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Readers' Club

Readers’ Club: Think INSIDE the Box

Tue. Nov 10th @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

INNOVATE NEW ALBANY – NEW LOCATION

7775 Walton Pkwy, Suite 100
New Albany, OH 43054 United States

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Join us for our 2nd Readers’ Club event: an interactive, in-person program designed to spark ideas, deepen thinking, and help you connect with other curious innovators.

Tuesday November 10
6:00 – 8:30 pm.
Enjoy light bites & make new connections.

What if limits are actually where the best ideas begin?

This time we’re reading David Epstein‘s Inside the Box (published May 2026), a fascinating look at the surprising power of constraints.

We’re often told that creativity means thinking outside the box. Epstein turns that idea on its head, exploring how boundaries, limitations and trade-offs can actually make us more creative, innovative and effective problem-solvers.

Together, we’ll explore questions like:

  • Why can having fewer options sometimes lead to better ideas?
  • How can constraints spark innovation in business, science and creative work?
  • When do limits help us focus, experiment and solve problems differently?
  • And how can we create the right constraints for ourselves and our teams?

The evening will feature small-group discussion with plenty of room for conversation, debate and unexpected connections. We’ll also leave time before and after the discussion to build friendships with others from the Innovate New Albany community.

Meet Our Program Facilitators 

Andrew R. Summerfield, Genetica Creative 
Brand strategist, art school graduate, and visual thinker. 
Andrew is interested in how people make meaning and how the right story can shape what they believe and do.
Learn more about Andrew at geneticacreative.com.

Laura Cree, Genetica Creative
Writer, science storyteller, and unapologetic book nerd. 
Laura loves exploring big ideas at the intersection of science and story, and helping others make sense of them, too.
Learn more about Laura at geneticacreative.com

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This event is FREE, but please register in advance.

Schedule:

6:00 – Light Bites / Mingle & Connect
6:30 – Kick-off with Full Group
6:45 – Breakout Group Discussions
7:45 – Full Group Discussion
8:15 – More Mingling
8:30 – Event Concludes

  • By registering for & participating in this event, I am consenting to the recording of my image and/or voice. I am also authorizing Innovate New Albany to use photographs, video, and audio recordings containing my image and/or voice in any medium for any purpose.

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