Natalie Nixon Featured Creativity Guru | Award-Winning Author | Strategy, Foresight, & Innovation Expert

Creativity is the engine for innovation. This talk builds the business case for creativity and that the best leaders are creative to their core- no matter the sector. The challenge is that creativity isn’t mentioned in the corporate boardroom because people don’t really understand what creativity is. At the end of this talk, audience members will be equipped with a simple and unique method to apply creativity as well as tips to regularly exercise creativity for strategic outcomes and business impact with their teams and clients.

This talk explores the opportunities for technology to amplify what is uniquely human vs humans getting overwhelmed by the technology. This talk takes the audience through 4 pivotal creativity leaps we must make to be prepared for the future of work.

What exactly does "working in the office" mean in a pandemic reality world? In this talk, Natalie shares examples and tactical methods to boost critical skills in our new working world of blurred boundaries.

This talk explores how the most successful and flourishing companies will be ones that are adaptive and improvisational. Attendees will learn the connections between jazz improvisation and optimal organizational design. The talk will break down what improvisation is, and how to improvise more at work. It will also explain what foresight is and how any team can build this competency for more relevant strategic planning.

By the end of this keynote, audience members will walk away with the confidence to view AI as their collaborator and co-creator, as well as have a healthy critical assessment of the technology - all with the goal to amplify what makes us uniquely human.

Just as we have IQ and EQ, we also have a CQ- or a creativity quotient. This talk explores the links between creativity and leadership and how leaders with a high CQ behave, interact with stakeholders, and co-create a strategic vision.