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The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work Paperback – June 23, 2020
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--Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable
Too many people associate creativity solely with the arts, even though to be an incredible scientist, engineer, or entrepreneur requires immense creativity. And it's the key to developing breakthrough products and services. Natalie Nixon, a creativity strategist with a background in cultural anthropology, fashion, and service design, says that in the fourth industrial revolution a creativity leap is needed to bridge the gap that exists between the churn of work and the highly sought-after prize called innovation.
Nixon says that since humans are hardwired to be creative, it is a competency anyone can develop. She shows that it balances wonder (awe, audacity, and curiosity) with rigor (discipline, skill-building, and attention to detail), and that inquiry, improvisation, and intuition are the key practices that increase those capacities. Drawing on interviews with fifty-six people from diverse backgrounds--farming, law, plumbing, architecture, perfumery, medicine, education, technology, and more--she offers illuminating examples of how creativity manifests in every kind of work.
Combining creativity tools and techniques with real-world stories of innovative people and businesses, this book is a provocation, an inspiration, and an invitation to unleash the innate creativity that lies within each of us. It offers a more dynamic and integrative way to adapt and innovate, one that allows us the freedom to access our full human selves.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers
- Publication dateJune 23, 2020
- Dimensions8.46 x 0.51 x 5.51 inches
- ISBN-101523088257
- ISBN-13978-1523088256
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2020 Porchlight Business Book of the Year Awards winner in the Creativity & Innovation category.
Shortlisted for the Soundview 2020 Best Business Books Award.
“Creativity is often looked upon as some kiss from the muse, some lighting strike in the brain that’s random. Michelangelo wasn’t random, nor was Steve Jobs. Nor is Natalie Nixon in this fascinating and insightful new work on the topic.”
-Alan Weiss, PhD, President of Summit Consulting Group; Author of Fearless Leadership and over 60 other books
"This book is practical, probing and essential.”
-Beth Comstock, Author, Imagine it Forward and former Vice Chair, GE
"Take a leap and buy this book in order to not only generate more creativity but to turn it into a competency.”
-B. Joseph Pine II, co-author, The Experience Economy
“Natalie Nixon offers a fresh way of thinking about creativity--as an essential skill that is absolutely critical to success in today’s world.”
-Warren Berger, Best-selling Author of A More Beautiful Question
"Natalie's remarkable book provides a simple blueprint for creatively living in this time of overwhelming change.”
-Dan Roam, International Bestselling Author of The Back of The Napkin
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- ASIN : B07Y4JNH26
- Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers (June 23, 2020)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1523088257
- ISBN-13 : 978-1523088256
- Item Weight : 6.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.46 x 0.51 x 5.51 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #609,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #973 in Business Decision Making
- #1,320 in Workplace Culture (Books)
- #1,468 in Decision-Making & Problem Solving
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About the author
Natalie Nixon is a creativity strategist who happily integrates wonder and rigor into her life and work. She converted a 16-year career as a professor into a successful consulting practice. At Figure 8 Thinking, she advises & emboldens companies to transform their business results by applying creativity and strategic foresight. Natalie incorporates her background in anthropology and fashion, as well as her experiences living in Brazil, Israel, Germany, Sri Lanka, and Portugal. She’s the author of The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation and Intuition at Work; the editor of Strategic Design Thinking: Innovation in Products, Services, Experiences, and Beyond; and a regular contributor to Inc. magazine (online).
Natalie earned a BA (honors) in Anthropology and Africana Studies from Vassar College; an MS in Global Textile Marketing from Jefferson University; and a PhD in Design Management from the University of Westminster in London.
She lives in Philadelphia, PA with her husband, John Nixon.
Fun facts: She studied Horton technique modern dance beginning at age 4, still loves to dance, and adores all things related to Brazil.
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As Natalie also points out in her book, The World Economic Forum predicted that by 2020 creativity would rank as the number 3 job skill with critical thinking and complex problem-solving being the first and second ranked. But guess what? Creativity requires critical thinking and complex problem-solving!!! This book is a must read for any organizational leader right now but I believe it's especially important for educators and education leaders because creativity is a leap we must all take--it's not just for the artists so please stop telling our children this falsehood and start preparing them for the world in front of them! Thank you Natalie Nixon for this amazing contribution to the world!
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2020
If you are looking for a practical, example-rich guide to applied creativity you should grab this book soon. With clear exercises for individual and organization applications throughout, Natalie paves the way for realizing the gains from increased creativity. As she is fond of saying, "Hybrid thinkers are welcome!" and we do our best work in collaboration and community. As such, this is a great book for teams and organizations, too, anyone seeking to tap into the power of everyone's CQ (Creativity Quotient).
Get the book and refresh the way you think about work! This book is delightfully and wonderfully written. There are awesome exercises and questions to inspire you into action.
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In addition to creative professionals, I also recommend this book to students. I’d love to see my University students studying it, because the mindset that it promotes would have a positive impact on their future careers. Natalie embraces positivity and gratitude as skills that make humans better people, and better able to deliver value to businesses and to society at large. I hope that this book finds its way onto reading lists and curricula all around the world.
Irini Pitsaki, Heriot Watt University UK