I could not put this book down--read it in less than two days! The Creativity Leap is fantastic! There are so many amazing nuggets in this book for individuals, organizations, anyone looking to cultivate creativity. As an educator with over 25 years of experience teaching and leading education non-profits in the US and around the world and as someone who recently took a creativity leap myself to start writing and making films, this book was so refreshing and inspiring to read. Natalie Nixon lays out very clearly in her research in this book talking to leaders in multiple fields that range from finance, fashion, farming, aerospace and other sectors that we all have to take the creativity leap right now to adapt to a world that is fast-changing and ambiguous. She makes a compelling case for wonder, rigor, improvisation and intuition in the work we do today. She also pushes us to get out of our silos, start shifting our perspectives and asking Why not?
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!
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'The Creativity Leap' helps us to trust more in our creative intelligence
Natalie Nixon asks us take a creative leap forward. As she balances the importance between chaordic and rigor processes we are encourage to open up to our 'wonder' - which allows us to ask audacious questions and being 'ok' in getting lost in questions and ideas. She prods us to inquire with better questions that are thoughtful and intentional while learning to trust and value intuition more and use it as a data point to stretch the 'norm' of business thinking. Another key to effectively trusting our creative leap is to put bravery before mastery and like bees, design a 'trusted' community that can zoom out to the collective and yet zoom in to rigorous detail. Going forward into 4th Industrial, Natalie stresses the value of learning in more of the apprentice continual learning model – that requires a practice of inquiry, improvisation and yes, intuition. Creativity is about challenging our assumptions about the ‘right way’ and begin testing new ways of being and doing in a more uncertain and ambiguous future. She offers 3 creative 'leaps' to broaden our perspective - from stressing deep specialization to broad experience, from rational to ambiguity thinking, and from organizational silos to a network communities. In summary, the more diverse the inputs the more innovative and creative the outputs. It's a must read for all innovators.
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'The Creativity Leap' helps us to trust more in our creative intelligence
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2020
Natalie Nixon asks us take a creative leap forward. As she balances the importance between chaordic and rigor processes we are encourage to open up to our 'wonder' - which allows us to ask audacious questions and being 'ok' in getting lost in questions and ideas. She prods us to inquire with better questions that are thoughtful and intentional while learning to trust and value intuition more and use it as a data point to stretch the 'norm' of business thinking. Another key to effectively trusting our creative leap is to put bravery before mastery and like bees, design a 'trusted' community that can zoom out to the collective and yet zoom in to rigorous detail. Going forward into 4th Industrial, Natalie stresses the value of learning in more of the apprentice continual learning model – that requires a practice of inquiry, improvisation and yes, intuition. Creativity is about challenging our assumptions about the ‘right way’ and begin testing new ways of being and doing in a more uncertain and ambiguous future. She offers 3 creative 'leaps' to broaden our perspective - from stressing deep specialization to broad experience, from rational to ambiguity thinking, and from organizational silos to a network communities. In summary, the more diverse the inputs the more innovative and creative the outputs. It's a must read for all innovators.
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