The World of Creativity: Blog

The Frustrating Art of Changing Ones Mind. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 129)

For the last two weeks, I have been swearing at myself once a day.   You see, two weeks ago I moved the hook to close our shower room door from a high position on the door to a low position (to make it easier for our children to close the shower room.)   The […]

12

Aug

Thinking of Booking a Speaker for the Autumn Season of 2022? Book Fast!

The autumn of 2022 seems to be the busiest speaking period in a very long time.   Personally I have 29 pending or confirmed bookings for the 3 months of September to November – and they are in all kinds of industries and all over the world.   A speaker bureau client I spoke to […]

09

Aug

Preview There Are Many Killers of Creativity: But this one might just be the most lethal one (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 128)

In the last email I sent you I wrote about the positive effect that happened when I put up a dome on my rooftop and how that triggered many new ideas for the rooftop.   This time I want to talk about how wonderful ideas get butchered.   The local government of Lidingö where my […]

05

Aug

The Creatomino Effect. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 127)

Let me introduce you to the “Creatomino Effect”.   For more than 10 years our family has had a rooftop deck on top of our house on our island. We had put an outdoor sofa there but we never really sat in it and never did anything with that area.   Then this summer I […]

30

Jul

Choose Your Workspace Deliberately. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 126)

This week I want to share some creativity inspiration around work and island.   1) I just posted this on social media and thought it would be relevant for this newsletter too: “A swan inspired chair, in a earth inspired dome, on top of a bird’s nest inspired house on a perfect little island – […]

25

Jul

Grilling and Creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 125)

What is the connection between grilling and creativity? Last week I had the pleasure of attending a garden grill party at a friend’s house (Peter Watz) and he had invited Henrik Stensvad – world champion in Grilling (in the category of “chicken”). While I was watching Henrik prepare all kinds of amazing grilled food (from […]

07

Jul

Be Inspired to Have New Ideas

  Are you looking for some inspiration for finding your Eden for your ideas?   Well, the 2022 Ideas Island season has begun and our first guest – filmmaker Wayne Roberts – just sent this testimonial and these pictures after spending a week on Ideas Island:   “A truly perfect and idyllic setting to work […]

05

Jul

Creativity Is Hope for a Better World Tomorrow. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 124)

Some days back I was gifted, by a friend in Ukraine, one of the rare stamps created by Ukraine that shows a Ukrainian soldier giving the finger to the Russian warship outside Snake Island.    The stamp was launched the day before Ukraine sank that very warship. Talk about symbolism.   Just as I opened […]

23

Jun

The Coolest Innovation I’ve Seen Since I Saw the Internet for the First Time. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 123)

  Some days you get blown away. I just was. Lived for days like that.   Nanoponics is a novel way to grow plants that drastically reduces the resources needed to feed humanity – it might be the coolest innovation I have seen since I saw the Internet for the first time. Perhaps even cooler. […]

16

Jun

Innovation Reveal – “Where Were You When…?”. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 122)

I just saw the future of food – heck, I saw the future of humanity. And I will forever remember “Big Meet” organised by the one and only Johan Jörgensen where this new innovation was revealed a few days ago.   I will write about the innovation I saw – it’s crazy cool – in […]

09

Jun

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