The World of Creativity: Blog

A “Good Good Idea” (The World of Creativity: Episode 10)

“What is a good idea?” I get that question a lot. But I think we should not just aim for “good ideas” but for “good good ideas”. Let me explain. This week I was in contact with Sarnai, a Mongolian women who runs a orphanage in Ulaanbaatar together with her husband Mike (who is a […]

21

Dec

Merry Creativity (The World of Creativity: Episode 9)

In this weeks “World of Creativity” I want to share a personal story: My mother, our children’s grandmother, had told us she would not come to Singapore this Christmas. Our kids – who love their grandmother to bits – where sad. But then my mother changed her mind and decided to come – but we […]

14

Dec

The Future Speaks Mandarin and Cantonese (The World of Creativity: Episode 8)

13 years ago I moved to China because I felt that China (and the rest of Asia) would transform to a creative hotspot. At the time many people in the west – literally! – laughed at me. Today I spoke for the employees of Adidas in Guangzhou, a super creative group with amazing energy. The […]

07

Dec

The Death of Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 7)

This week I had the honour of sitting down with Lis Allen, an astonishing woman who has been dancing with death all her life. I talked to her about how she looked at creativity and death, but before I give you her answer I have to tell you more about her and her many different connections […]

30

Nov

The Adventure of Creativity (Episode of Creativity: Episode 6)

One of the most exciting things with being a professional speaker is meeting other professional speakers. This week I had the privilege to share the stage with Rob Lilwall – a speaker and adventurer who has embarked on expeditions by bicycle and on foot covering 80,000km of the world’s surface, through tundra, jungle, desert and […]

23

Nov

Show Them the Love – Why You Have to Make The Audience Feel You Love Them (The World of Creativity: Episode 5)

This week I did three speeches for three different audiences. One went much worse than the other two. Why? Because I got off on the wrong foot with the audience, and because I let that affect my delivery. Remember: It is not about you – it is about the speech – BUT it is about […]

20

Nov

What Can We Learn About Creativity From Ukraine (The World of Creativity: Episode 4)

That is what I wanted to know for my new project “The World of Creativity” as I travel the globe to learn about the many facets of human creativity. So this week I spent a few days in Kiev. I got to interview and spend time with creative artists, influencers, businessmen and business women of Ukraine […]

16

Nov

Humanity to the Power of Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 3)

For the last 20+ years I have been speaking and writing on the topics of Business Creativity, Change/Disruption and, lately, on why and how we need to develop a more global/human mindset. I have now summarised the three areas that I speak on into the phrase: “Humanity to the power of ideas”. To me, it perfectly summarises […]

11

Nov

Meat the Competition (The World of Creativity: Episode 2)

A while back I spoke at a company that sells meat. In my presentation, I had a slide showing the products from “Impossible Meat” a fully vegetarian product that is served as an alternative to meat in a burger for example. When the client saw my slide with “Impossible Meat” during rehearsal they asked me […]

03

Nov

The Nomadic Mindset (The World of Creativity: Episode 1)

What can we learn about creativity from the Mongolians? That is what I set out to find out by traveling to this vast country last year. I went there together with Kevin Cottam who is passionate about studying the nomadic mindset. When most people hear the word “Nomad” they think of: “Someone who doesn’t have […]

27

Oct

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