Skip to content

A woman with shoulder-length brown hair speaks while pointing to herself, wearing a black jacket against a plain white background with a "BT+" logo in the top right corner.
Map Out Positive and Negative Stories of Your Future
To effectively envision future business directions, engage your team in scenario planning that balances optimism and pessimism, assigning groups to explore both best-case and worst-case outcomes, ultimately leading to a more calibrated and research-driven strategy.
A woman with curly hair wearing a red shirt speaks while gesturing with her hands. The letters "BT+" appear in the top right corner on a white background.
Remix, Reframe, and Repurpose
Natalie Nixon emphasizes the importance of remixes and mashups in business creativity through the SCAMPER method, which encourages innovation by substituting, combining, adapting, modifying, repurposing, eliminating, and reversing traditional ideas and processes.
A woman in a red shirt gestures with both hands raised to her chest while looking at the camera. A black and white "BT+" logo appears in the top right corner.
The 3i Creativity Method (Inquiry)
Natalie Nixon emphasizes the importance of questioning for creativity, advocating for a blend of divergent, convergent, and hybrid questions while embracing ambiguity to foster collaboration and innovation within teams.
A woman in a red blouse gestures with her hands while speaking in front of a plain white background with the BT+ logo in the top right corner.
The Engine for Innovation
Natalie Nixon emphasizes that nurturing creativity—defined as the ability to balance wonder and rigor—is essential for individuals and organizations to thrive in the 4th Industrial Revolution, where automation and AI are prevalent, and introduces the 3i Creativity Model to foster this skill.
A woman in a red shirt speaks, gesturing with her right hand against a plain white background with a stylized "BT+" logo in the upper right corner.
Using Inquiry to Drive Innovation
Natalie Nixon, founder of Figure 8 Thinking, advocates for embracing a child’s relentless curiosity and asking more questions to ignite creativity, discussing various question types and the importance of leaning into ambiguity in her video.
A bald man in a dark jacket and checkered shirt speaks in front of a white background with a "BT+" logo in the top right corner.
Dream with Creative Thinking
Dan Pontefract emphasizes that organizations must prioritize creative thinking over mere productivity metrics, as fostering a culture that encourages dreaming and ideating is essential for generating innovative ideas and achieving meaningful benefits.
A bald man in a dark jacket and checkered shirt stands against a plain white background with a "B T +" logo in the top right corner.
The Three D’s of Open Thinking
Open thinking, as defined by leadership strategist Dan Pontefract, is a cyclical process involving three stages—Dream, Decide, and Do—that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and action to achieve positive results through iterative improvement.
A man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a tan blazer and light blue shirt, sits in front of a white background with a "BT+" logo in the top right corner.
Pair Your Ambition with a Structured Plan
Charles Duhigg suggests improving productivity by prioritizing a “stretch goal” at the top of your To-Do list, followed by “SMART goals” that break down your big ambition into manageable tasks, avoiding the pitfalls of mood-repairing trivial tasks.
A man with short white hair and a beard, wearing a suit jacket and light blue shirt, gestures with his hands against a plain white background with a "B T +" logo in the corner.
Visioning
Professor Michael Watkins emphasizes that to effectively achieve a strategic vision, organizations must dream big while starting small, engaging their teams early to create a compelling, shared vision that balances ambition with achievability.
A middle-aged person with glasses and a denim shirt gestures with open hands while speaking, against a plain white background with a "B T +" logo in the corner.
Why We Should Think of AI as an Alien Intelligence
The emergence of AI like AlphaGo, which developed unexpected strategies in the ancient game of Go, challenges our understanding of machines as mere tools, prompting profound questions about coexisting with an intelligence that can create and innovate beyond human comprehension.