Approach
Identify, articulate, and integrate your creative surplus.
Creative surplus is the creativity no one is asking for — yet. Without care and attention, it dissipates as background energy or professional stagnation. Through coaching and facilitated groups, I help creatives and leaders develop self-knowledge, find language for their practice, and self-actualize in their work.
We meet weekly for one-hour sessions. The work is conversational and emergent — each session focuses on whatever is alive for you in the moment.
You might bring a professional question, a creative block, a developmental tension, or simply need space to think out loud. Some clients bring writing they want to work through; others arrive with questions they can't yet articulate. The container adapts to your needs.
I don't prescribe frameworks or assign homework unless it serves your process. The work unfolds through dialogue — helping you find language for what you already sense, identify patterns in your thinking, and integrate new ways of being into your practice.
This is developmental work, not problem-solving. We're building capacity for self-knowledge, not optimizing outputs. The value accumulates over time as you develop your own mental pathways and vocabulary for navigating complexity.
Sessions are conducted over Zoom. Most clients work with me for 6–12 months, though some continue longer as their practice evolves.
What clients say
Sharpened my sword and regenerated my soul.
He provided a space where I felt challenged and safe at the same time.
My vocabulary is broader, my practice is richer, my critical thinking is unparalleled. A gift to the self.
Simple questions that open up worlds of possibility.
He challenged me to break conditioned ways of thinking and opened the door to new ways of being in the world.
He helped me radicalize the language and thinking around my creative practice.
A true massage for the brain — a workout that flexed my synapses while connecting with others.
I appreciated his intuitive listening, incisive synthesis, and emphasis on the best conditions for creativity — starting with me.
A clearer understanding of my leadership style and the values that guide me — grounded, practical, meaningful.
Nitzan helped me untangle habits I'd adopted over years of running my own studio.
Working with him over the past year has transformed the way I understand myself professionally.
About
Nitzan Hermon is a coach, writer, and educator working at the intersection of self-actualization, language, and creative practice.
Through 1:1 coaching and facilitated groups, he helps creatives and leaders identify their creative surplus–the energy and ideas that live beyond what's asked for–and integrate it into their work and way of being.
Nitzan has worked with individuals and companies since 2010. He teaches at Parsons School of Design and was an inaugural member and Coach in Residence at NEW INC, the New Museum's incubator for art and technology. He is certified as a Warm Data Host through the International Bateson Institute and founded Critical Business School, a design and leadership program in Brooklyn with over 200 alumni.
His approach is developmental rather than prescriptive — creating space for people to find language for their intuition and navigate the tension between fitting in and self-authorship.
Let's find the language for what you're already making.
Coaching runs 6–12 months for most clients, weekly over Zoom. Tell me where you are and what's alive for you — we'll see if it's a fit.