THE VALUE OF THE PAUSE — Natalie Nixon
Days of uncertainty require foresight and are designed for creativity.
COVID19 has accentuated the need to have a creativity mindset.
It’s an opportunity to apply more wonder and more rigor to achieve
transformative business results. Creativity has a business ROI.
Natalie Nixon changes lives through ideas so that people build their creative confidence for years to come, get paid their worth and make an impact.
As president of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC she advises leaders and executive teams on how to achieve transformative business results by applying creativity and foresight. Clients have included Comcast, Citrix, Living Cities, VaynerMedia and Bloomberg.
A hybrid thinker, Natalie consistently applies her background in cultural anthropology and fashion. She began her career in education and as a hat designer. Later, Natalie worked in global apparel sourcing for a division of The Limited, Inc. Previous to Figure 8 Thinking, she was a professor for 16 years. Natalie is an early-stage investor at two social impact ventures. She’s valued for her ability to work at the intersection of commercial value and stakeholder equity.
Natalie has lived in Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Israel, and Sri Lanka and is proficient in Portuguese and Spanish. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is certified as a Foresight Practitioner by the Institute for the Future.
When she’s not dancing up a storm in hip-hop class, Natalie is fine-tuning her foxtrot, salsa, and tango on the ballroom floor.
She recently authored her first book The Creativity Leap where she shares how to unleash curiosity, improvisation and intuition at work. She’s also the creative mind behind Wonder & Rigor, a proven methodology that amplifies creativity in your life and work.
