Why great thinkers ask divergent questions |

Asking the wrong questions can hold you back. Creative strategist Natalie Nixon‬ explains how to use divergent questions to become a great thinker in this BT+ class overview.

Using Inquiry to Drive Innovation with Natalie Nixon

Everyone has experienced a child who won’t stop asking questions. You give them one answer and another “why” follows, and so on and so on. But children are also known for having superior imaginations.

Natalie Nixon thinks we should all be a little more like the 3-year-old in the backseat. She argues that we should ask more questions if we want to fuel creativity. In this video, she discusses the different types of questions to ask to spark innovation and why we should lean into (rather than run from) ambiguity.

Natalie Nixon is the founder and creative strategist for Figure 8 Thinking. In this class, Nixon discusses her 3i Creativity Model, a framework you can use to spark your own creativity and maximize the creative capacity of your organization.

Learning objectives:

• Combine wonder and rigor to engage in creativity

• Cultivate a culture of questioning and improvisation

• Treat intuition as valuable data

• Create bold mashups

• Prioritize CQ development in your organization