Managing Well with Tonya Ladipo Ep 22: How to Bring Joy to Work with Natalie Nixon
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Jul 6, 2023 In this engaging discussion, creativity strategist Natalie Nixon shares her unique insights into fostering innovation and joy in the workplace. With her diverse background, she emphasizes the importance of embracing team differences to solve problems creatively. Natalie introduces the 'three I's' of inquiry, improvisation, and intuition, linking them to effective leadership. They explore how joy and emotion invigorate creativity, and she advocates for allowing time to tinker and adapt rigorously without rigidity. It's a must-listen for anyone looking to enhance organizational well-being!
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Creativity Is A Productivity Engine
- Creativity is the ability to toggle between wonder and rigor to solve problems and produce meaning.
- Building creative capacity is essential for sustainable innovation and productivity.
Allocate Time For Curiosity
- Give employees structured time to explore curiosity-driven projects like Google's 20% time.
- Start small (e.g., 10%) and watch experimentation produce scalable innovations like Gmail.
Emotion Fuels Creative Cognition
- Joy and emotion energize cognition and fuel creative work in ways that pure IQ-focused models miss.
- Leading from the gut (intuition) and heart amplifies engagement and creative performance.
