian workforce will be Gen Z by end of this year.
They are the most tech-native, the most values-driven, and the least understood generation to enter working life. Leaders who bridge the gap gain. Those who don't lose talent and output.
— World Economic Forum
— THE PROBLEM
You've already tried the standard approaches.
Workshops with pre-set outcomes and PowerPoint decks that could put an insomniac to sleep. The sessions that name the problem they wish you had, rather than understanding the problem your team is actually living.
x Big egos drowning out the quieter voices
x Gen Z dismissed as lazy; Boomers dismissed as stuck
x Clichéd icebreakers
x Coffee breaks that feel like the only honest part of the day
The answers are already in the room
— OUR APPROACH
Most facilitation brings in pre-planned objectives. A PowerPoint. A framework. An external expert telling your team how to feel and what to change.
We don't do that. We approach our workshops with a team-first approach using methods from Open Space Technology, giving team members agency to contribute, hold bold conversations and co-create outcomes. Our facilitators hold the space. Your team fills it.
Discomfort is welcome. Elephants are named. Quiet voices are heard. And the friction that usually gets vented in side conversations gets channelled into action instead.
Research-informed framing
Every session is anchored in current Australian and global research on generational difference, motivation and team dynamics not stereotypes.
Team-led conversations
We facilitate the space. No generic icebreakers. Brave, honest conversations that go somewhere. Expertly facilitated with a flexible agenda to meet the objective of the session.
Actionable every time
Sessions close with team-owned commitments , specific, named and time-lined. Change that the team choose and can track.
The 90-day follow-up
Our signature programme includes a 90 day follow-up session, the thing most sessions skip. We work with teams longer term, to uncover what’s working and what’s not.
When it’s raining ideas , why put up an umbrella?
— WHY WE’RE CALLED WHAT WE’RE CALLED
We love an umbrella, but an umbrella closes you off.
When you're under one, you stop looking up. You stop interacting with the world around you. You shield yourself from the very environment you're walking through and you can miss the beauty of the day.
Our name comes from a specific kind of umbrella: the one people bring to a brainstorm. The protective shell of cynicism, certainty and self-preservation that stops new ideas from ever landing.
No Umbrellas is about leaving yourself exposed, vulnerable and genuinely available to what comes up in the room. Open to being changed by the conversation, not just present for it.
Because as we all know you can't grow anything without some rainfall.
— ALL PROGRAMS
Every session is more conversation,
than a presentation.
Optimising Intergenerational Teams
Shares the latest research on generational differences and provides space for team members to discuss challenges, surface assumptions, and explore new ways of working together. For the first time in history we have up to five generations in the same team.
3 hours · 20–25 people · Research-backed
Leading Dynamic Teams
For leadership teams navigating multi-generational complexity. We share the research, challenge current leadership assumptions, and co-design approaches to communication and motivation that actually land across generations.
3 hours · Up to 15 leaders · Team-led
Motivating in 2026
What actually motivates your team, validation, flexibility, autonomy, promotion? This session unpacks individual drivers across levels and ages. Co-create strategies for better performance without the guesswork.
3 hours · 25-50 people · Real-time participant data input
— SIGNATURE PROGRAM
A structured three-phase program for teams of 10–40 people, run over six to eight weeks.
Research-backed, facilitator-led sessions that transforms intergenerational friction into team collaboration, trust and performance.
Not just a one off workshop. A team performance shift.
The Intergenerational Advantage
01 · Half-day (in-person) · Kick Off
Hear Each Other
Facilitated open-space conversations spring boarding off research and internal team insights. Uncovering how the team actually works, what's getting in the way, existing generational stereotypes and what's been unsaid. Honest, structured and team-led.
Output
A shared team "map" of motivations, communication styles and friction points. Built by the team, agreed by the team.
02 · Half-day (in-person) · 3–4 weeks later
Rewire the Room
Using insights from Session 1, teams co-design specific changes to how they collaborate, communicate, meet and make decisions. Structured challenge methods introduced. No top-down prescription, team-led solutions to team-identified problems.
Output
Three to five team-owned commitments with named owners and clear timelines.
03 · 2 hours (online/in-person) · 4 weeks later
Hold the Gain
The session most facilitation businesses don't offer. We return to review what's changed, celebrate visible wins and reset commitments where needed. This is what transforms a workshop from an event into a lasting shift in how your team operates.
Output
A 90-day "state of the team" snapshot and refreshed commitment set going forward.
What Success Looks Like
Teams leave our sessions with a new shared language for working styles
Managers reporting reduced “working and generational clashes"
Structural changes to how KPIs or feedback is delivered and received
Quieter voices contributing more in meetings and louder voices making space for others.
New collaborative habits that stuck without enforcement
How We're Different
No rigid pre-set outcomes, your team owns the outputs. We adapt based on your team’s input
We run sessions using open space facilitation methodology, dynamic not a lecture-style delivery
We share Australian and Global research for context, not imported generic frameworks
We drive to create brave spaces for discussion, not just safe space
— THE RESEARCH BEHIND THE ROOM
Discussion from expert studies.
Every No Umbrellas workshop is built on current Australian and global research. We don't traffic in generational stereotypes. We use data to frame honest conversations and challenge assumptions that are holding teams back.
— START SMALL. GO BIG.
Try it before you commit to the full.
Not sure if your team is ready for a full program?
Our mini pilot workshop is a low-risk way to experience No Umbrellas facilitation, surface the biggest team tensions and decide what to do next.
Pilot fee is fully credited if you continue with a full No Umbrellas program.
$350
Mini pilot workshop
40-minute facilitated team session
Research-backed opening framing
Insights into the generational reality
Debrief and program recommendation
— FROM THE ROOM
What the teams say
“The workshop went beyond my expectations. I learned so much about my colleagues that I’d never have discovered in a normal work setting.”
“We changed our KPI structure as a direct result of today’s workshop”
“Amazing, interactive and engaging. Refreshingly different approach.”
“What stood out was their ability to adapt the content to different levels of leadership, making the experience relevant for both groups. Our managers walked away with practical tools for managing and motivating multigenerational teams, while our senior leaders gained a broader perspective on how generational dynamics influence team collaboration and retention.”
— State Manager, Sydney
Outcome
Changed KPI structure. Team meeting restructure. Better team understanding and reduced generational friction.
“10/10. Everything was relevant — no filler material. Really hit the mark.”
“Loved the session — thought provoking and relatable to our business needs in uncovering people’s styles.”
“Engaging and open space to explore effective management and collaboration across generational groups in leadership roles.”
9.6
average rating.
100%
would recommend to a friend or colleague
4 in 5
participants say sessions helped them understand how others and themselves can work better together.
— ABOUT FLORENCE
FLORENCE POTTER
Founding Director · Workshop Facilitator · Keynote Speaker
Florence Potter founded No Umbrellas after years of frustration watching the same generational tensions play out in organisation after organisation, with nobody willing to have the actual conversation around ways of working.
As a Gen Z / Baby Millennial herself, Florence brings a unique position: she researches, facilitates and has personal experiences on the dynamics she helps teams navigate through. Experienced working with teams in not-for-profit, big 4 corporate and start ups in fundraising, consulting and for a creative agency.
Florence is an expert workshop facilitator and keynote speaker. She is a leading voice in Australia’s intergenerational conversation. She collaborates with researchers, authors and facilitators internationally on optimising diverse teams. She has first hand experience as a Gen Z/Millennial team member. Passionate about bringing teams together to bridge divides and optimise teams with charisma, authenticity and inclusivity.
Florence has been featured in The AFR, on Well Workplaces, The ABC and was an expert panellist at SXSW Sydney 2025
Contact:
+61 498 826 179
florence@noumbrellas.com
linkedin.com/in/florence-potter/
— LET’S TALK
Tell us about your team
Fill in five questions and we'll respond within 48 hours with a program recommendation and a suggested conversation time.
Email: hello@noumbrellas.com
Phone:+61 498 826 179
Locations: Sydney · Melbourne · Australia-wide
Response guarantee
We respond to every enquiry within 48 hours with a team specific program suggestion. Not a generic follow-up email.