Podcast S6E147: Natalie Nixon - Embrace the chaordic nature of improvisational organisations

In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Natalie Nixon, founder of Figure 8 Thinking and author of the The Creativity Leap. See the full epsiode at We speak about what jazz has to do with business, improvisational organisations and what it takes for teams to thrive in a chaortic world. Topics covered in this episode: 00:02:30 - Natalie's history with jazz, and learning how improvisation exists in organisations 00:08:00 - The structure behind teams improvising together 00:11:00 - Creativity is no longer a luxury in companies, it is now a necessity 00:13:15 - Creativity requires toggling between wonder and rigor to solve problems 00:15:45 - In order to innovate and be creative, you need to be willing to cede control 00:17:00 - The "Three I" framework: Inquiry, Improvisation, Intuition 00:21:00 - Intuition is about pattern recognition Links mentioned in this episode: Figure 8 Thinking: Book: Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work: Natalie on Linkedin: Natalie on Instagram: Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium innovation and creativity training. Take your innovation and creativity capabilities to the next level by investing in yourself now, at *

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Podcast S6E147: Natalie Nixon - Embrace the chaordic nature of improvisational organisations is an episode from Idea to Value - Creativity and Innovation by Nick Skillicorn.

This episode is 25:10 long.

This episode was published on Jan 20, 2022.

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