"What would Dali Do?" Design Educator Nathan Schwagler for the JSOU Design 2018 Lecture Series

Joint Special Operations University's ongoing 2018 Design Lecture Series: "What Would Dali Do?", by Nathan Schwagler

The Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) continues its mission to provide education and training for the US Special Operations Command (USSCOCOM) and greater military community with this lecture series on the emergent military design movement. The JSOU Center for Continuing Education (JSOU-CCE)'s design and innovation program developed this ongoing series of design lectures involving key design experts, practitioners, educators and theorists to develop the Special Operations Forces (SOF) enterprise through these lectures that are uploaded online for unclassified and public access. The views and ideas expressed in these videos are those of the invited participants and do not necessarily reflect the Joint Special Operations University, USSOCOM, or the US Department of Defense. These videos are uploaded upon official review and release by appropriate authorities through JSOU and USSOCOM. Nathan Schwagler presents an hour-long lecture to a military audience on the topic of innovation and divergent thinking; the weaving of Salvador Dali's surrealist movement into modern military challenges, and engages the audience on military design concepts for strategic, operational and individual application in complex military situations.

Mr. Schwagler's biography: Nathan is the founding co-director of the Dali Museum Innovation Labs, where he serves as the lead program designer and executive facilitator. He is also adjunct faculty for the USSOCOM Joint Special Operations University's Design and Innovation program. Nathan previously served as the nation's first B-school "Creative-in-Residence" at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg, as a consultant supporting more than 150 organizations (including DuPont Chemical, Converse Shoe co., the Tampa Bay Rays), and is a published author of articles and a forthcoming textbook on creativity and innovation. Nathan holds a BA in Psychology from SUNY Buffalo State, a dual Master of Science degrees in Creative Problem Solving from the International Center for Studies in Creativity, and Entrepreneurship in Applied Technologies from the University of South Florida. He is also a certified practitioner of LEGO Serious Play and a certified administrator of both the Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile and the creative problem-solving preference measure as well as other associated skills and techniques.