Recorded in April 2022, a Brigadoon Monthly Call with Carlo Navato.

Carlo is the visionary founder of Haxted Estates, a multi-award-winning property developer who believes his success has come from being passionately curious.

He believes he has no special talents, with the exception of his ever-curious mindset. For him, curiosity leads to inspiration which leads to creativity which leads to you doing cool stuff.

Carlo has a passion for design, architecture, and craftsmanship. Determined to make inclusive, inspiring places for people to live, work and play, he loves to challenge convention and believes that inspiration can be found everywhere.

A Chartered Surveyor by training, he is happiest with mavericks in wild places and is a passionate photographer, and lover of books, vinyl, his VW camper van, sport, and wine. He is a founding partner of the Do Lectures.

You can follow Carlo on Instagram here.

Notes:

+ "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." -- Albert Einstein

+ "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." -- Shunryo Suzuki

+ "Of all human activities, creativity comes closest to providing the fulfillment we all hope to get in our lives. Call it full-blast living." -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

8 ways to create flow according to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi PositivePsychology.com

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Amazon

The creative personality by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Creative individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals. The Creativity Post

Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Amazon

+ “All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.” -- David Bowie

Outside the box: The neuroscience of creativity - Susan Greenfield @ Mind & Its Potential 2011 YouTube

+ "I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the imprints of coral and plants and seaweed usually found in the sea." -- Leonardo da Vinci

Biomimetics: The emulation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems. The terms "biomimetics" and "biomimicry" are derived from Ancient Greek: βίος, life, and μίμησις, imitation, from μιμεῖσθαι, to imitate, from μῖμος, actor.

The Biomimicry Institute

+ "Imagine designing spring" -- Janine Benyus

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder - Nassim Nicholas Taleb Amazon

+ "Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty." -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Brian Eno’s oblique strategies cards break down creative blocks LifeHacker

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? TED Talk

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction - Christopher Alexander Amazon

The complicated legacy of Stewart Brand’s “Whole Earth Catalog" The New Yorker