
Natalie is a trustee of the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Vassar College and Leadership+Design. She is an early-stage investor at two social impact ventures, valued for her ability to work at the intersection of commercial value and stakeholder equity. In 2022, LinkedIn launched Natalie’s course “Lead with Inquiry, Improvisation & Intuition.” Clients have included Microsoft, Salesforce, Comcast, Citrix, Morrison & Foerster, Living Cities, VaynerMedia, and Bloomberg.Ī hybrid thinker, Natalie consistently applies her background in cultural anthropology, fashion, design thinking, and dance. Her firm, Figure 8 Thinking, was named among the top 20 women-led innovation firms in 2021 by Core 77. She is the author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap - an honoree in the creativity category of Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards. Natalie was selected for Real Leaders' "Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World for 2022" list and has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and INC. She is a highly sought-after global keynote speaker, valued for her accessible expertise on creativity, the future of work, and innovation. Natalie Nixon, Ph.D., is "the creativity whisperer to the C-Suite.” She is a creativity strategist who advises leaders on achieving transformative business results by applying wonder and rigor. Watch recorded sessions from PDX Natalie Nixon - Ph.D., Creativity Whisperer to the C-Suite Don’t miss this chance to see Natalie Nixon, Ph.D., and Erik Weihenmayer, whether you join us in Portland or virtually.

They share insights from their years of experience as changemakers transforming how people work across the globe. The Gathering speakers set the tone for the entire event by inspiring and motivating us, and centering the moment in time as our unique journeys converge for a few days into one shared Gathering. Currently, he serves as Parochial Vicar of Saint Catharine of Siena Parish in Reading and as Chaplain of Berks Catholic High School.With the Global Scrum Gathering in Portland ahead of us, Scrum Alliance is thrilled to introduce the two keynote speakers for the event. On June 4, 2022, Father Kuna was ordained to the Priesthood at the Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in Allentown. This research opportunity allowed him to study digital culture and ecclesial communications, and to present his findings at the university. In 2021, he was selected as part of the inaugural cohort of the Church Communications Ecology Program at the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life. After KU, he began studies in the priestly formation program at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where he received a Master of Divinity (2021) and a Master of Arts in Systematic Theology (2022). During his undergraduate studies, he was a member of the University Honors Program and participated in various undergraduate research initiatives and conferences. Kuna is a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown and a proud graduate of Kutztown University. He received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Kutztown, concentrating in Spanish and English as a Second Language (2016).
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Together, we will unpack the meaning and value of this essential (though often underrated) intellectual virtue and chart a path for how to better cultivate it. Authentic wonder invites each of us to discover new interests, ask searching and good questions, and begin to pierce the depths of what we do not know-whether as researchers, practitioners, students, or simple inquirers. To wonder about what extends beyond one’s immediate grasp does not belong merely to the philosopher who searches or the child who develops, plays, and discovers.

Because of Wonder: Our (Underrated) Premise and Task by Reverend Matthew J.
