The Potato Lab

Play is a serious strategy. 

Melissa Gedney Joseph helps teams rediscover creative confidence and imagination through playful, hands-on workshops that make space for curiosity, laughter, and new ideas using the world’s most unlikely material: a potato. 

The Session

A 1-hour virtual creative confidence workshop where teams sculpt, experiment, and connect using potatoes as a low-stakes creative medium. Participants experience joy, connection, and renewed courage to make and imagine together. Perfect for:

• End-of-year team rituals or culture-building

• Innovation / creativity kickoffs

• Leadership retreats or community convenings

• Groups craving a real, human, and creative experience

What Happens in the Session

• Brief opening on creative confidence and why play matters

• Interactive and encouraging potato sculpture experience

• Optional thematic customization (innovation, storytelling, holiday, etc.)

• Reflection and celebration

Book a Session

Now filling November and December dates! Email: hello@potato.community with your interest or book a 15-minute consultation call. 

Standard Workshop — $1,500, 60-minute virtual session for teams of 20-40 participants 

Premium Workshop — $2,500, 90-minute virtual session for teams of 40-75 participants

All workshops include pre-session planning, materials guidance, and facilitator-led creative exercises. Questions about team size or custom packages?  Get in touch.

Previous clients include Apple, PBS KIDS, Harvard University, and Creative Mornings.

“I let myself see what the potato wanted to be. We each came up with something pretty amazing - A dancing ballerina, a piranha, and a turtle!”

“ We let our weird shine! And our host's improv feedback was IMPRESSIVE!”

“It was so much fun and interactive. Melissa is a joy!!”