Using Inquiry to Drive Innovation with Natalie Nixon
Everyone has experienced a child who won’t stop asking questions. You give them one answer and another “why” follows, and so on and so on. But children are also known for having superior imaginations. Natalie Nixon thinks we should all be a little more like the 3-year-old in the backseat. She argues that we should ask more questions if we want to fuel creativity. In this video, she discusses the different types of questions to ask to spark innovation and why we should lean into (rather than run from) ambiguity.
Natalie Nixon is the founder and creative strategist for Figure 8 Thinking. In this class, Nixon discusses her 3i Creativity Model, a framework you can use to spark your own creativity and maximize the creative capacity of your organization.
Learning objectives:
Combine wonder and rigor to engage in creativity
Cultivate a culture of questioning and improvisation
Treat intuition as valuable data
Create bold mashups
Prioritize CQ development in your organization
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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