Spark Creators

27/08/2021

Today marks exactly one year since Spark Creators was born.

Or to be exact, a company then named Kipinäpaja was registered on the Finnish trade register that day with little clue of what I would actually start to do with it.

It took almost three more months to get the operations up and running. My Corona-baby has during this year creeped and crawled, faced ups and downs and is now learning to walk.

Making the first year is a proper milestone for me. Not only that I have managed to blow life into a dream that I had for so many years, or that I proved myself I can do this but also because for me it is a sign of my sovereignty.

12 years ago I had completely lost myself as I led the life the outside world expected. Through all these years I have made a journey towards the core of me, peeling off layer after layer, with the quest to align my inner and outer realities. Right now I feel like the unison is there, and being able to do this work is a big part of it. It feels priceless.

Warm thanks to all my customers, partners and supporters for your trust and love!
I wish there will be many more birthdays to celebrate and lots more sparks to create.
-Tiina
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23/08/2021

We are living times, when the society at large seems to be in a survival mode.

That is when we easily get reactive and irritated, and when our thinking easily narrows down and starts to polarise.

During these times it requires extra attention not to let ourselves slip into that mode unconsciously. Spark Creators latest blog text covers this topic and discusses how we can better retain balance during difficult times.

Photo: Unsplash The past 1,5 years have presented a great challenge for our nervous systems. Constant uncertainty, continuous need for adjustments in everyday life and daily news that raise many fears keep us easily in a constant fight or flight -mode. That is when the reptilian part of our brain ta...

11/05/2021

Havahtuminen.

Kevään energiat ovat minusta aina tuntuneet kutkuttavan mahdollistavilta. Liekö ollut tämä keväinen elämän potentiaali, joka herätti minut viime yönä pohtimaan olenko viime aikoina elänyt visioni mukaisesti.

No enpä ole. Näkökyky on monestakin syystä ollut viime aikoina kapea, m***a olen ihan itse syyllistynyt itseni pienentämiseen arjen kokoiseksi. Murehtimaan pikku asioita ja unohtamaan se Innostava Iso Kuva työstä ja elämästä. Kadottamaan kosketus siitä, mitä haluan maailmalle antaa ja millainen ihminen olla.

Kirjaan liitutauluun seinälläni ylös listan siitä mitä viime kuussa sain aikaan, ja mitä tässä kuussa haluan saavuttaa. En ollut koskenutkaan siihen sitten maaliskuun. Oli aika pyyhkiä taulusta pölyt, päivittää tavoitteet, muistuttaa visiosta ja nostaa tekeminen päivittäisten to do-listojen yläpuolelle.

19/04/2021

✨Abundance✨

The feeling when you first time get salary paid by your own company.

For years the biggest obstacle for starting my own business was the mistrust on myself for being able to create my own living financially. It was a deep rooted fear of existence and kept me in the dependency on a regular paycheck as an employee.

Entrepreneurs are creators and the path as an entrepreneur is a path of constantly facing your limits and figuring out ways to overcome them. I hail for all entrepreneurs, especially in a times like this.

I wish this first salary is just the start of a long journey of abundance and self trust.

27/03/2021

Perspektiivin laajennusta ✨

Vuosia sitten Nepalissa viisas mentori muistutti miten mieleen saa lisää tilaa - hakeutumalla fyysisesti avaran äärelle. Edessä avautuvan tilan äärellä kehon kokemus laajentumisesta siirtyy mieleen, luoden mentaalista tilaa. Näitä maisemia olen tänä keväänä kaivannut niin paljon, kun olotila kaupungissa on tuntunut ahtaalta, rajoittuneelta ja ahdistavaltakin. Näissä maisemissa laajennun, ja siihen olotilaan mieli rauhoittuu.

22/02/2021

How difficult can it be to formalize your own knowledge and wrap that into a saleable product?

Very. Very. Difficult.

And that is not because of the challenge of the process itself - in fact creating service products into a saleable form used to be my day job for years.

The challenge comes from the feelings of inadequacy, feeling of not knowing enough, and from not trusting on the value of what you have to offer to the world.

When the product you are selling is your own self and it’s gathered knowledge, it’s really hard to stay objective from the harsh inner critic.

I spent almost a month pondering these questions and doing a lot of anxiety provoking self search. Until a mentor encouraged just to start talking to potential customers and find out what _they actually need_.

So I did. One week of inspiring and encouraging meetings later I have few notes to self:

✨It’s not about_me_ and _my worthiness_ , it’s about them and how I can best be of service

✨ You don’t have to be perfect at once. Just start from somewhere and continue from there. Remember the god damn concept of Minimum viable product?? It works pretty well in startups, why not here.

✨What is most important is to gather data points. To get to know what works, what does not. So do that. Get out there. Be objective and curious.

✨Even if the data gathered would be critical and negative, so what. You learn what not to do. Most important is to keep on developing. Don’t give up, but reiterate.

So upwards and onwards, collecting data points is my next goal.

19/01/2021

✨Uusi blogiteksti✨ Myötätunto ei ole pelkästään inhimillistä, vaan se on myös johtamisen supervoima. Tarvetta sille on tuskin koskaan ollut niin paljon kuin näinä myrskyisinä aikoina.

Lue Filosofian Akatemian blogista kolme vinkkiäni työelämän kohtaamisiin.

My new blog text on the powers of compassion in work life is published! Please have a look at Filosofian Akatemia-blog to check three tips on how to mindfully meet others ✨

Tiina Rantakokko muistuttaa, että myötätunto on taito, jota voi harjoitella, ja vinkkaa kolme yksinkertaista tapaa kehittää omaa myötätuntoa.

11/11/2020

The best things in life often include years of planning and dreaming, and the agonising request to stay patient waiting for the exact right time for things to materialise.

This is the case also with my dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Of really putting myself fully out there, to see what I got to give to the world.

For years I knew some day this is going to happen, but I lacked the understanding how and when, and I also seriously lacked the courage to make the big leap to start trusting myself this way.

Maybe it was this crazy Corona-year, maybe some personal break-throughs, but I realised the time is now. And when the decision is made, the path starts to unfold in front of you in a way that feels miraculous.

Ladies and gents, let me introduce you to Spark Creators, my business-baby officially seeing the daylight today! In this company I combine my 16 years experience in international business as an expert and a leader with mindfulness tools, which have become my lifeline and which I have learned to integrate in my personal and business life over the years.

I am offering trainings, coaching and consultancy for those forward-thinking companies and individuals, who want to thrive through authenticity, human-centric approach and mindful corporate culture.

I am excited to collaborate with Filosofian Akatemia Oy within mindfulness trainings, and with Sampo Games within startup consultancy. Thank you Joonas Kiminki and Jyri Partanen for your trust!

Special thanks for Lauri Jarvilehto for the awesome website, for Riina Rosvall for the super cool visual image and for Konsta Klemetti for your precious input in all things creative.

Let’s create a better worklife together ❤️
-Tiina

Spark Creatorsin toiminnassa sulautuvat yhteen tietoisen läsnäolon työkalut sekä syvällinen asiantuntija- ja johtajuuskokemus kansainvälisestä yritysmaailmasta ja luovasta startup-ympäristöstä. Autamme sinua ja yritystäsi menestymään uudessa ajassa.