FINANCE / BANKING / INSURANCE KEYNOTES

Innovating for the Future of Finance

Revitalize your finance organization with cutting-edge insights on creativity and transformation

Discover how Natalie Nixon empowers financial leaders to drive innovation, foster agility, and remain resilient in a rapidly changing market.

Equip Your Finance Teams with Tools to Innovate and Adapt

Natalie’s finance keynotes deliver strategic frameworks for leaders looking to innovate in a traditionally structured industry. She inspires financial professionals to adopt new perspectives, equipping them with the agility and resilience needed to navigate today’s market.

The New I in AI: Imagination, Inquiry and Intuition

Worried about how you’ll find your edge in AI? At its BEST, AI enhances human qualities at work. Natalie Nixon, a renowned creativity strategist, advocates for leveraging curiosity, imagination, and intuition to navigate this evolving landscape. Her keynote offers practical insights to redesign work and thrive in the changing paradigm.

The Future of Work is Jazz - Applying Improvisation, Collaboration and Foresight

Embrace business improvisation for success. Join creativity strategist Natalie Nixon for a keynote that envisions work as a jazz ensemble—dynamic and harmonious. Discover the parallels between jazz improvisation and agile collaboration, fostering innovation and team synergy. Gain strategic foresight tools for proactive planning. Let’s orchestrate a unified business future!

AI Is Your Co-Creator

Just as we have IQ and EQ, we also have a CQ- or a creativity quotient. This talk explores the links between creativity and leadership and how leaders with a high CQ behave, interact with stakeholders, and co-create a strategic vision.

About Natalie Nixon

Dr. Natalie Nixon is “the creativity whisperer to the C-Suite”. A creativity strategist and the CEO of Figure 8 Thinking, she helps companies reimagine what’s possible and essential by applying wonder and rigor to achieve transformative business results. She’s the author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap, is ranked in the 2024 Thinkers50 Radar and Real Leaders named Dr. Nixon one of the top 50 keynote speakers globally. She’s been featured in Forbes, INC and Fast Company.
A hybrid thinker with a background in cultural anthropology, Dr. Nixon worked in the fashion industry for a division of The Limited Brands in global sourcing. She was then a professor for 16 years and the founding director of a strategic design executive MBA program at Thomas Jefferson University.
A hybrid thinker with a background in cultural anthropology, Dr. Nixon worked in the fashion industry for a division of The Limited Brands in global sourcing. She was then a professor for 16 years and the founding director of a strategic design executive MBA program at Thomas Jefferson University.
Dr. Nixon received her BA from Vassar College, and her PhD from the University of Westminster. She’s a lifelong dancer, swimmer and doodler.

Find Out More

Yes, Natalie’s keynotes are tailored to the finance sector, addressing the unique demands and innovations shaping the industry.
Natalie offers both live and virtual options to meet the needs of your organization.
Booking at least two months ahead is recommended

Transform Your Innovation Leadership in 2025

Join Dr. Natalie Nixon for a FREE 30-minute webinar introducing the WonderRigor™ Ideas Lab Bootcamp!

Thursday, february 6 at 12PM ET

Here You can Reserve Your Spot – “Why Creativity is the Key to Innovation” – A Second Webinar

Learn how successful leaders:

  • Drive 17% higher revenue growth through creativity
  • Build innovation-ready teams
  • Lead with confidence in complexity