Dr. Carl Naughton is a transformational psychologist and pioneer of “Open Minds”.
As an internationally networked researcher and inspiring source of inspiration, he combines science, humor and passion to get his audience not only to think, but to rethink.
With his practical research, he addresses the central question: How can we use psychology to create a fulfilling and successful (working) life? His answers? Curiosity, courage to face the future, adaptive intelligence and cleverness. In doing so, he goes far beyond the boundaries of the familiar – and makes knowledge tangible.
Dr. Carl Naughton Lecture topics
- Curiosity: Successfully dealing with the new and unknown
- Future courage: How life becomes and remains good, even when it changes
- AQ – Acting instead of quibbling: Why adaptability is the most important future skill
- Cleverness: Making decisions in an uncertain world
- Digital Mindset: The art of being human in a digital world.
A doer, not a theorist: Dr. Carl Naughton works where the future is being shaped: He has developed mindfulness apps for BMW; with the Future Institute, he has produced studies on digital enlightenment, playful business and curiosity management.
Together with Merck, he founded the Curiosity Council and brought the Curiosity Code to the world; he has shaped the future with hospital managers, designed and moderated 100 years of ARAL, developed confidence interventions for serious transformations and designed an entire museum on the development of human behavior.
His expertise: Dr. Naughton is an industrial and organizational psychologist, he is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Applied Business Psychology and the German Society for Positive Psychology.
He is a Research Fellow at NBS, a lecturer in business and leadership psychology at FOM and a cooperation partner of George Mason University. He publishes in the Harvard Business Manager, as well as in the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Zukunftsinstitut.
Matthias Horx, the thought leader in futurology, puts it in a nutshell: “Carl has cracked the future paradox.”