The Creativity Explorer Blog | Ideas & Insights by Fredrik Haren

Stay confused, stay creative?

“The first part of the creative process is to allow yourself to enter a state of confusion,” he told me. Hanoch Piven is an award-winning illustrator, educator and seasoned creative instigator. Since 1992, his work has been published in newspapers and magazines across the world, such as Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and London Times. In […]

10

Jun

Introducing “Covidification”​

For this episode of The Creativity Explorer I will make a personal reflection on how Covid-19 has created positive change for me, in order to get you to think about what positive change the Coronavirus has created in your life. Yes, Covid-19 is making millions of people very sick, and many have died – and […]

27

May

What we can learn about creativity from a hostage negotiator?

Suzanne Williams is an experienced hostage negotiator who has worked on some of the most high profile and dangerous hostage situations across the world. When she was at Scotland Yard she was the most senior ranking officer in charge of both the Kidnap and Hostage Negotiation Units. She is now an Associate Fellow at Oxford, […]

21

May

Taking a creative break

For over a year I have posted weekly videos in my series The Creativity Explorer where I have been going around the world interviewing creative people about creativity. (I got to 66 episodes.) I have met some amazing people and shared some great insights. However, due to the Coronavirus putting a stop on travel I […]

16

May

Creativity vs crisis

I’ve got 3 interesting things to share with you this month: ​ 1. Virtual keynote speeches It is clear that companies are starting to realise that with physical conferences gone, and people working more from home, the need for virtual inspiration is at an all time high. A virtual keynote speech is the perfect solution. […]

07

May

The most important creative project for a creative person

Welcome to (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 66). In this episode I share an interview I did in Myanmar a few weeks ago with Aung Ko Latt. He is CEO of Aung Ko Latt Motion Pictures in Yangon, Myanmar and a multi awarded director, cinematographer, storyboard artist and musician. His film Kayan Beauties won the Special […]

27

Apr

From 0 to 1 Billion views on Youtube. Learn from Alex Badan

In this episode, I sit down with Alexandru Badan from Romania who shares the mindset that made him and his wife grow Loo Loo kids to a YouTube channel with over 1 Billion (!) views. (That is Billion with a B…) This episode is inspiring in so many ways. – It shows how world-class creativity […]

17

Apr

The scariest moment for a creative: The Frankenstein Moment.

The Creativity Explorer meet with Mihai Alexandru Hash, YouTuber from Romania with 10% of the Romanian population as followers. We talk about the “Frankenstein Moment”: The scariest moment for a creative. When an idea takes over you so much that the idea is controlling you, not you controlling the idea. Follow him on: Youtube Channel: […]

05

Apr

The most beautiful moment of the creative process (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 63.)

The most beautiful moment of the creative process is that moment when the first OTHER person realizes how great your idea is. That is when you for the first time get validation on that your idea is good. We call it “The Videmus Moment”. Videmus is Latin for “we see” – as in others are […]

29

Mar

What can an astronaut teach you about creativity? (The Creativity Explorer meets Sergey Ryazanskiy.)

Sergey Ryazanskiy has been in space, twice. He has spent almost a year in space, performing different science projects and was the first Scientist – Spacecraft Commander. In this week’s episode, we will learn how a borderless mindset can make our Creativity – Limitless. Follow him on: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergeyiss/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sergeyiss/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SergeyISS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sergeyiss/ […]

22

Mar

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