Creativity Is Connection with poet IN-Q | A Bit of Optimism Podcast

Business and poetry usually don’t mix. But vulnerability has the power to bring teams together.

Poet @INQonline has found an unlikely audience in business. A slam poetry veteran and accomplished songwriter, companies invite IN-Q to help strengthen their cultures. He works with teams to connect on a deeper level, using poetry to share something human. As he’ll tell you, winning over crowds of skeptical businesspeople is an art.

In this conversation, IN-Q takes me through a powerful exercise in vulnerability. He shares some deeply personal poems and walks me through writing my own, and I learn that to truly connect with someone else, you must offer something of yourself first.

This…is A Bit of Optimism.

To learn more about IN-Q and his work, check out:
https://www.in-q.com/the-never-ending-now-poetry-journal
https://www.in-q.com/

⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 Is “poetry” a liability?
2:33 IN-Q shares a poem
7:14 Corporate gigs and vulnerability
12:17 IN-Q’s poem about meeting his father
20:37 Simon writes a poem
28:08 Creativity is connection
30:47 Happiness is a range, not a point

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Simon is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together.

Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist; a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every single morning inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work that they do.

Simon is the author of multiple best-selling books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, and The Infinite Game.

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