What
Creative Intelligence: A Core Competency for Leaders- The 2025 World Economic Forum Future of Jobs report highlights a surge in demand for human-centric skills such as creative thinking, resilience, agility, curiosity, and continuous learning—skills critical for navigating today’s fast-paced, high-change work environments.
Join creativity researchers and seasoned facilitators Kris Stanec and Nate Schwagler for a hands-on, minds-on session exploring the science and application of deliberate creativity. Tailored for HR leaders and people developers, this session will reconnect you with the creative mindset essential for innovation, adaptability, and talent growth—from the front lines to the executive suite. Discover how to unlock creativity across your organization to drive engagement, solve complex problems, and future-proof your workforce.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Parking: there is a large lot right across from the FAC entrance with a nominal fee to park (total $2.45 to park for the session). See this website for directions and info on parking
Who
Nathan L. Schwagler is a Design & Innovation Facilitator (CTR) at Air Force CyberWorx; he previously held similar positions with U.S. Space Command and US Special Operations Command. With more than two decades of experience designing and delivering human-centered innovation programs for military, academic, and corporate organizations, he brings expert-level knowledge in methodologies such as Design Thinking, TRIZ, Biomimicry, LEGO Serious Play, and Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving. Nathan is an analog astronaut (with lunar/martian ambitions), a textbook co-author, and he holds dual master’s degrees in Creativity & Change Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies.
Kris Stanec directs Creativity & Innovation at Colorado College. A faculty member for over 25 years, she also consults with organizations, coaching through active engagement. Her creative leadership transforms learning, cultivates communities, and catalyzes positive change by designing sessions and curricula that inspire critical thinking, deeper reflection, and authentic participation. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and earned her BA in Psychology cum laude, with a minor in Theory and Practice of the Arts from Colorado College. Kris has taught in Zermatt, Switzerland, and Los Angeles, California, and believes in the power of visuals and narrative to connect us through metaphor, imagination, and our shared humanity.
