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Natalie Nixon Featured Creativity Strategist | CEO, Figure 8 Thinking, LLC | Keynote Speaker

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  • The New I in AI: Imagination, Inquiry and Intuition
  • AI Is Your Co-Creator
  • L.E.A.P: The Extraordinary Method for Boosting Productivity and Navigating Uncertainty
  • The Future of Work is Jazz - Applying Improvisation, Collaboration and Foresight
  • Adapt and Disrupt: Build Creativity's Business ROI in The Imagination Era
  • Curiosity is The Currency of the Future: Building a Culture of Inquiry

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  • 2020 The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work

Natalie Nixon, PhD is "the creativity whisperer to the C-Suite". She is a creativity strategist who advises leaders on achieving transformative business results by applying wonder & rigor. She is a highly sought after global keynote speaker, valued for her accessible expertise on creativity, the future of work and innovation.

Natalie was selected for Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2024; Real Leaders' "Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World for 2022" list; and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company and INC. She is the author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap - an honoree in the creativity category of Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards. Her firm, Figure 8 Thinking, was named among the top 20 women-led innovation firms in 2021 by Core 77. Clients have included Microsoft, Salesforce, Comcast, Citrix, Morrison & Foerster, Living Cities, VaynerMedia and Bloomberg.

A hybrid thinker, Natalie consistently applies her background in cultural anthropology, fashion, design thinking and dance. She is an early-stage investor at two social impact ventures, valued for her ability to work at the intersection of commercial value and stakeholder equity.

Natalie is a trustee of the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Design Museum; and a former trustee of Vassar College and Leadership + Design. She has lived in Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Israel, and Sri Lanka and is proficient in Portuguese and Spanish. She is certified as a Foresight Practitioner by the Institute for the Future. She received her BA (honors) from Vassar College, and her PhD from the University of Westminster in London.

When she's not dancing up a storm in hip-hop class, Natalie is fine-tuning her salsa, foxtrot and tango on the ballroom floor. She lives in her hometown of Philadelphia with her husband, John Nixon, and is the proud stepmother of Sydney.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Ranked among the Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the world by Real Leaders
  • Selected for the Thinkers50 Radar cohort of 2024

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE

  • Applied Creativity & Innovation for Leadership
  • Foresight Strategy, Future of Work & Learning
  • Design Thinking & Qualitative Research

KEYNOTE TOPICS

  • The New I in AI: Imagination, Inquiry and Intuition
  • AI is Your Co-Creator
  • L.E.A.P! : The Extraordinary Method for Boosting Productivity and Navigating Uncertainty
  • Adapt & Disrupt: Build Creativity’s Business ROI in the Imagination Era
  • Curiosity is the Currency of the Future: Building a Culture of Inquiry
  • The Future of Work is Jazz: Applying Improvisation, Collaboration and Foresight

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EDUCATION

  • Vassar College, BA (Honors) | Anthropology & Africana Studies
  • Thomas Jefferson University, MS | Global Textile Marketing
  • University of Westminster, PhD | Design Management

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