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# The Creativity Explorer

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- [Gut Knowledge, compared to Gut Feeling. (Episode 16)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/gut-knowledge-compared-to-gut-feeling-episode-16/)
- [From Research & Development to Research-Innovate-Develop. (Episode 18)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/from-research-development-to-research-innovate-develop-episode-18/)
- [When innovating, use the language and frame the context precisely. (Episode 17)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-innovating-use-the-language-and-frame-the-context-precisely-episode-17/)
- [The right KPI’s are good, but let’s not forget to measure KMI - when innovating. (Episode 15)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-right-kpis-are-good-but-lets-not-forget-to-measure-kmi-when-innovating-episode-15/)
- ["Dicourage"​  (THE CREATIVITY SUITE. EPISODE 14)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/dicourage-the-ability-to-do-something-that-frightens-others-but-not-yourself/)
- [The difference between “a creative” and “a creator.” (Episode 169)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-difference-between-a-creative-and-a-creator-episode-169/)
- [How is it to stay at Ideas Island? (Episode 168)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-is-it-to-stay-at-ideas-island-episode-168/)
- [The Paradoxes of Creativity - Mini Series: Creative Bubbles (Episode 155)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-paradoxes-of-creativity-creative-bubbles-the-creativity-explorer-mini-series-episode-155/)
- [The Paradoxes of Creativity - Mini Series_Ep 02: Solitude vs External Inspiration (Episode 156)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-paradoxes-of-creativity-mini-series_episode-02-solitude-vs-external-inspiration-the-creativity-explorer-episode-156/)
- [#AiPRIL-30 days of testing, reflecting and posting about Ai (Episode 158)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/aipril-30-days-of-testing-reflecting-and-posting-about-ai-continued-the-creativity-explorer-episode-158/)
- [#AiPRIL - exploring #Ai and being inspired (Episode 159)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/aipril-exploring-ai-and-being-inspired-continued-the-creativity-explorer-episode-159/)
- [Ideas Island - when good ideas are too good! (Episode 160)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ideas-island-news-when-good-ideas-are-too-good-the-creativity-explorer-episode-160/)
- [The Sense of Wondering (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 167)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-sense-of-wondering-as-a-trick-to-becoming-more-creative-the-creativity-explorer-episode-167/)
- [NewWinnings - The Norwegian word for innovation. (Episode 281)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/newwinnings-the-norwegian-word-for-innovation-episode-165/) - One of the things I love about exploring human creativity across the globe is how slight differences in how different languages describe the creative process can gift you with new insights into how creativity works. A few days ago I was in Norway and learnt about the Norwegian word “Nyvinning”. It is the
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 166: Creativity is clarity of thought](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-166-creativity-is-clarity-of-thought/) - Interview with Even Bolstad, the Managing Director of HR Norge. What does, at its core, a professional association do? Why do they exist? I am talking about marketing associations, professional speakers’ associations, HR associations, and similar organizations. It’s easy to say: “to provide networking opportunities for peers”, “to facilitate knowledge
- [Stay Curious. Stay Creative. (Episode 282)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/stay-curious-stay-creative-episode-282/) - "It is impossible to have an ego if you are curious" ​ That was one of the messages I delivered to the Global Innovation Network on a virtual talk recently. ​ That is one of the many powerful effects of curiosity. It kills the ego and when the ego is dead, then true creativity and
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 165: NewWinnings](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-165-newwinnings-the-norwegian-word-for-innovation/) - Interview with Erling Moen Synnes, Chief Information Officer at DNO. One of the things I love about exploring human creativity across the globe is how slight differences in how different languages describe the creative process can gift you with new insights into how creativity works. A few days ago I was in Norway and
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 164: Harnessing Creative Energy.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-164-harnessing-creative-energy/) - Interview with Alvanson So, Regional People Lead - South East Asia at Canva. Sometimes we can learn so much about a word by looking at its etymology. Like with the word ‘energy’. ‘Energy’ is Greek and built up by the word “En” meaning “In” and “Ergon” meaning ‘work, deed’. So the core idea
- [HISTB? (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 280)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/histb-the-creativity-explorer-episode-280/) - A few days ago I had the pleasure of having designer/animator/illustrator/and-just-creative-person Leopold Baranowska on my island. We talked about everything from pitching movie ideas to how AI will change the creative process. One thing that stuck with me from the conversation was how Leopold would check pitches for creative projects against one sentence: HISTB?
- [Challenging the Impossible. (Episode 279)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/challenging-the-impossible-episode-279/) - How much can you really innovate a fire wood stove? Well you would be surprised. ​ Contura AB has developed a wood burning stove called "Contura Zero" that - almost magically! - has virtually zero emissions (1mg particles per cubic meter of smoke, compared to 50-150mg for other stoves) ​ To create a "stove
- [Next level professional speaking commuting. (Episode 278)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/next-level-professional-speaking-commuting-episode-278/) - So last Thursday, at 11pm my flight left from Singapore. 16 hours later, I landed in Stockholm and went straight to a boat shop in central Stockholm and picked up our new rowing boat. And then rowed it (!) (with my luggage and everything) to the island… it took 2 hours 45 minutes in
- ["Grupplevelse" - A collective experience (Episode 277)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/grupplevelse-a-collective-experience-episode-277/) - The Swedish word for "experiencing something" is "upplevelse". The core meaning can be translated as "upp-lev-else", "to fully - live through - something." I think the Swedish word gives an added meaning to what an experience is. As, if you go to an event and it is "an upplevelse", then it is an
- [Dreams are ideas from ourselves to ourselves (Episode 276)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/dreams-are-ideas-from-ourselves-to-ourselves-episode-276/) - Is your job a nightmare? And If so, what does it teach you? This morning I woke up from a terrible nightmare. It is one of two recurring nightmares that I have. In this one - I call them ‘Fredrik, you are up!’ - nightmares! - I was told that I was up for a
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 163: Active Legacy](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-163-active-legacy/) - Interview with Christos Karagiannakis, CEO at Kotsovolos. It’s time to rethink what we think “legacy company” means. Today the word “legacy” means something impactful that took place in the past. So a “legacy company” is a business that has been established for a long time and has a well-known brand, history, or influence
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 162: Alia perspecta](https://www.fredrikharen.com/alia-perspecta-the-other-points-of-views/) - Interview with Fathi Tlatli, President - Global Sector Auto-Mobility at DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation. “I want to really think about what I am doing.” That was Fathi Tlatli’s answer to the question when I asked him how he - as the President - Global Sector Auto-Mobility at DHL Customer Solutions &
- [It’s never too late to create! (Episode 275)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/its-never-too-late-to-create-episode-275/) - A few days ago, I took my family to visit Peter Sandberg who did this oil painting for my wife's 50th birthday. Ten years ago, Peter once stayed on my "Ideas Island" for a week. When he turned 50, he had decided to see if he could learn how to paint. At the
- [Who encourages your creativity? (Episode 274)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/who-encourages-your-creativity-episode-274/) - Who encourages your creativity, and whose creativity do you need to encourage? Yesterday, I had the privilege of having a lunch meeting with Leif Pagrotsky. Leif is the former Minister of Trade of Sweden, and one of the most interesting and “real” politicians I have ever had the honour of meeting. One
- [Career fading.  (Episode 273)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/career-fading-episode-273/) - Many years ago, I had a neighbour who was 95 years old. She was a hairdresser and still had clients. She told me that she had not taken on any new clients since she turned 65 and slowly her list of clients had shrunk as her clients died off (!). When I met her, she
- [Explore The World of Creativity (Episode 272)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/explore-the-world-of-creativity-episode-272/) - If you are curious of the world and on creativity, this book is for you. Video from the Swedish launch event of my latest book. More than 170 creative people came to the sold out event and helped support the launch. All the proceeds from the sale of books went to Hjärnfonden (brain research).
- [What can you create? (Episode 271)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-can-you-create-episode-271/) - Focus your creativity on what you can change. ​ As you might know I live on an island 10 months a year. But in January and February, we live on the mainland (due to too much ice). ​ Here is a picture of me a few days ago taking off the boat engine for the
- [My Santa Wish! (Episode 270)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/my-santa-wish-episode-270/) - I want to share my Christmas Wish, and also share some great news! ​ You see, today (18th December) is the ‘Friends and family launch date’ for ‘The World of Creativity’ - A Journey Across 37 Countries to Discover the Secrets of Creative Minds. ​ The book is full of insights into the creative process
- [The job behind the job. (Episode 269)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-job-behind-the-job-episode-269/) - For an outsider, it might look as my job is to be a ‘global keynote speaker’ (and I did speak in 19 countries in 2025 alone). But I define myself as ‘an author and speaker’. Notice that ‘author’ comes before ‘speaker’. Being an author is what makes me do interviews, conduct research, develop my
- [Creativity Companion (Episode 268)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/7714-2/) - ”Accountability buddy” is a great concept, but ”creativity companion” is even better. A few months earlier this year I sat at Rönneberga hotel and wrote my (soon to be released) book “The World of Creativity”. In a chair a few meters from me sat Magnus Lindkvist and wrote his book, “How
- [A lesson in not adapting (Episode 267)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-lesson-in-not-adapting-episode-267/) - I continue to share my observations from traveling to make observations on how companies find it hard to change. This time a USB observation. In 2014 the specifications for USB-C were released. In 2022 the EU passed legislation requiring USB-C as the standard charging port. (Finnair’s OLDEST A350 was delivered in
- [The Creator Process (Episode 266)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creator-process-episode-266/) - In Cancun, Mexico, I met Felix Hernandez, a photographer / digital and miniature artist who has worked with brands like Top Gear and Gucci and other clients around the world. We talked about creativity from the perspective of a person who works with his hands. He told me that while the creative process
- [Silence your ego (Episode 265)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/silence-your-ego-episode-265/) - “I picked up painting because I wanted to be really bad at something.” That is what the journalist interviewing me told me today. I love that. Picking up something you suck at, is a great way of silencing the ego - and less ego is good for creativity.
- [Curiosity comes before Knowledge. (Episode 264)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/curiosity-comes-before-knowledge-episode-264/) - 1100 Icelandic HR leaders meeting for an HR conference is the equivalent of a HR conference with 25,000 (!) people in Sweden - or a whopping 825,000 (!) attendees for an HR conference in the USA. It’s mind-blowing that such a small country as Iceland can create such a big local HR conference.
- [”Much more creative”! (Episode 263)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/much-more-creative-episode-263/) - How can an airport be so uninviting? ‎‎ That was the thought that went through my mind as I walked through the arrival process of Nice airport. (Please do look at these photos to see how utterly depressing the arrival is!) ‎‎ How is it even possible to have humans build something so uninspiring? Especially
- [DaaH - Data as a Human. (Episode 262)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/daah-data-as-a-human-episode-262/) - What happens if you take all the vast amounts of data and feed it to an AI that analyses it and communicates insights as a human? Those are questions that Mark Krebs, Chief Product Officer at advertising and media giant Publicis, is experimenting with. Hearing him speak about what they are trying to
- [In defense of the comfort zone. (Episode 261)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/in-defense-of-the-comfort-zone-episode-261/) - The word “comfort” has gotten a bad rep. As someone interested in creativity, I often meet people who say, "To be creative, you have to go out of your comfort zone.” It’s like comfort now means "complacency, laziness, or lack of ambition.” But the etymology of the word “comfort” is “com” (meaning
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 161: Focused Innovation. ​](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-161-focused-innovation/) - Interview with Thomas Shilvock, Director of Strategic Development at Specsavers. Some people, sloppily, think of innovation as just “imagining the unknown”, but innovation, for companies, is the balance between three aspects: - The Art of the Possible – i.e. what can be created - The Art of the Practical – i.e.
- [Inspiration has expiration. (Episode 260)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/inspiration-has-expiration-episode-260/) - "Inspiration has expiration." I was recently on a podcast and I said that sentence. (Yes, I am quoting myself) But my point with that quote (and this post) was to send out a reminder that when inspiration fades, so too does the creative energy. I said it as a reflection about how
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 160: Humanitarian Creativity](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-160-humanitarian-creativity/) - Interview with Alpha Bah, Country Director of the World Food Programme’s Pacific Multi-Country Office. Here is an interesting train of thought: a) True creativity comes when you disconnect from your ego. So the creative process benefits if we are able to disconnect from our ego. b) A very effective way
- [Creativity for survival. (Episode 259)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-for-survival-episode-259/) - I recently had the privilege of speaking on the topic of creativity to a group of Ukrainian engineering students and faculty at the National University (Kyiv Aviation Institute). ​ Using creativity for survival is an extreme use of creativity, and one we all hope to never experience. This war is just so sad on so
- [Pay attention to boredom. (Episode 258)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/pay-attention-to-boredom-episode-258/) - Hunger is a signal to tell you to eat. Feeling thirsty is a signal to you to drink. And to feel bored is a signal to you to grow. Companies often measure engagement and happiness at work to make sure people are enjoying what they do. However, being bored at work
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 159: Creativitor](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-159-creativitor/) - Interview with Caroline Norbury, the Chief Executive of Creative UK. Sometimes we need a new word to be able to see something more clearly. Like how Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi popularized the concept of “flow” which made millions of people more aware of this "mental state in which you experience a deep sense of immersion
- [Who are you going to learn from today? (Episode 257)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/who-are-you-going-to-learn-from-today-episode-257/) - "Why are we (as humans) not better at picking up ideas and best practices from around the world?" ​ That was one of the questions I got yesterday as I was a guest on two podcasts. ​ My answer: "I think this is a bug in the human system!" ​ It breaks my spirit that
- [Creativity is not about being unconventional. (Episode 256)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-is-not-about-being-unconventional-episode-256/) - “Creative people are unconventional”, said the podcast host who interviewed me recently. I told her I disagreed. Creativity is not about being unconventional. Creativity is about doing what is authentically you - and since you are unique, that might come across as (!) unconventional. But we should not aim for being
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 158: The Case for Worst-Case Strategy.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-158-the-case-for-worst-case-strategy/) - Interview with Danny Donkers, Country Lead - Greece and Cyprus at Amgen. In a “normal” world, it makes sense to make worst-case scenarios, best-case scenarios, and base scenarios, and to go with the base scenario. However, in an environment that is constantly changing unexpectedly and where planning seems (and often is) impossible, it can
- [The goal is not freedom - the goal is authenticity.  (Episode 255)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-goal-is-not-freedom-the-goal-is-authenticity-episode-255/) - I was interviewed by a large German newspaper for three hours, yesterday. We talked about everything from creativity, living on an island and about my approach to life. I was asked: ”You seem to have built a life of freedom - not many people have been able to do that.” I replied: ”The end goal
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 157: Avoiding the darkness that is the creative eclipse](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-157-avoiding-the-darkness-that-is-the-creative-eclipse/) - Interview with Angela Chiara Lento, Sales Director Italy for FrieslandCampina. Have you ever been in a situation where one person’s personality, character, position or ego takes over to such an extent that the creativity of others, or even yourself, is killed or seriously damaged? Then you have been exposed to a “creative
- [How do you inspire entrepreneurship in others? (Episode 254)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-do-you-inspire-entrepreneurship-in-others-episode-254/) - Last weekend, we organized a cafe on the island we live on. Most of the job was made by our three kids (9, 12 and 14) ​ One of the over 100 guests that came to our island asked me: ”Why do you open up your home like this?” I replied: ”It’s a great way
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 156: Innovation Hunger Assessment](https://www.fredrikharen.com/episode-156-innovation-hunger-assessment/) - Interview with Kien Foh Lo, President and CEO of Continental Automotive in Singapore. Here’s an insight many companies overlook: You can only innovate at the speed your clients are ready to accept innovation, but different customers have different levels of “Innovation Hunger”. The trick with Innovation Hunger Assessment, is to assess how much
- [Live a life without enemies. (Episode 253)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/live-a-life-without-enemies-episode-253/) - I had the absolute privilege of interviewing Varghese Thambi who had a 48 year long career in banking which started as a teller in India and took him all the way to being a successful CEO for a bank in Uganda. (Now, at the age of 69, he just took a new job at Pepsi.)
- [Surprise. (Episode 252)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/surprise-episode-252/) - Don’t just go for “inspiration”, go for “surprise”. Things that surprise you rattle our minds in the most delightful way. Today, for example, I learned that at Rimi Estonia 46% (!) of their customers have bought pizza in their stores at least once in a year (!). (I would have guessed something like 5-10%) They
- [LANDED! (Episode 251)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/landed-episode-251/) - All you need from a conference is ONE insight. For me, speaking at The Asia Professional Speakers Convention gave one profound insight around being The Creativity Explorer: LANDED. Let me explain: it’s easy to think that ”explore” means to travel. But then you miss the point. Instead, you need to fully ‘land’ when you arrive
- [Embrace YNWA but don’t forget WYOW. (Episode 250)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/embrace-ynwa-but-dont-forget-wyow-episode-250/) - This is not a post about Liverpool becoming champions, it’s a post about creativity. I recently watched the magical game that sealed the title (congratulations!) together with 300+ fans in Singapore. The hotel had drastically underestimated the crowd and the queue to order a drink was 50 people long and slow. People
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 155: Compliance Innovation.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-155-compliance-innovation/) - Interview with Cassandra Moons, Legal Director Privacy, Product and Corporate Compliance and Data Protection Officer at TomTom. Few would put the two words “compliance” and “innovation” next to each other. At least without putting a “v.s.” in-between. But compliance doesn’t have to be an enemy of innovation. In fact, it can be a
- [Are you going slow enough?  (Episode 249)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/are-you-going-slow-enough-episode-249/) - The older I get, the more I take time to rest. You could look at that as a weakness. Like I am an old "machine" that needs more downtime. But I look at that as a strength. Slowing down makes me more in-tuned with everything. It can be a nap, an extra day off, or
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 154: Retrospection](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-154-retrospection/) - Interview with Andres Bernasconi, SVP, IT and Product Development Fintech at Mercado Libre. “What do you do?” is perhaps the most common question when we meet someone new. We want to know their profession. But perhaps we should ask “What have you done?” as that might be a much better way of
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 153: R&D stands for Receptive & Deploying](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-153-rd-stands-for-receptive-deploying/) - Interview with Daniel Häggmark, CEO at Monitor ERP System Asia. Be inspired by Monitor ERP to rethink of R&D stands for. Unless you work in manufacturing you will be forgiven if you have not heard of Monitor, but you really should know about them. And learn from them. When it comes to ERP
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 152: Unalienizing](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-152-unalienizing/) - Interview with Ashley Moran, Marketing and Category Director at Pilgrim's Food Masters in Ireland. Have you ever faced resistance when introducing a new idea or innovation? Often, this pushback occurs because the novelty is perceived as alien. This is where the concept of 'unalienizing' comes in. The fact is that people trying
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 151: The art of disassuming](https://www.fredrikharen.com/6409-2/) - Interview with Leslie Shannon, Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting at Nokia. As Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting at Nokia, Leslie Shannon’s job is to identify connectivity-related tech disruptions and opportunities, including developments in robotics, drones, visual analytics, cloud gaming, generative AI. In a way she is an in-house futurist. But when
- [The art of disassuming (Episode 151)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-art-of-disassuming-episode-151/) - As Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting at Nokia, Leslie Shannon’s job is to identify connectivity-related tech disruptions and opportunities, including developments in robotics, drones, visual analytics, cloud gaming, generative AI. In a way she is an in-house futurist. But when I asked her to describe what she does she said: “I need to constantly
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 150: Bispective - the unique competence of being able to see something from both perspectives.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-150-bispective-the-unique-competence-of-being-able-to-see-something-from-both-perspectives/) - Interview with Margit Kunz, Chief Executive Director at The German-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Industry and Commerce. A person (Person A) who has worked in an advertising agency her whole life has a lot of experience in creating advertising. She has a certain perspective on advertising. A person (Person B) who has worked in a marketing
- [Kai-taku-sha - One who cultivates the frontier (Episode 247)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/kai-taku-sha-one-who-cultivates-the-frontier-episode-247/) - The Japanese have given us some wonderful concepts related to creativity. Like Kaizen (改善), the art of continuous improvement.. Or Wabi-Sabi (侘寂), the beauty in imperfection and transience. And Shoshin (初心): Meaning: Having a beginner's mind. ​ ​ I would like to introduce you to another one: Kaitakusha (開拓者), which translates to “someone who cultivates
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 149: Kai-taku-sha - One who cultivates the frontier](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-149-kai-taku-sha-one-who-cultivates-the-frontier/) - Interview with Kaitakusha from Kyoko Yonezawa, Head of Innovation at TBWA\HAKUHODO The Japanese have given us some wonderful concepts related to creativity. Like Kaizen (改善), the art of continuous improvement.. Or Wabi-Sabi (侘寂), the beauty in imperfection and transience. And Shoshin (初心): Meaning: Having a beginner's mind. I would like to introduce
- [Embracing an Opening Mindset (Episode 246)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/embracing-an-opening-mindset-episode-246/) - I am sharing with you about a conversation I had with Karen Ballenden, Client Service Director at LePub Amsterdam for The Creativity Suite project. ​ Karen believes that much of her progress stems from cultivating what she calls an ‘Opening Mindset’. She feels fortunate to have worked on iconic global brands, contributing in small ways
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 148: Embracing an Opening Mindset](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-148-embracing-an-opening-mindset/) - Interview with Karen Ballenden, Client Service Director at LePub Amsterdam Karen Ballenden, Client Service Director at LePub Amsterdam, believes that much of her progress stems from cultivating what she calls an ‘Opening Mindset’. She feels fortunate to have worked on iconic global brands, contributing in small ways to the communication that shapes their
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 147: The Law of Intended Consequences](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-law-of-intended-consequences-episode-147/) - Interview with Roshanie J Moraes, an accomplished corporate leader in Sri Lanka. In the world of creativity and innovation, ideas are often celebrated as the catalysts of change. Yet, as Roshanie J Moraes, an accomplished corporate leader, insightfully points out, “Everybody has ideas, but where most people and businesses fail is at the point
- [Brain Drop. (Episode 245)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/brain-drop-episode-245/) - This morning, while driving the kids to school, I had this brilliant idea for the opening of the book I am writing at the moment - and then I forgot it... ​ I do not know what it's called when that happens, but I know it is incredibly frustrating. So I decided to call it
- [Creative Fitness. (Episode 244)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-fitness-episode-244/) - Today I signed up for a new gym-membership. I realised I had dropped the ball on my physical training since moving to Sweden and the scale (and my kids!) were telling me to do something about it. So today I did 2 hours on the treadmill and a bunch of other exercise machines at Bosön
- [Think in Plural (Episode 243)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/think-in-plural-episode-243/) - Here is perhaps one of the easiest ways of having a more open mindset around an issue: Think in plural. Instead of “creativity” think of “creativities”, because there is not “one” creativity, there are multiple creativities. Artistic creativity, logical creativity, collective creativity, rhythmic creativity and on and on and on. So thinking of “creativities” makes
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 145: Let’s Do It!](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-145-lets-do-it/) - Interview with Remco van Haastrecht, VP Operations at Solar Nederland in The Netherlands. Nike got it almost right with their iconic slogan: “Just Do It”. But to me, the concise and beautiful message is hiding a flaw. May I instead propose: “Let’s Do It.” ​ ​ Just Do It is telling someone to
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 146: Think in Plural](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-146-think-in-plural/) - Interview with Professor Pamela Burnard, Professor of Arts, Creativities and Educations (ACE) at the University of Cambridge. Here is perhaps one of the easiest ways of having a more open mindset around an issue: Think in plural. Instead of “creativity” think of “creativities”, because there is not “one” creativity, there are multiple creativities.
- [What is your ”Professional Resolution?” (Episode 242)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-is-your-professional-resolution-episode-242/) - At the Airbnb my family is staying at while we are on a skiing holiday, the owner has a series of books called ”fact calendar”. Books with facts about the world. The last one is from 2015 (!) when the Internet had been around in Sweden for 20+ years and the iPhone had been around
- [Around the World in 80 Selfies (Episode 240)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/around-the-world-in-80-selfies-episode-240/) - Many assume the highlight of the job as a keynote speaker is standing on grand stages in front of massive crowds. And while that’s exhilarating, it’s not the best part. The real magic? The incredible, inspiring, and diverse people you get to meet along the way. This year, instead of following the trend
- [Let's Do It! (Episode 239)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lets-do-it-episode-239/) - Nike got it almost right with their iconic slogan: “Just Do It”. But to me, the concise and beautiful message is hiding a flaw. May I instead propose: “Let’s Do It.” Just Do It is telling someone to do something. Let’s Do It is inviting someone to do what needs to be done.
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 144: The Unknown Need](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-144-the-unknown-need/) - Interview with Dave Harrison, former Sr. VP and Chief Marketing Officer at GAF. We are all aware of the Rumsfeld Matrix. That is: "Known knowns, Known unknowns, Unknown knowns and Unknown unknowns.” But have you heard about the Harrison Matrix? Probably not, since I just invented it following a discussion with the very
- [A reflection about AI and creativity (Episode 238)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-reflection-about-ai-and-creativity-episode-238/) - Today I want to send you to my LinkedIn Post for today where I show why I think AI is the 6th way to be creative - and why we should think of AI as the greatest creativity tool that we have ever invented. Would love to hear what you think. Please do
- [Should an archivist be creative? (Episode 237)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/should-an-archivist-be-creative-episode-237/) - Think of a group of professionals where everyone thinks creativity is important and virtually all of them also think they are creative. Did you think of The Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet)? Well, you should have. Or at least you could have. The Swedish National Archives is one of Sweden's oldest government agencies. The oldest mention
- [The many faces of human creativity (Episode 236)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-many-faces-of-human-creativity-episode-236/) - On Sunday, I interviewed artist and musician Bam Bi in Saigon about the concept of "Gentle Creativity." ​ Yesterday, I interviewed creative director Christian Faber in Copenhagen about the "Restlessness of Creativity." (Christian, amongst many other things, is the man behind BIONICLE, LEGO’s first self-owned intellectual property.) These two themes might, at first
- [When in Rome... (Episode 235)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-in-rome-episode-235/) - Well, actually, I am in Saigon speaking at the Alliott Global Alliance Worldwide conference, and the theme for my speech was "A creative global mindset". After the speech, one of the delegates, Piergiorgio Zettera from Italy came up to me to discuss the speech. We talked about the saying "When in Rome, do as
- [Trash talk (Episode 234)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/trash-talk-episode-234/) - When Dorji Dhradhul served as Dzongda (Governor) of Gasa in Bhutan he wanted to reduce the problem with trash in the region. So he gave every public servant (including himself) a bag, and the instructions that when they were out in society and saw some trash, they should pick it up. At the end of
- [Embrace your problems. (Episode 233)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/embrace-your-problems-episode-233/) - Today's lesson: embrace your problems. It will make your life better. ​ "I could not imagine my life without problems - it would be so sad.” ​ These are the words of Apostol Spassov from Sofia, Bulgaria. ​ When he was just 16 (!) years old, he and a couple of his friends realized that
- [Think and act local, national and global (Episode 232)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/think-and-act-local-national-and-global-episode-232/) - Forget about "Think global. Act local." Instead, embrace "Think and act local, national and (!) global!" When you do all three, you "Think and act like a human." Last week was the perfect mix of local, national, and global. On Monday, I gave a pro-bono speech for a local senior citizen group in Lidingö, where
- [Lessons from a 91-year-old man. (Episode 231)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lessons-from-a-91-year-old-man-episode-231/) - Today I had a very unique speaking assignment. I had been invited to speak about my private island to an association on Lidingö. ​ The man who booked me for this is Göran Sjöberg and he joined the association in 1961 (!) 7 years before I was born... The group meets a couple of times
- [Existential Transformation (Episode 143)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/existential-transformation-episode-143/) - Interview with Pedro S. Pereira , Chief Sustainability Officer, Regional Vice President Latin America & Caribbean at SAP. Here is what people do not get about the fundamental change that is happening in business and society at the moment. It’s not just a “sustainability transformation” or a “green transformation”. It’s an Existential Transformation. A fundamental
- [Frosting - The Art of Taking the Road Less Traveled (Episode 230)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈-𝑻𝒉𝒆-𝑨𝒓𝒕-𝒐𝒇/) - “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” - Robert Frost. ​ In a world where so much of creativity seems to revolve around conforming to what is popular or profitable, there is a different path, one that few dare to tread.
- [An Atribal Mindset (Episode 142)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/an-atribal-mindset-episode-142/) - Interview with Ling Hai, President for Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa at Mastercard. The sense of belonging to a tribe is deeply human. It is the force that fosters our sense of belonging and connection. In many ways, our urge to be a part of a tribe is what makes us human, and
- [𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫-𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧/) - Anxiety is like a kidnapper that holds our inner child - the pure, imaginative, and unrestrained part of us - hostage. This inner child represents our creativity, the source of our most authentic and inspired ideas. When anxiety strikes, it constrains our creative potential, confining us to a state of fear and self-doubt. Christine M.
- [The Creative Process: Decisions at the Core  (Episode 228)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creative-process-decisions-at-the-core-episode-228/) - "Creativity is 99% decisions and 1% inspiration." This reimagining of Thomas Edison’s famous quote about innovation captures a fundamental truth often overlooked: creativity is not merely about sudden bursts of inspiration. As Alice Liu, Partner at innovation consultancy ID8 Innovation, emphasized, creativity is deeply rooted in the decisions we make throughout the process. ​ Now,
- [The Creative Process: Decisions at the Core (Episode 141)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creative-process-decisions-at-the-core-episode-141/) - Interview with Alice Liu, Partner at innovation consultancy ID8 Innovation. "Creativity is 99% decisions and 1% inspiration." This reimagining of Thomas Edison’s famous quote about innovation captures a fundamental truth often overlooked: creativity is not merely about sudden bursts of inspiration. As Alice Liu, Partner at innovation consultancy ID8 Innovation, emphasized, creativity is deeply rooted
- [I dare you to dare. (Episode 227)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/i-dare-you-to-dare-episode-227/) - The slide of Åsa Gabrielsson of Epiroc said "Dare to think new", and it got me asking myself: "Am I daring enough around thinking in new ways?" I am afraid the answer is "no". Do not get me wrong, I think I am good at coming up with ideas that make my life better in
- [Do not be a problem solver, be a problem preventer. (Episode 140)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-be-a-problem-solver-be-a-problem-preventer-episode-140/) - Interview with Peter Mehlape, Managing Director, Southern Africa for Medtronic. You know the saying “If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem?” Well, it’s time to start saying: “If you are not part of the prevention, you are part of the resulting problem.” To think about creativity
- [Creativity inspiration from Davos (Episode 226)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-inspiration-from-davos-episode-226/) - Today, I am in Davos and after giving my speech I decided to go for a hike in the mountains. While being there I recorded a short video about embracing creativity inspired by how The World Economic Forum - that is held in Davos - has ranked “creativity” the #1 soft skill of the future.
- [BIG news: Partnered with Wiley to publish The World of Creativity! (Episode 225)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/big-news-partnered-with-wiley-to-publish-the-world-of-creativity-episode-225/) - Since writing my first book - 30 years ago - I’ve been dreaming of this moment - to partner with Wiley for the global launch of a book. ​ I am "The Creativity Explorer" and I feel it is so aligned with Wiley’s motto of: “We champion the seekers.” ​ Celebrate with me today for
- ["The Thirst" (Episode 139)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-thirst-episode-139/) - Interview with Sebastian Sanchez, MD at Heineken in Panama. Have you ever wondered why most people give up and some continue? It’s true for endurance sports like triathlon and it’s true for creativity. People give up in marathons, but some people don’t, and people give up creative projects, and some people don’t. So
- [Build your perfect office. (Episode 224)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/5695-2/) - Here's a video with a message about investing time and energy to create the perfect office for you. (Okay, I admit, the main reason I made this video is that I bought a drone a few days ago and really wanted to film my office :-D But I think the message about creating the perfect
- [Burn old ideas, burn! (Episode 223)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/burn-old-ideas-burn-episode-223/) - A few months ago, the house that I used as storage for my book "The Idea Book" burnt down in a fire. All the books went up in flames! I took it as a positive sign. A sign that I should move on. The book has served me really well. It has
- [Lucid Dream Ideation (Episode 222)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lucid-dream-ideation-episode-222/) - This morning I had a magical creative moment. I was half-asleep, half-awake and I started brainstorming with myself in a dream like state about ways to create a memory for my dad on my island. I played along with different ideas while being in a state of half-asleep. The ideas flowed in and out of
- [MIMA (Make It More Awesome) (Episode 221)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/mima-make-it-more-awesome-episode-221/) - A couple of days ago I experienced the amazing feeling of taking a cold swim and a hot sauna bath in an abandoned mine 80 meters below ground. 'The lady of the mine sauna ritual - with mining guide' is in Dalarna Sweden. Words or pictures cannot describe how unique this experience was. The woman
- [Lubopiten - The love for asking questions. (Episode 220)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lubopiten-the-love-for-asking-questions-episode-220/) - Today, I was interviewed (via Zoom) by Bulgarian TV about my views on creativity. The journalist asked many good questions, and we had an interesting conversation that covered topics ranging from North Korea to mothers playing games with their children. In the end, I asked HIM a question: "How do you say the word "curiosity"
- [Introducing the word: “curiositer”. (Episode 219)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/introducing-the-word-curiositer-episode-219/) - A Curiositer is a person who is curious. The Predicate Nominative for a person who is adventurous is “adventurer”. A person who takes on challenges is a “challenger”. I think there should be a Predicate Nominative for someone who is curious, and “Curiositer” works just fine. Personally, I am a “curious introvert”. Or perhaps that
- [Can a book save a person’s life? I just found out my book did. (Episode 218)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/can-a-book-save-a-persons-life-i-just-found-out-my-book-did-episode-218/) - Yesterday, I had the privilege to connect with a woman who had asked to meet. In the meeting she told me her life’s story. How she - a happy and normal girl at 14 years old - had been drawn into a cult-like church and how there she had been brainwashed to give up her life
- [Maximally Annoying Small Problems - MASP (Episode 217)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/maximally-annoying-small-problems-masp-episode-217/) - I will exemplify with the iPhone: As a left-handed person, why can I not choose to put the camera button on the left side for easier and faster access? Why doesn't the iPhone recognize if the background picture is light at the top, and then change the colour of the battery status and reception bar
- [Working on becoming even more creative. (Episode 216)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/working-on-becoming-even-more-creative-episode-216/) - In the elevator to the training venue I was speaking at yesterday, it said “whole new level”. ​ The message resonated with me. ​ Because so many people compare their creative abilities to others - often to very creative people - and then draw the conclusion “I am not creative.” ​ That is so unfortunate.
- [The appreciation of creativity. (Episode 215)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-appreciation-of-creativity-episode-215/) - Here is an insight into creativity that was triggered by two football-related events that I attended in the last few days: Creativity is one of the things we appreciate most in our heroes. Event 1: On Saturday night I had the privilege of being in the audience when Zlatan Ibrahimovic was celebrated for his amazing
- [Inspiring new entrepreneurs. (Episode 214)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/inspiring-new-entrepreneurs-episode-214/) - Look at that smile - It’s the smile of achievement. Last week, our kids (8, 11 and 13) opened a café on the island we live on. (Ok, mum helped and dad spent the day driving the boat). Almost 100 (!) people came to “fika” and enjoyed island life for a while during the Swedish
- [“The Expert’s Insight”. (Episode 138)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-experts-insight-episode-138/) - Interview with Børre Opsahl, CFO, Insula. There are things that only an expert in a field would know but that non-experts could benefit from knowing. This is called “The Expert’s Insight”. Let me give you an example of “The Expert’s Insight”: People who are not professional speakers might think that professional speaking is
- [Here's to more positive and new thoughts. (Episode 213)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/heres-to-more-positive-and-new-thoughts-episode-213/) - According to https://www.cdaltonpsychology.com/blogrunning-thoughts/60000-or-6000-thoughts-a-day, "the National Science Foundation published an article summarizing research on human thoughts per day. It was found that the average person has about 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. Of those thousands of thoughts, 80% were negative, and 95% were exactly the same repetitive thoughts as the day before." ​ I have
- [Want to innovate? Aim for The Dangerous Edge. (Episode 137)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/want-to-innovate-aim-for-the-dangerous-edge-episode-137/) - Interview with Dr. Johan S. Roos, Chief Academic Officer & Professor at Hult International Business School. When LEGO Serious Play was introduced in the late 1990s as a way to enable managers to describe, create and challenge their views on their business, the process was met with scorn, skepticism, and doubt. Having managers “play” and
- [Focus on how many "days of..." you have. (Episode 212)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-focus-on-how-many-days-off-you-have-focus-on-how-many-days-of-you-have-episode-212/) - On Friday, the sun was shining, and the sea was calm, so I decided to paddle from Stockholm to my island. It was a day of paddling. While paddling, I was reflecting on the number one advantage of running my own company: the fact that I am in control of how I spend my days.
- [Find your Unwork Activity. (Episode 136)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-your-unwork-activity-episode-136/) - Interview with Oddbjørn Skauge, CIO at StrongPoint. Here is a message that many professionals need to hear: Think less about work! If you have a job where you cannot stop thinking about your work even after you have left for the day, you know the feeling of “always on". The work consumes you. You
- [Exceptional Creativity. (Episode 211)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/exceptional-creativity-episode-211/) - “We are living in exceptional times. That means we need exceptional creativity.” The words came from the CEO of an energy company who spoke before me at their annual conference last week. It was the perfect introduction to my speech, as I was invited to speak on the topic of creativity. But it was also
- [Innovation Motivation (Episode 135)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-motivation-episode-135/) - Interview with Lars Bratthall, CIO at Multiconsult. Innovation Motivation is a systematic way of thinking about how to build an organization full of people motivated to innovate. All companies want innovation, but few companies actually think about what would make people want to innovate. Perhaps the most important aspect for getting people to innovate
- [Make great ideas greater. (Episode 210)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/make-great-ideas-greater-episode-210/) - I spent this week making improvements to Ideas Island - my other island in Stockholm. ​ (I live on one island and the other island I never stay on myself; I just let other people stay on it. ​ Either for creatives by applying at IdeasIsland.com to stay for free (if you
- [Bursting the corporate filter bubble. (Episode 134)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/5374-2/) - Interview with Johan Maresch, Chief Digital Officer at Perstorp. Let’s talk about how we can burst "the corporate filter bubble.” No matter where we work, there will be a sense of “we know how to do this”. Experience, previous success and tradition tend to create a sense of “we know this” inside a company.
- [Live your life. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 209)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/live-your-life-the-creativity-explorer-episode-209/) - Many years ago, I had a 90+ old neighbour who, after a life working as a hairdresser, still had clients. ​ I asked her: "I love this, so you are never going to retire?!" ​ She replied: "I haven't taken on new clients in decades, and my old clients keep dying off, so I have
- [In praise of the small ideas. (Episode 207)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/in-praise-of-the-small-ideas-episode-207/) - At the breakfast at Hindsgavl Slot castle yesterday, they had homemade honey from their own bees, salami from animals on the farm, apple juice from their own apples and marmalade from their own strawberries. The castle is impressive, the height of the auditorium is stunning, the tech of the hotel is perfect, but it
- [The forgotten art of being able to scepticize. (Episode 133)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-forgotten-art-of-being-able-to-scepticize-episode-133/) - Interview with Frank Ferro, Director Insights at PostNL. In 1924 Miguel de Unamuno wrote: "Sceptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found.” One hundred years later this message is more important than ever. The root of the word
- [Do not take calculated risk - take calibrated risk. (Episode 132)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-take-calculated-risk-take-calibrated-risk-episode-132/) - Interview with Nils Kjetil Vestmoen Nilsen, Digital Innovation Manager at Schlumberger. People like to talk about the need to take ‘calculated risks’ in business. But calculated risks are an illusion. The meaning of the word “calculated” is “done with full awareness of the likely consequences.” Raise your hand if you think it’s possible to have
- [Humanizing colleagues (Episode 131)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/humanizing-colleagues-episode-131/) - Interview with Thomas Djurso, Country Manager for Cognizant in Denmark. Here is a refreshing approach to building a team: Make people connect with each other as humans, not just as colleagues. And no, I am not talking about infrequent kick-off meetings that happen way too seldom, or an after-work, which is usually some friends
- [The Creativity Suite. Episode 130: Six degrees of Creativity.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-suite-episode-130-six-degrees-of-creativity/) - This episode of The Creativity Suite is anonymous. Here is a question for you: If knowing the right person to make your ideas happen is so valuable, and if knowing how to correctly ask them for what you need is crucial for innovation, then why are we not spending more time helping people develop
- [Blue Ocean Strategy is good, but Blue Sky Strategy is better. (Episode 129)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/blue-ocean-strategy-is-good-but-blue-sky-strategy-is-better-episode-129/) - Interview with Dawid Sold, Managing Director of G4S in Serbia. When the book Blue Ocean Strategy came out in 2004 it became a big hit with companies. The book is built around a metaphor of the “blue ocean” and “red ocean” In the red ocean, “companies try to outperform their rivals to grab a greater
- [Do Diligence (Thoughts on creativity, inspired by Korea: Episode 206)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-diligence-thoughts-on-creativity-inspired-by-korea-episode-206/) - This message is inspired by the word that stuck with me after interviewing creatives in South Korea: The word was “diligence”. ​ Some people look at the economic success of South Korea and say: "It’s because they work so hard.” Or because they "work so much". Some even say: “It’s because they work TOO hard,
- [How many creative thoughts per day? (Episode 205)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-many-creative-thoughts-per-day-episode-205/) - Question: How often per day would you say you have a creative thought? 1-10 times per day? 11-100? 101-1000? 1001-10,000? For this survey, my bar for what constitutes a creative thought is quite low. I am not talking of "painting a painting" or "coming up with a breakthrough invention." I am talking about simple everyday
- [Episode 128: The Understander is always right.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/episode-128-the-understander-is-always-right/) - Interview with Tore von Würden, Country Director Denmark/Norway/Iceland for Amgen. The idea that “the customer is always right” is outdated. The customer often does not know what they want. How many mobile phone users would have said that they wanted the iPhone before it was launched, just to take a famous example. And to
- [Creativity makes us happy! (Episode 204)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-makes-us-happy-episode-204/) - Last night (at midnight) I delivered a virtual Masterclass on creativity for Hellomonday (I did it from a hotel room in Vienna and because Hello Monday is in Australia it meant doing it at midnight for me.) I started the virtual Masterclass by saying that the creative process makes us happy! There is a value
- [Active Intuition. (Episode 127)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/active-intuition-episode-127/) - Interview with Mauro Porcini, SVP & Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo. Here is what most people get wrong about intuition: They think intuition just “happens”. It doesn’t. The reason for this misunderstanding could come from how the word is defined. Intuition is defined as "the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for
- [Creativity is fundamental for mental well-being. (Episode 202)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-is-fundamental-for-mental-well-being-episode-202/) - One of the people I met on my trip to Singapore this week was fellow speaker YuJin Wong. YuJin speaks on the very important topic of Mental Wellbeing and he told me that one of the pillars of his speech is to talk about the need to do something creative in your life. ​ I
- [When life gives you lemons - make strawberry milkshake! (Episode 203)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-life-gives-you-lemons-make-strawberry-milkshake-episode-203/) - A couple of days ago, I accidentally cracked the screen on my Mac so I had no computer. While it was at service yesterday, I decided to take the day off and paddle my new kayak from the store in the central of Stockholm to my island. After all – it was a beautifully
- [The Roadblockers. (Episode 126)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-roadblockers-episode-126/) - Interview with Lise Karstensen, Head of Nordics, Nokia Enterprise and Country Director. You have heard about Gatekeepers - as in "someone who has the power to decide who gets particular resources and opportunities, and who does not”, and Gatekeepers can be frustrating, annoying and irritating to run into. ​ But there is another
- [“SAPIs” -“Simple And Powerful Ideas." (Episode 124)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/sapis-simple-and-powerful-ideas-episode-124/) - Interview with Mette Refshauge, VP, Corporate Communication & Sustainability at A.P. Moller Maersk. This might sound counter-intuitive, but there are some ideas that are “too good to become true” - at least if you do not pay attention. Let’s call those ideas “SAPI”. SAPI stands for a “Simple And Powerful Idea”, and a SAPI is
- [Creativity Conviction. (Episode 125)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-conviction-episode-125/) - Interview with Patricio Melo , Executive Vice President, Media/Chief Technology Officer at Davivienda. Here is an interesting observation: Believe that people will change, adapt new technology and innovate and it’s a much better chance that they will. Doubt that they will, and they will not. This lesson was given to me by Patricio Melo ,
- [Innovation as a Service. (Episode 123)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-as-a-service-episode-123/) - Interview with Renata Talarico Petrovic, Head of Open Innovation at Banco Bradesco. Bradesco is a Brazilian financial company with a different, and I have to add: fresh, approach to innovation. Let’s call it Innovation as a Service. What Bradesco has done is to create a hub where its corporate clients get access to
- [Idea Enjoyment. (Episode 200)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idea-enjoyment-episode-200/) - There is a special joy that comes from appreciating a good idea that you made happen. Let’s call that “Idea Enjoyment”. ​ That moment you step back from your painting and just look at it not as the painter but as the art lover. ​ That moment when you finish that task you set out
- [The Creatives have no clothes! (Episode 122)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creatives-have-no-clothes-episode-122/) - Interview with John Schoolcraft, Chief Creative Officer at Oatly. Sometimes, we need someone to point out the obvious that everyone has missed. In the classic story of Hans Christian Andersen it is the child who screams out “The Emperor is naked!”. And for marketing we have John Schoolcraft, Chief Creative Officer at Oatly. Oatly is a
- [Expand your personal frontier by applying the art of the possible. (Episode 121)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/expand-your-personal-frontier-by-applying-the-art-of-the-possible-episode-121/) - Interview with Larry D. James, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer at The Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Larry D. James has one of the coolest jobs on the planet. Or let me rephrase that: He has one of the coolest jobs in the solar system. Larry is Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer at
- [The extremes of being The Creativity Explorer. (Episode 199)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-extremes-of-being-the-creativity-explorer-episode-199/) - Yesterday, I stayed in a suite at the Conrad in Dubai as I was there to deliver an opening keynote speech for IT security experts from the region. Today, I did a pro-bono speech on Zoom from my home in Sweden for a class of Afghan girls attending a secret school. (I blacked out their
- [Innovation Slipping. (Episode 120)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-slipping-episode-120/) - Interview with Arturo Martinez Torres, Innovation & Technology Leader at Grupo Quimmco. Innovation Slipping is the insidious, slow and barely noticeable decline in innovation over time as a company gets older and more established. When a company is founded, it’s often buzzing with innovation, but then processes are set up, procedures get cemented, and inertia
- [Undeterring - The act of being undeterred. (Episode 119)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/undeterring-the-act-of-being-undeterred-episode-119/) - Interview with Brian J Smyth, Managing Director and Global Innovation Lead, Communications, Media and Technology at Accenture. We need a verb of the adjective undeterred. A word describing "the act of not being deterred or the process of persisting without discouragement." May I suggest the word: Undeterring. It is not an established
- [Be your own Chief of Creativity. (Episode 118)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/be-your-own-chief-of-creativity-episode-118/) - Interview with a Chief of Staff to the Managing Partner. What can we learn about creativity from a Chief of Staff? That was my reason to book a conversation with a Chief of Staff to the Managing Partner at a professional services company in Ireland who has been with the company for almost 10
- [Lesson from my Montblanc wallet. (Episode 117)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lesson-from-my-montblanc-wallet-episode-117/) - Interview with Benjamin Goh, Regional Marketing Director at Montblanc. Contrary to popular belief, the most important customer for a company like Montblanc is NOT the person who buys a Montblanc piece to make an EXTERNAL statement about how rich, successful or fashion conscious they are. Those customers are also important, but they are not the
- [The creativity sweet spot between obvious and random. (Episode 197)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-creativity-sweet-spot-between-obvious-and-random-episode-197/) - Question: On a scale between 0 and 100, where 0 is totally obvious and 100 is totally random where would you put a good idea? The, perhaps surprising, answer is 70. I got this number from Rafa Jiménez, whom I met in Mexico City. Rafa is the founder & CEO of Seenapse and Rafa has
- [The Meaning of Meals. (Episode 198)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-meaning-of-meals-episode-198/) - This episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a Mexican chef as research for my upcoming book, The World of Creativity. You can learn a lot about life from Martha Ortiz and she learned a lot about life from food. Martha grew up in a family where the father was a famous
- [Idea Deliberation (Episode 116)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idea-deliberation-episode-116/) - Interview with Ankur Dasgupta, Vice President of India APJ Marketing at NTT DATA. One of the most common mistakes people make in the creative process is to judge the merit of an idea purely based on the first mention of the idea. Often, they have made up their mind about the idea just seconds
- [Digital Transformation is dead. Long live Process Transformation. (Episode 115)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/digital-transformation-is-dead-long-live-process-transformation-episode-115/) - Interview with Carina van den Berg, Director Global Finance Sustainability & Operations at SKF. What we call things matter. And if we talk about “Digital Transformation,” we are focusing on the tool (digital products and services) instead of the solution (better processes). So yes, I am saying that for the last 25 years or
- [Be Alltruistic. (Episode 114)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/be-alltruistic-episode-114/) - Interview with Ola Litström, VP Digitalization and Training Platforms EMT at Höganäs AB. Here’s a lesson in how to approach business: Do not go for selfishness, ie "lacking consideration for other people; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure”. Selfishness might benefit us sometimes, but it’s not a strategy for long-term winning.
- [The Admin Monster is eating up humanity (Episode 113)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-admin-monster-is-eating-up-humanity-episode-113/) - If you ask people what they think is the biggest creativity killer, they will often reply “lack of confidence, fear of making mistakes etc”. I think they are wrong. I think the biggest creativity killer is “admin work”. While fear is killing the creative spark of people who lack creative confidence, meaningless, tiresome, time-consuming, and
- [Competence Triangulation. (Episode 112)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/competence-triangulation-episode-112/) - Interview with José Angel Gutiérrez Goutréz. José is today HR Director, El Puerto de Liverpool. In trigonometry and geometry, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by forming triangles to the point from known points. "Competence Triangulation” is the process of understanding your optimal skills and competencies by trying your
- [Push and Pull innovation. (Episode 111)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/push-and-pull-innovation-episode-111/) - Interview with Martin Toscano , President, Evonik Industries de Mexico. There are many different ways of looking at innovation. Here’s one interesting way: Learn to differentiate between “pull innovation” and "push innovation.” Push Innovation is where a company comes up with ideas that they think will work for their customers and goes and presents
- [Ideamonds - small, brilliant ideas. (Episode 109)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ideamonds-small-brilliant-ideas-episode-109/) - Interview with Diana Mondino, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Argentina. Yes, “Ideamond” is a made up word. I just made it up, after having a discussion about creativity with Diana Mondino early this year. Diana is a woman who wears many creative hats. In addition to being recently appointed as the Minister of Foreign
- [Become Creative Energy. (Episode 110.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/become-creative-energy-episode-110/) - Interview with Jorge Lopez-Doriga, Chief Communication and Sustainability Officer at AJE. In my job as The Creativity Explorer I get to meet so many very creative people. People who embody the very essence of creativity. It’s the best part of my job and a privilege. I can live on these meetings for days. I
- [Ideamond. (Episode 196)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ideamond-episode-196/) - This week's newsletter is inspired by the latest episode of my series 'The Creativity Suite'. Ideamonds - small, brilliant ideas. Yes, “Ideamond” is a made up word. I just made it up, after having a discussion about creativity with Diana Mondino early this year. Diana is a woman who wears many creative hats.
- [The Assignment (Episode 108)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-assignment-episode-108/) - Interview with Stiven Kerestegian, Head of Disruptive Innovation at IKEA Group. Have you ever been completely overtaken by a creative project? Have you experienced the feeling when there is this one creative thing that you just have to finish, that pushes virtually everything else in your life out of the way? Like if you are
- [Insights are explosions of possibilities. (Episode 107)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/insights-are-explosions-of-possibilities-episode-107/) - Interview with Elisa Romo de Vivar, Strategy & Insights Director at Danone. Most people seem to think that the moment we have an idea is the most powerful part of the creative process, but I would like to argue that another aspect should get more attention - the moment when we get an insight.
- [Bispective. (Episode 195)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/bispective-episode-195/) - Bispective is a made up word created by combining the Latin word for “two” (bi) with the word “perspective” where “spec” means “to observe”. A person with Bispective is a person who can look at a situation from two perspectives. ​ For example: ​ - A salesperson who previously worked as head of
- [Daily Creativity Insights. (Episode 194)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/daily-creativity-insights-episode-194/) - I published this text on LinkedIn and since you are following me here I thought you might appreciate to know about my goal for 2024 of posting one SHORT creativity insight on LinkedIn every (working) day. Follow me on LinkedIn (if you do not already do that) and let’s, together, explore creativity there as well.
- [Exploratory Thinking. (Episode 106)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/exploratory-thinking-episode-106/) - Interview with José Miguel Bejarano, Innovation Lead at Siemens Energy. We all know the process of Design Thinking. How it starts with "Stage 1: Empathize - Research Your Users' Needs.” and "Stage 2: Define - State Your Users' Needs and Problems.” It sounds clever, smart and customer centric. But what if there is
- [The relevance of relevance for creativity. (Episode 105)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-relevance-of-relevance-for-creativity-episode-105/) - Interview with Tom Kindermans, Managing Director, Central and Eastern Europe at SAP. Relevance is, arguably, one of the most underestimated powers of the creative process. You see, creativity needs relevance. If something is not relevant to you, it’s not possible to be creative about it. Because when there is relevance, there is care, and if
- [Organisational momentum. (Episode 104)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/organisational-momentum-episode-104/) - Interview with Michael Holm, Managing Director at Diageo. When you are a young manager, you might think reaching your annual targets, on budget, and on time is what constitutes success, but when you become more experienced you will come to realise that that’s not really what matters. Sure, reaching your goals is excellent, but creating
- [Ostium - The opposite of a problem. (Episode 103.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ostium-the-opposite-of-a-problem-episode-103/) - Interview with Benedicte Flamand, Director Global Marketing, Communication, Digital CX, Sustainability & Sales Excellence Denmark for Schneider Electric. Creative development can be cut down to the simple phrase of “keep the good, and get rid of the bad”. As in: keep doing what works, and change that which is not working. It’s a simple
- [Do not Think Differently. (Episode 102)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-think-differently-episode-102/) - Interview with Anders Nyland, Chief Executive Officer/Director of Tourism at Visit Bergen. Perhaps the iconic Apple ad campaign with the message “Think Different” led a lot of creative people down the wrong path. The word “different” means: “not of the same kind: partly or totally unlike another”. In other words - it implies
- [The Iconic Loop. (Episode 101)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-iconic-loop-episode-101/) - Interview with Peter Khoury, Chief Creative Officer at TBWA\Neboko Adidas. The way pro-bono work feeds the creative soul of an advertising professional holds a lesson in the creative process for all of us. It’s called “The Iconic Loop,” and it is the loop that will make you iconic. It works like this: 1)
- [Time to Innovation (TTI) (Episode 100)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/time-to-innovation-tti-episode-100/) - Interview with Elad Levi, Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific for Netafim. Meet “Time to Innovation” (TTI), the lesser-known cousin to the more well-known concept of Time to market (TTM). The definition of TTM is "the total length of time it takes to bring a product from conception to market availability.” The definition of TTI is: “An
- [Meaningful Innovation. (Episode 99)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/meaningful-innovation-episode-99/) - Interview with Rajan Maheshwari, Country Head - Norway, for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Stop talking about “Purpose.” Start talking about “Meaningfulness.” You can hardly attend a business conference without some speaker talking about the need for companies to have “a purpose.” But purpose without meaningfulness is meaningless. The key word is not purpose; it’s meaningfulness.
- [Find the inconceivable truth, and other ways of enabling innovation. (Episode 98)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-the-inconceivable-truth-and-other-ways-of-enabling-innovation-episode-98/) - Interview with Mohamed Nasser, General Manager, Middle East and Africa at Amgen. There is perhaps nothing more important for leaders than to enable innovation within their teams. How to do this is something that Mohamed Nasser has been thinking a lot about. Mohamed is the General Manager, Middle East and Africa at Amgen. Amgen's
- [Wildcarders. (Episode 97)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/wildcarders-episode-97/) - Interview with Mark Sonne Kharazmi, VP, Executive Office at Novo Nordisk. Study the history of corporate innovation and you will quickly notice how often those innovations came about because of a “maverick”, an free-spirited or independent-minded person who went their own way and ignored procedure, processes and rules. “We need to hire more
- ["Stay Within Reason, Go Beyond The Expected.” (Episode 96)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/stay-within-reason-go-beyond-the-expected-episode-96/) - Interview with Tina Chao, Chief Marketing and Digital Customer Experience Officer, at McDonald’s Hong Kong. Here is a simple rule for how to approach creativity towards your customers: "Stay Within Reason, Go Beyond The Expected.” It is the strategy that helped McDonald’s Hong Kong go from having 50,000 users of their app to, in one
- [Organisational Mutation (Episode 95)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/organisational-mutation-episode-95/) - Interview with Sandie Philipsen, Senior Director R&ED Transformation Office and Interim head of R&ED Executive Office at Novo Nordisk. All organisations need to change to adapt to a changing environment. In that sense, an organisation is like a living organism - they need to evolve. In nature, this change is, in part, created by mutations.
- [Beware the Early Destroyers. (Episode 94)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/beware-the-early-destroyers-episode-94/) - Interview with Thomas F. Anglero, the Nordic CTO and Innovation Officer at Cognizant. Early Destroyers are the people who deliberately (or subconsciously) choose to not understand, not embrace, or not adapt something new, and who (often due to their own insecurities) choose to more or less actively shut down or block Early Adopters. I learned
- [Find your Freedom Sweet Spot for Creativity. (Episode 92)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-your-freedom-sweet-spot-for-creativity-episode-92/) - Interview with Anand Paul Anthraper, Sr. Director, District - Northern Ontario at Loblaw. This text was inspired by a discussion with Anand Paul Anthraper, Sr. Director, District - Northern Ontario at Loblaw. Loblaw is Canada's largest retailer with various banners, which also includes a franchisee banner to which Paul belongs. You might not know (I
- [Creative Growth Management. (Episode 93.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-growth-management-episode-93/) - Interview with Imani Perera, Vice President - Head of Learning and Development at John Keells Group. The feeling one gets when one has an idea or when one pursues a creative endeavor might just be one of the most rewarding, inspiring, and self-fulfilling activities that a human being can engage in. Being creative makes
- [If you want to influence others you need a big heart - or no heart at all. (Episode 91)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/if-you-want-to-influence-others-you-need-a-big-heart-or-no-heart-at-all-episode-91/) - Interview with Morten Dyrholm, Group Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications, Sustainability and Public Affairs at Vestas Wind Systems. Lobbyists are frequently seen as some of the most cold-hearted people in business. Their job is often described to be about manipulating politicians and deceiving the public. Say “lobbyist” and the picture of an egoistical sociopath frequently
- [A forest of ideas. (Episode 90)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-forest-of-ideas-episode-90/) - Interview with Fernando Bertolucci, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Suzano. How Suzano thinks about the bigger picture and a strong purpose make it easier to create a forest of ideas. But the purpose needs to inspire people to connect across the organisation. Creativity is like a forest. That was the message I got from
- [Live in the momentum (Episode 89)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/live-in-the-momentum-episode-89/) - Interview with Dan Ram, Founder of Designfields. Sometimes you just need a word or two from a person to drastically change your perspective. Today I got that. It was when car designer Dan Ram and I were talking about creativity and he said to me: “If you live in the future you will not be
- [Falling in Creativity. (Episode 88)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/falling-in-creativity-episode-88/) - Interview with Stelios Angelis, Creative Director at Doctor Anytime. Here is a message that anyone wanting to be creative needs to understand: Creativity is an emotion. Let me explain, but first, let me introduce you to the person who reminded me of this important message: Stelios Angelis. Stelios Angelis is one of the most pure
- [CIM - Critical Innovation Message (Episode 87)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/cim-critical-innovation-message-episode-87/) - Interview with Denis Balaguer, Director of BeyondLabs & wavespace operations in Latin America South for EY. Think of a start-up with three founders in a garage. You do not have to try hard to imagine them having a focus on innovation and disruption. They have reached - and surpassed - the critical mass of innovators
- [Do Different. (Episode 86)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-different-episode-86/) - Interview with Daniel Motta, Head of Branding at XP Inc. Remember the iconic slogan of Apple: “Think Different”? Forget it. Instead, embrace the message of “Do Different.” I was inspired to focus on “Do Different” after sitting down to talk creativity with Daniel Motta at XP Inc. XP Inc is a Brazilian investment management company,
- [Ray of Connections. (Episode 85)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ray-of-connections-episode-85/) - Interview with Juliana Oizerovici, Head Of Partnerships and Open Innovation at Raia Drogasil. For many, the symbol of creativity is “the lone genius”. They picture an inventor (often a man) alone in a laboratory inventing the next big thing. But innovation comes in many shapes and forms. One skill that is very often neglected when
- [Creative Fatigue. (Episode 84)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-fatigue-episode-84/) - Interview with Sergio Valente, CMO of JBS. Imagine being one of the world's most awarded and celebrated creative directors only to feel that creativity is starting to elude you. That your aura of creativity is weakening. That you do not feel the same sense of joy. That’s what happened to Sergio Valente, one of the
- [Expanders - people who need to expand or they explode. (Episode 83)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/expanders-people-who-need-to-expand-or-they-explode-episode-83/) - Interview with Paulo Zambardino Sanchez, Expansion Director at Raia Drogasil. Today I learned about having an Expander Mindset. The person who taught me was Paulo Zambardino Sanchez. He is, fittingly enough, Expansion Director at Raia Drogasil. Raia Drogasil is the largest drugstore company in Latin America by revenue and market capitalization and they are still
- [Early Enablers. (Episode 82)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/early-enablers-episode-82/) - Interview with Richard Berkling, CEO of PowerCell. “My biggest competitor is not my competitors; it’s status quo” The words belong to Richard Berkling, CEO of PowerCell, one of the world’s leading fuel cell companies. Fuel cells have been “the future” for decades, but the increased interest in sustainable fuel solutions that exploded in the last
- [Remote HR - being there as a company for employees that are not. (Episode 81)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/remote-hr-being-there-as-a-company-for-employees-that-are-not-episode-81/) - Interview with Raul Caballero, Human Resources Director (North LATAM) at Thomson Reuters. In a post-pandemic world where people got a taste of working from home HR needs to be creative in how they approach what they do. Raul Caballero, Human Resources Director (North LATAM) at Thomson Reuters, is a great example of an HR
- [Consistent change demands both consistency and change. (Episode 80)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/consistent-change-demands-both-consistency-and-change-episode-80/) - Interview with Vanessa Fiol, Marketing Director at Intel for Spanish speaking LATAM. Today I learned something about innovation from Vanessa Fiol, Marketing Director at Intel for Spanish speaking LATAM. During the 17 years Vanessa has been with Intel she has held nine different positions. She has never felt the urge to leave the company as
- [It’s not about storytelling - it’s about “Perception Changing.” (Episode 79)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/its-not-about-storytelling-its-about-perception-changing-episode-79/) - Interview with Daniel H. Pérez Payán, Head of External Communications Mexico at Cemex. People who know a little bit about the power of storytelling will tell you that it’s all about storytelling. But people who know a lot about storytelling will tell you that it’s about something else. It’s actually not about the story -
- [Distilled Creativity (Episode 78)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/distilled-creativity-episode-78/) - Interview with Ciara Byrne, Multi Channel Marketing Lead at GSK. Working with marketing in the heavily regulated Pharmaceutical industry in the heavily regulated European Union might sound like a nightmare for some creatives. And if I tell you that there are, just as an example, multiple rules for what they can and cannot say in
- [Ego Awareness. (Episode 77)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ego-awareness-episode-77/) - Interview with Eduardo Mendes, Head of People & Leadership at Sonae. Ego can be great for creativity. Just think of all the amazingly creative people throughout history with egos as big as hot air balloons, from Picasso to Steve Jobs. A big ego can push an idea forward when no one else believes in it,
- [WhatElseism (Episode 76)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/whatelseism-episode-76/) - Interview with Pablo Machado, CEO of Suzano China. “The best way to question your assumptions is 30 years ago. The second best time is today!” That, of course, is a rewrite of the famous saying Chinese proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The second best time is today" I
- [The Purpose is the Message. (Episode 75)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-purpose-is-the-message-episode-75/) - Interview with Ronaldo Art, CMO Marketing Head at Kimberly-Clark. Marketing has profoundly changed. It did not happen overnight, and like all change, it happens gradually which makes it hard to spot. And since the change has not happened everywhere, it becomes even harder to spot. But still, it is true: Marketing has profoundly changed. It
- [Ideation Empathy. (Episode 74)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ideation-empathy-episode-74/) - Interview with Carlos Cantu, CMO at Freepik. If you really want to spark creativity in a group then diversity of ideas is not enough, you also need diversity of ideation. That was the lesson I was reminded of by speaking to Carlos Cantu, a creativity heavyweight who has worked as creative director and executive creative
- [Introducing the practice of “Retornar”. (Episode 73)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/introducing-the-practice-of-retornar-episode-73/) - Interview with Mario Botina Tovar Vice President of Technology at Davivienda. The definition of a great idea is that it should feel novel and obvious at the same time. When you hear it you should go “Wow!” and “Of course!” simultaneously. And “wow!” and “of course!” is what I said when I heard about “Retornar”
- [The company that thrives without management. (Episode 72)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/he-company-that-thrives-without-management-episode-72/) - Interview with Reinout Vader and Johannes Boonstra of Victor Energy. Before Reinout Vader founded Victor Energy he had already started another company that was run the “regular way” with multiple management levels and hierarchies. He had seen the inefficiencies it created so when he started Victron Energy he decided to build a company with as
- [How to inspire creative problem solving in a group. (Episode 71)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-to-inspire-creative-problem-solving-in-a-group-episode-71/) - Interview with Sonia Flynn, COO of Zego. “How do I inspire creativity in my team?” That is the most common question I get from leaders. There are many answers to that important question, and today I want to share some insights on the topic from Sonia Flynn - COO of Zego, a very innovative tech
- [The Erravi Moment. (Episode 70)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-erravi-moment-episode-70/) - Interview with Stephen Prendiville, Head of Sustainability for EY in Ireland. We all know of the “Eureka Moment” - that moment when we have a great idea. Eureka is ancient Greek for “I’ve found it”. But have you heard of “The Erravi Moment”? Erravi is Latin for “I was wrong” and “The Erravi Moment” is
- [Complextivity (Episode 69)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/complextivity-episode-69/) - Interview with Angelica Garza, Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive VP at Aeromexico. Many industries are complicated, but few are more complex than running an airline. As passengers, what we see and experience when we fly is just the tip of the iceberg that is an airline. Logistics, safety, politics, government regulations, airport coordination, advanced
- [The value of "Innovation Faith”. (Episode 68)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-value-of-innovation-faith-episode-68/) - Interview with Harald Rodler, Head of Innovation Management at NTT DATA Business Solutions and Thomas Normark, Global Head of AI & Robotics at NTT DATA Business Solutions. This is a text about the one thing that really creative people have vs the less creative. But let’s start with the premise. While I do believe that everyone is
- [Cultural Wazing - navigating innovation culture. (Episode 67)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/cultural-wazing-navigating-innovation-culture-episode-67/) - Interview with Yaron Flint, VP Global Technology Validation & Sourcing at Stanley Black & Decker. We all know that every organisation has their own innovation culture, but very seldom do we talk about the need of being able to quickly grasp this unique innovation culture when one joins a new company. So today I want
- [Tradition is a gift. But so is change. (Episode 66)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/tradition-is-a-gift-but-so-is-change-episode-66/) - Interview with David De Schutter, Global VP, Innovation & Technology Development at AB InBev. The German “purity laws” for brewing beer (“Reinheitsgebot”) were a set of rules first adopted in the duchy of Munich in 1487 and the version that was adopted across the entirety of Bavaria on 23 April 1516 in the most famous
- [Innovation Pathfinders. (Episode 65)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-pathfinders-episode-65/) - Interview with Rafael de Jesus, Head of Innovation Teams Partnership & Development at Petrobras. By now I think you know that I love to speak to innovation leaders to learn more about how we, and our organisations, can become more creative. I am looking for inspiring insights through conversations with experts. The conversation I recently
- [Staying calm in the Eye of the Innovation.(Episode 64)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/staying-calm-in-the-eye-of-the-innovation-episode-64-2/) - Interview with Nicholas McQuire, Director, Growth Innovation and Strategy, Strategic Missions and Technologies at Microsoft. Nicholas McQuire, Director, Growth Innovation and Strategy, Strategic Missions and Technologies at Microsoft, has an almost impossible job. He job is to align to the latest trends in technology and understand how they will impact future growth at Microsoft and
- [Staying calm in the Eye of the Innovation.(Episode 64)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/staying-calm-in-the-eye-of-the-innovation-episode-64/) - Interview with Nicholas McQuire, Director, Growth Innovation and Strategy, Strategic Missions and Technologies at Microsoft. Nicholas McQuire, Director, Growth Innovation and Strategy, Strategic Missions and Technologies at Microsoft, has an almost impossible job. He job is to align to the latest trends in technology and understand how they will impact future growth at Microsoft
- [The unnecessary mindset that kills creativity. (Episode 63.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-unnecessary-mindset-that-kills-creativity-episode-63/) - Interview with Dr. Alejandro Valenzuela, CEO of Banco Azteca. We have all heard the saying from corporate leaders about how we need to ”encourage failure”, ”celebrate failure” and ”fail faster”, but while all that is true, there is one aspect about the human psyche around the creative process that we need to address if this
- [Professional Playfulness. (Episode 62)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/professional-playfulness-episode-62/) - Interview with Lisa Dennis, People Director at King. Playfulness is not the opposite of being professional. It’s a requirement for it. That was the lesson I was reminded of today when I met with Lisa Dennis, People Director at King. KING is the hugely successful game developer most famous for the insanely popular game Candy
- [Do not over-inspire your people. (Episode 61)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-over-inspire-your-people-episode-61/) - Interview with Kai Dieckmann, General Manager of the Regent Porto Montenegro. Kai Dieckmann is the General Manager of the Regent Porto Montenegro beautifully situated next to the marina in Tivat, Montenegro. He has worked in hotels all over the world (or as he put it “In hospitality, you travel”) and worked himself up to the
- [Evaluating success. (Episode 60)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/evaluating-success-episode-60/) - Interview with Evangelos Vayias, Head of Digital Strategy & Governance at Eurobank. When an innovation project or transformation project in an organisation has failed the project and its organisation tends to be evaluated. But why is it that when a transformation project has been successful then everyone often just moves on to the next
- [Tap into the Richness of Humanity. (Episode 59)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/tap-into-the-richness-of-humanity-episode-59/) - Interview with Alessandra Montrasio, Global Marketing Director at Nestlé Waters. Alessandra Montrasio does not believe in diversity. And yes, the above sentence is there to grab your attention - because of course Alessandra thinks diversity of ideas is a good thing, it’s just that she has moved on to a better description for what to
- [Beware of the Black Holes of Creativity. (Episode 58)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/beware-of-the-black-holes-of-creativity-episode-58/) - Interview with Per Ericson, Executive Vice President, Head of Group Human Resources and Sustainability at Autoliv. Have you ever been part of a creative process where one person’s ideas are valued higher by the group, not because of the value of the idea itself, but because of that persons position or status in the group?
- [Do not be afraid of “cookie-cutter solutions” - but focus on the “piping”. (Episode 57)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-be-afraid-of-cookie-cutter-solutions-but-focus-on-the-piping-episode-57/) - Interview with Raj Sadasivan, (former) Chief Global Digital Customer Experience and Innovation Leader at Schneider Electric. In this episode of The Creativity Suite we are going to talk about creativity and customer experience. My guest is Raj Sadasivan, Chief Global Digital Customer Experience and Innovation Leader at Schneider Electric. (NOTE: Since doing this interview Raj
- [Never mind "The New Normal"​ - focus on "The New Norms”. (Episode 56)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/never-mind-the-new-normal-focus-on-the-new-norms-episode-56/) - Interview with CEO for Cigna MEA & SEA, Senior Executive Officer & Chairman of Cigna Insurance Management Services, and Board Member for Cigna in Turkey and India. "The New Normal” has become a very popular phrase recently. And it’s understandable. With fast digital transformation, fast changing technological and economical developments and on top
- [The Tipping Slope. (Episode 55)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-tipping-slope-episode-55/)
- [Innovating with humanity in mind. (Episode 54)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovating-with-humanity-in-mind-episode-54/)
- [A Sustainable Mind. (Episode 53)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-sustainable-mind-episode-53/)
- [Creative Headwind and Creative Tailwind. (Episode 52)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-headwind-and-creative-tailwind-episode-52/)
- [“Creativity is you flirting with your own mind.” (Episode 51)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-is-you-flirting-with-your-own-mind-episode-51/)
- [Flowing with intention. (Episode 50)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/flowing-with-intention-episode-50/)
- [Constellation Innovation. (Episode 49)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/constellation-innovation-episode-49/)
- [Emerging Solutions. (Episode 48)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/emerging-solutions-episode-48/)
- [Stepping outside of our Format Zone. (Episode 47)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/stepping-outside-of-our-format-zone-episode-47/)
- [Interest vs Interesting. (Episode 46)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/interest-vs-interesting-episode-46/)
- [“Dislistening” - the questionable art of listening to your customers without listening. (Episode 45)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/dislistening-the-questionable-art-of-listening-to-your-customers-without-listening-episode-45/)
- [How to detect innovation. (Episode 44)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-to-detect-innovation-episode-44/)
- [Fusionists (Episode 43)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/fusionists-episode-43/)
- [Find comfort in disagreement. (Episode 42)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-comfort-in-disagreement-episode-42/)
- [Influence and creativity. (Episode 41)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/influence-and-creativity-episode-41/)
- [Idea Facilitation (Episode 40)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idea-facilitation-episode-40/)
- [The Sceptics and the Unaware. (Episode 39)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-sceptics-and-the-unaware-episode-39/)
- [Story building and creativity: a lesson from LEGO®. (Episode 38)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/story-building-and-creativity-a-lesson-from-lego-episode-38/)
- [Applicationist - the ability to make sense of external inspiration. (Episode 37)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/applicationist-the-ability-to-make-sense-of-external-inspiration-episode-37/)
- [Ambimindedness (Episode 36)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ambimindedness-episode-36/)
- [Disrupting your processes. (Episode 35)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/disrupting-your-processes-episode-35/)
- [Positive Worst Case Scenario (Episode 34)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/positive-worst-case-scenario-episode-34/)
- [When innovating: cure the problem, not the symptom (Episode 33)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-innovating-cure-the-problem-not-the-symptom-episode-33/)
- [CDI - Customer-Driven Innovation (Episode 32)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/cdi-customer-driven-innovation-episode-32/)
- [Peripheral Disruption (Episode 31)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/peripheral-disruption-the-creativity-suite-episode-31/)
- [Dormant Ideas. (Episode 193)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/4727-2/)
- [When the venue becomes part of the message of the speech. (Episode 192)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-the-venue-becomes-part-of-the-message-of-the-speech-episode-192/)
- [Sometimes we do not need ideas, and still we should get them. (Episode 191)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/sometimes-we-do-not-need-ideas-and-still-we-should-get-them-episode-191/)
- [Ostium - The opposite of a problem. (Episode 190)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ostium-the-opposite-of-a-problem-episode-190/)
- [An "exceeder”. (Episode 189)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/an-exceeder-episode-189/)
- [Intense Concentration. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 188)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/intense-concentration-the-creativity-explorer-episode-188/)
- [Wildcarders. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 187)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/wildcarders-the-creativity-explorer-episode-187/)
- [The Angel is in the details. (Episode 186)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-angel-is-in-the-details-episode-186/)
- [Do you approach the future of your industry with a smile? (Episode 185)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-you-approach-the-future-of-your-industry-with-a-smile-episode-185/)
- [Nuggets of perspectives. (Episode 184)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/nuggets-of-perspectives-episode-184/)
- [#HashtagCreativity. (Episode 183)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/hashtagcreativity-episode-183/)
- [Idea Extinction. (Episode 182)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idea-extinction-episode-182/)
- [Mindsetting - How the mindsets of others affect ours. (Episode 181)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/mindsetting-how-the-mindsets-of-others-affect-ours-episode-181/)
- [Exploring creativity in Denmark  (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 180)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/exploring-creativity-in-denmark-the-creativity-explorer-episode-180/)
- [Feedback are beautiful ideas. (Episode 179)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/feedback-are-beautiful-ideas-episode-179/)
- [The Click - The moment an idea takes off.  (Episode 178)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-click-the-moment-an-idea-takes-off-episode-178/)
- [The danger is not "That's the way we've always done it"(Episode 177)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-danger-is-not-thats-the-way-weve-always-done-itepisode-177/)
- [Be a Problem Preventer  (Episode 176)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/be-a-problem-preventer-episode-176/)
- [The impossible just became possible (Episode 175)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-impossible-just-became-possible-episode-175/)
- [Find your Ikigai+ (Episode 174)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-your-ikigai-episode-174/)
- [The Fog of Creativity (Episode 173)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-fog-of-creativity-episode-173/)
- [The Anticipation Creativity Technique (Episode 30)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-anticipation-creativity-technique-episode-30/)
- [A beautiful vision: Translating words into action (Episode 29)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-beautiful-vision-translating-words-into-action-episode-29/)
- [Senior Creativity (Episode 28)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/senior-creativity-episode-28/)
- [Invisible Friction vs Visible Friction (Episode 27)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/invisible-friction-vs-visible-friction-episode-27/)
- [Novare - Renovation Innovation (Episode 26)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/novare-renovation-innovation-episode-26/)
- [EXPERIENCE vs UNPERIENCE (Episode 25)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/experience-vs-unperience-episode-25/)
- [Unego - The creative power of not focusing so much on yourself (Episode 24)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/unego-the-creative-power-of-not-focusing-so-much-on-yourself-episode-24/)
- [Innovation of scale (Episode 23)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-of-scale-episode-23/)
- [Walking on ice vs running on ice. (Episode 22)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/walking-on-ice-vs-running-on-ice-episode-22/)
- [Precision Creativity (Episode 21)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/precision-creativity-episode-21/)
- [Corportelling:  Be part Bruce Lee - Part Shakespeare (Episode 20)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/corportelling-be-part-bruce-lee-part-shakespeare-episode-20/)
- [IGNORANT RISK vs CALCULATED RISK (Episode 19)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ignorant-risk-vs-calculated-risk-episode-19/)
- [The spot under the arch of the rainbow (Episode 172)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-spot-under-the-arch-of-the-rainbow-episode-172/)
- [Let’s support the innovators of sustainable transformation (Episode 171)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lets-support-the-innovators-of-sustainable-transformation-episode-171/)
- [Perfect Place to Work - PPW (Episode 170)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/perfect-place-to-work-ppw-episode-170/)
- [Deliberate innovation. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 13)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/4200-2/)
- [How to *really* measure innovation. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 12.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-to-really-measure-innovation-the-creativity-suite-episode-12/)
- [Do not have idea boxes - have process boxes. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 11)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-have-idea-boxes-have-process-boxes-the-creativity-suite-episode-11/)
- [Solution Solving - the Intriguing Opposite to Problem Solving. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 10)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/solution-solving-the-intriguing-opposite-to-problem-solving-the-creativity-suite-episode-10/)
- [The “Not Invented For Here” Effect. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 9.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-not-invented-for-here-effect-the-creativity-suite-episode-9/)
- [Look for creative inlets - not creative outlets. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 8)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/look-for-creative-inlets-not-creative-outlets-the-creativity-suite-episode-8/)
- [Problems are beautiful, just look at them as "difficult questions proposed for solutions.” (The Creativity Suite. Episode 7)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/problems-are-beautiful-just-look-at-them-as-difficult-questions-proposed-for-solutions-the-creativity-suite-episode-7/)
- [Do not look for "Sounding Boards” - look for “Questioning Boards”. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 06)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-look-for-sounding-boards-look-for-questioning-boards-the-creativity-suite-episode-06/)
- [How the Language of Innovation affects how we innovate together. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 5.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-the-language-of-innovation-affects-how-we-innovate-together-the-creativity-suite-episode-5/)
- [Build a fluid organization. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 4.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/build-a-fluid-organization-the-creativity-suite-episode-4/)
- [Innovation through “togetherness”. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 3)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-through-togetherness-the-creativity-suite-episode-3/)
- [Innovation by Example. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 2.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-by-example-the-creativity-suite-episode-2/)
- [Involvement creates accountability. (The Creativity Suite. Episode 1.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/involvement-creates-accountability-the-creativity-suite-episode-1/)
- [Dog Food Innovation (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 166)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/dog-food-innovation-the-creativity-explorer-episode-166/)
- [Lessons from Guinness (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 165)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/lessons-from-guinness-the-creativity-explorer-episode-165/)
- [Demanding Demand (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 164)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/demanding-demand-the-creativity-explorer-episode-164/)
- [A new word! (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 163)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-new-word-the-creativity-explorer-episode-163/)
- [Serendipity is a verb (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 162)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/serendipity-is-a-verb-the-creativity-explorer-episode-162/)
- [Idea Nap (The World of Creativity: Episode 19)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idea-nap/) - About what we can learn about creativity from Thailand. Sabai, Sabai. Take an Idea Nap! Such a positive message about how to approach the creative process. I just love the positive energy in this interview with Kay, a Thai paper artist. The interview with Kay is part of the reseach for my new book "The
- [Taking time off to focus on one creative project.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/taking-time-off-to-focus-on-one-creative-project/) - I dedicated myself to post a lot of valuable content on Linkedin, Facebook and Youtube in 2020. And I did. But after publishing 80+ videos and 45 articles on LinkedIn this year, I am now taking a break from Linkedin and other social media to focus fully on my next big creative project for at
- [Challenge even the small things  (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 161)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/challenge-even-the-small-things-the-creativity-explorer-episode-161/)
- [Welcome to #AiPRIL (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 157)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/welcome-to-aipril-the-creativity-explorer-episode-157/)
- [Creative Fatigue (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 154)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-fatigue-the-creativity-explorer-episode-154/)
- [When good ideas fade away (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 153)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-good-ideas-fade-away/) - Hi, Today, I am writing to you from Vemdalen in Sweden where I am on a skiing holiday with family and friends. I wanted to reflect on when good ideas fade away. You see, I used to work in Vemdalen and Åra many years ago. Then, the ski-locks (similar to the one
- [Innovation to solve pain-points (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 152)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-to-solve-pain-points-the-creativity-explorer-episode-152/) - In many parking lots in Sweden, we have a system where the parking is free for a couple of hours, as long as you show a Parking Disc with your arrival time on it. It’s a good system, but the problem is that many people (especially people like me!) forget to put in the arrival
- [Procedure vs Creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 151)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/procedure-vs-creativity-the-creativity-explorer-episode-151/) - Procedure is to do what has been decided as right. Professionalism is to know when that would be the wrong decision. So, this just happened: "Where is your badge?", the security guard checking all the people entering the big ballroom in Mumbai gave me a stern look. "Sorry, I did not
- [Sceptical Sceptical Dialogue. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 150)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/sceptical-sceptical-dialogue-the-creativity-explorer-episode-150/) - "Often, when I have an idea, I get this little voice in my head that tells me all the reasons for why it's a bad idea. How do I get rid of that voice?" That was the question I got in today's coaching session. I think this is a common problem and in this
- [Happeness. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 149)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/happeness-the-creativity-explorer-episode-149/) - There is a special kind of joy that comes from making things happen. That special kind of happiness you feel when you have created something. Yes, true and pure happiness lies within and is not measured in accomplishments, but that should not stop us from also doing things that create that feeling of delight
- [Look for the Rhythm. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 148)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/look-for-the-rhythm-the-creativity-explorer-episode-148/) - A photographer does not look for a “good picture.” On New Years' Eve, I was lucky enough to be seated next to Martin Diehl, a professional photographer from Germany. I asked him to give me an insight into the skill of taking great pictures. He said: “You have to feel the rhythm
- [Blank Ideation (WheelShare) (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 147)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/blank-ideation-wheelshare-the-creativity-explorer-episode-147/) - Blank Ideation is when you let yourself ideate an idea all the way without ever thinking of executing it. Like you are shooting blanks. The purpose is not to "hit" something, it's just to practice the process. Like last night, when I (in a dream!), came up with an idea of a wheelchair ride-sharing
- [The Graph of Missed Opportunities. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 146)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-graph-of-missed-opportunities-the-creativity-explorer-episode-146/) - A cautionary tale of missed opportunities. In November I offered 100 university students one free coaching session while I was giving a speech for them. It was my gift to them. 95% of the students applauded the gesture and seemed to value it. All the students had to do was to
- [“Dvinking”: Two People Thinking Together (Often while Drinking Gin) (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 145)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/dvinking-two-people-thinking-together-often-while-drinking-gin-the-creativity-explorer-episode-145/) - In celebration of Hernö Gin winning “Best Gin in the World” again (!) (they have won it every year since 2015!) I am posting this text from when I met with Jon Hillgren, founder of Hernö Gin last year. I want to introduce you to a very useful word. It's a word describing an important
- [Creativity to the Power of Computers. (AI Jokes and More) (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 144)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-to-the-power-of-computers-ai-jokes-and-more-the-creativity-explorer-episode-144/) - People have for years been saying that “When AI comes we have to do what the computer can not do, which is to be creative.” I never really understood that. I think AI will be able to do many things that we look at as creative. (And now we are seeing Ai create things like
- [Incurious (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 143)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/incurious-the-creativity-explorer-episode-143/) - "An incurious life is not a life. It might sound harsh, but it is true." That was the message I got to bring home with me after having a beer in Tirana with Dritan Mezini, co-founder of Duapune, the largest recruitment site in Albania. Dritan is a very curious person and we had a lovely
- [Creative Traffic Lights (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 142)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-traffic-lights-the-creativity-explorer-episode-142/) - Look at old things in new ways. This text was inspired by a recent visit to Tirana. Albania. As I was exploring the city before my speech I noticed something different with the traffic lights. Instead of a “human standing still” at the red light for pedestrians, there was a “t”. Turns out that Tirana
- [A Non-Negative Mindset - The Mindset for Creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 141)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-non-negative-mindset-the-mindset-for-creativity-the-creativity-explorer-episode-141/) - A negative mindset kills creativity. But so can a positive mindset; it sounds counterintuitive, but let me exemplify. Let’s take the accident on Apollo 13 when there was an explosion and rupture of an oxygen tank. A negative mindset (“Oh, no, we are all going to die!”) would have killed creativity. But a positive mindset
- [The Power of Creativity Affirmations (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 140)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-power-of-creativity-affirmations-the-creativity-explorer-episode-140/) - The following text was inspired by a conversation about creativity with Sonia Flynn of Zego whom I recently interviewed. The Power of Creativity Affirmations Here is a simple way of getting people to become more creative: Have them affirm their own creative ability. A very large chunk of humanity does not believe they are creative.
- [Exploring Creativity with a Gamer. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 139)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/exploring-creativity-with-a-gamer-the-creativity-explorer-episode-139/) - Today I was in Oslo, Norway, and had the privilege to share the stage with Joachim Haraldsen, aka “Noobwork”, of Heroic Group. Noobwork has more than 10 million views on his youtube channel, which is just amazing when you consider that the channel is in Norwegian and Norway only has 5 million people… (!) He
- [A Rallying Call For Creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 138)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-rallying-call-for-creativity-the-creativity-explorer-episode-138/) - A rallying call for creativity. The old slogan of "reuse, reduce, recycle” is great. It reminds us, in an easy-to-remember way, about the need to live in a sustainable way. But if we are really going to solve the climate challenge and create a world that is truly sustainable we need to think
- [Creativity is Everywhere (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 137)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-is-everywhere-the-creativity-explorer-episode-137/) - What can we learn about creativity from an archaeologist? Yesterday I spoke on creativity for The Historical Museums of Sweden, an organisation that consists of a number of historical museums and of the archaeologist of Sweden. As part of my research, I interviewed an archaeologist about why creativity is important in their job.
- [Ideas Island in a Commercial (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 136)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/ideas-island-in-a-commercial-the-creativity-explorer-episode-136/) - As you know Ideas Island has gone 100% solar. The provider of our solar-system, Victron Energy, fell in love with the island (and my other island) and made a video about it. Check out some stunning footage of Ideas Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-z-iY1jZNo It’s also a great video about the Energy Transformation that is happening
- [Pronuncification - The Moment When We Truly Decide to Actually Make an Idea Happen (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 135)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/pronuncification-the-moment-when-we-truly-decide-to-actually-make-an-idea-happen-the-creativity-explorer-episode-135/) - To procrastinate - to “put forward to tomorrow” - is one of the big killers of creativity. Imagine all the ideas you would get done if you just got around to making them happen the moment you have the idea. But that’s not going to happen, is it? Instead of put plans
- [Idearise (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 134)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idearise-the-creativity-explorer-episode-134/) - Every sunrise is a celebration of creativity, because every morning the sun rises and every morning it paints a new painting on the sky. I got this story from Amar Ramesh, a famous wedding photographer from Chennai in India. Most mornings he goes down to the sea to watch the sun come up
- [Explore and Search. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 133)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/explore-and-search-the-creativity-explorer-episode-133/) - Who do you need to learn from? In the last 100 days, I have done more than 50 (!) one-hour one-on-one interviews with leading innovators around the world. From Nicholas McQuire, Director, Strategic Missions and Technologies at Microsoft, Microsoft, (UK) to Rafael de Jesus, Head of Innovation Teams Partnership & Development
- [A Lesson in Creative Thinking From on Top of a Buoy. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 132)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-lesson-in-creative-thinking-from-on-top-of-a-buoy-the-creativity-explorer-episode-132/) - Don’t you just love it when you get to experience how your brain looks at something familiar and decides to look at it in a new way? For 23 years I have been driving by a buoy next to my island where I live. I must have driven by it thousands of times.
- ["Pausebrate" (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 131)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/pausebrate-the-creativity-explorer-episode-131/) - It’s easy for creative people to run from one creative project to another. As soon as one creative project is done, we rush to the next one. (Often we rush to the next one even before the previous project is done…). In this post, I want to encourage you to stop and celebrate our latest
- [Using Creativity to Turn a Leaking Boat Into a Garden (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 130)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/using-creativity-to-turn-a-leaking-boat-into-a-garden-the-creativity-explorer-episode-130/) - Reuse, reduce, and recycle is not just a rallying call for sustainability - it is also a rallying call for creativity. My mother loves (!) to garden and luckily for me, she loves to come and garden on our island. But at 77 years old it’s slowly getting harder for her to bend to the
- [The Frustrating Art of Changing Ones Mind. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 129)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [Thinking of Booking a Speaker for the Autumn Season of 2022? Book Fast!](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [Preview There Are Many Killers of Creativity: But this one might just be the most lethal one (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 128)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [The Creatomino Effect. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 127)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [Choose Your Workspace Deliberately. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 126)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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 -
- [Grilling and Creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 125)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [Creativity Is Hope for a Better World Tomorrow. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 124)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [Be Inspired to Have New Ideas](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [The Coolest Innovation I’ve Seen Since I Saw the Internet for the First Time. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 123)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-coolest-innovation-ive-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.
- [Combining two things into one. (The World of Creativity. Episode 52.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/combining-two-things-into-one-the-world-of-creativity-episode-52/) - Interview with Bruno Simoes from Small World (www.smallworldexperience.com). Creativity is all about taking things and combining them in a new way. Here is one example of how Bruno's company took two things people love and combined them into one fun activity for companies. What could you combine? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5AZed69Iy4
- [Innovation Reveal - "Where Were You When...?". (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 122)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/innovation-reveal-where-were-you-when/) - 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
- [In-Person Meetings Are Better for Creativity than Virtual Meetings. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 121)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/in-person-meetings-are-better-for-creativity-than-virtual-meetings/) - The photo above is from a recent conference where I spoke for a global group meeting in Berlin. Note the reactions of the crowd. Now, this is the kind of laughter and smiles you want at a conference. True joy while learning to be creative while being together with one’s colleagues.
- [The Woman Building a Real-Life SimCity. (The Creativity Explorer Ep. 118)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-woman-building-a-real-life-simcity-the-creativity-explorer-ep-118/) - One of the most common techniques for coming up with ideas is the “What if-question”. I want to introduce you to a more powerful version of it: The “What if-then-question”. I learned about the power of the “What-if-then-question” from Isabell Koh. Isabell is a user experience expert at Singapore ETH Center and
- [Start New Chapters. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 119)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/start-new-chapters-the-creativity-explorer-episode-119/) - Last week, I moved from Singapore to Sweden after having lived in Asia since 2005. We moved for many reasons: - To be closer to my old mother. - To give the kids a dose of Swedish culture and language. - To spend more time on our island, etc. But having lived here
- [What Is Your Creativity Catalyst? (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 120)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-is-your-creativity-catalyst/) - We all have different things that help to accelerate our creative ability. For some it’s solitude, for some it’s pressure, for some it’s drugs, and for some it’s something else. For me, it’s traveling. What is it for you? Last week I had the joy and privilege of speaking in London
- [Creating Visionary Trends. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 117)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creating-visionary-trends-the-creativity-explorer-episode-117/) - Yesterday, I played my first ever game of Padel. I played it with Johan Staël von Holstein, one of the people behind Bliss Padel Club that just opened up a padel center in Singapore and soon will open another big one in Dubai. I learned something interesting about the Padel trend from Johan.
- [Exploring the creativity of Europe](https://www.fredrikharen.com/exploring-the-creativity-of-europe/) - Europe is the continent of explorers, the land of enlightenment, and the location where some of the biggest discoveries by mankind were made. ​ A diverse and culturally rich continent –and a continent that for the next 18 months will be my home. ​ Whom should I meet? Whom should I Interview? Where should I
- [Create ideas. Not war. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 115)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/create-ideas-not-war-the-creativity-explorer-episode-115/) - ​Today in Episode 115, we will talk about using creativity to try to stop a war. 1) Create Ideas. Not war. Putin’s war on a peaceful, democratic and independent Ukraine has really affected me personally. Maybe because I have been invited to speak in Ukraine several times and every time I have gone there I
- [The Outsider's Insights Effect. The story of the Kebab Pizza in Sweden. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 116)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-outsiders-insights-effect-the-story-of-the-kebab-pizza-in-sweden-the-creativity-explorer-episode-116/) - I want to share a story about pizza. Peter Lo is a Chinese man born in India who moved to Sweden and opened a restaurant. Learning how Swedes loved pizza and kebab he invented the “curry kebab pizza”. It became a huge success and even got featured in the press as the perfect
- [Island Reflections. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 113)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/island-reflections-the-creativity-explorer-episode-112/) - For the last six months this island has been my home. (Sitting on a private island in the archipelago of Stockholm in summer is, arguably, the best way to rid out the end of a pandemic.) My strongest insights was:Isolating ourselves in paradise for a full six months gave me plenty of time and
- [The policeman, a boy and creativity. A lesson that inspired me. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 114)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-policeman-a-boy-and-creativity-a-lesson-that-inspired-me/) - This month's story is a bit different. I just want to share a beautiful story I heard. It’s extra beautiful because it’s true. It’s a story about how a police officer, while on assignment one day in Sweden, in the 1970s, saw a boy crying outside a school. The police officer, his name
- [“Take calculated dares.”(The Creativity Explorer. Episode 111)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/take-calculated-dares-the-creativity-explorer-episode-111/) - “Take calculated dares.” That was the message from the very talented photographer Jesper Anhede whom i recently sat down with for a conversation about creativity. ​ Many talk about “taking calculated risk”, but “calculated dares” is different. It’s about daring to be creative. ​ One example is how Jesper took this picture: hanging off a racing
- [Creativity lessons from how Boxbollen created a global success. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 112)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-lessons-from-how-boxbollen-created-a-global-success-the-creativity-explorer-episode-112/) - Let me start with a statement: Boxbollen is a super fun product, a great gift, a huge success - but most of all an amazing idea! Jacob and Victor Eriksson, two brothers from Sweden, came up with the idea of putting a foam ball on an elastic string and to connect it to an app that
- [Never be an incumbent: Lessons from the company and re-defining what “boat” means. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 109)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/never-be-an-incumbent-lessons-from-the-company-and-re-defining-what-boat-means-the-creativity-explorer-episode-109/) - How often do you get to visit a start-up rewrite the definition of a whole industry? Well, today I got to visit Candela - one of the coolest companies I have come across in 25 years of studying innovation. Their boat is nothing less than a revolution. It's a boat that flies (!) above the water.
- [The fourth - and best - way of tackling a crisis. (fight-flight-freeze-or-??…). (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 110)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-fourth-and-best-way-of-tackling-a-crisis-fight-flight-freeze-or-the-creativity-explorer-episode-110/) - The fight-flight-or-freeze response is a famous concept for how humans react in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat. I would like to add a fourth alternative - an alternative that I think is generally the best. Let me explain. Let’s take the epitome of a crisis: being attacked by a
- [For creativity's sake - take a break. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 108)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/for-creativitys-sake-take-a-break-the-world-of-creativity-episode-108/) - For the sake of your creativity, make sure you also take time to recharge, relax and rethink who you are, what you do and why you do it.
- [Reach your full creative potential. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 107)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/reach-your-full-creative-potential-the-creativity-explorer-episode-107/) - In this episode of The Creativity Explorer, I do not want to record a long message about creativity or share something I learnt about creativity - instead, I just want to send a short greeting filmed with a drone to hopefully send some positive vibes about living a creative life. Recorded on my island in
- [Creativity should make you happy (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 106)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-should-make-you-happy-the-creativity-explorer-episode-106/) - Someone just commented to me recently saying, "Creativity doesn’t necessarily have to make you happy” - that is a myth. In this video, I would like to share that if idea of creativity doesn’t make you happy, you are doing it wrong. Creativity is about doing something in a different way to make the
- [Creativity Inspiration - Edward de Bono. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 105)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-inspiration-edward-de-bono-the-creativity-explorer-episode-105/) - In this post I want to celebrate the life (and honor the death) of Edward de Bono - the man who inspired millions of people, including me, to study creativity and lateral thinking.In this post, I want to celebrate the life (and honor the death) of Edward de Bono - the man who inspired millions of people, including me, to study creativity and lateral thinking. Thanks to one of his books that I read at university, I came to realize that creativity was something that you could
- [Idea Fatigue (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 104)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/idea-fatigue-the-creativity-explorer-episode-104/) - As you might have noticed I have not been so good at posting my “weekly videos” in “The Creativity Explorer” series. In this video, I reflect about why. I call it “Idea Fatigue”.As you might have noticed I have not been so good at posting my “weekly videos” in “The Creativity Explorer” series. In this video, I reflect about why. I call it "Idea Fatigue"- when working on an idea makes you tired, not inspired. And when that happens I think it is healthy to listen to
- [Perfect2: Taking two perfect ideas and combing them (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 103)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/perfect2-taking-two-perfect-ideas-and-combing-them-the-creativity-explorer-episode-103/) - Perfect2 (perfecttwo) - a word I just invented. It's when you take two perfect ideas and combine them. Perfect2 (perfecttwo) - a word I just invented. It's when you take two perfect ideas and combine them. In our case: sitting outside watching the sunset on my own island in perfect Swedish summer weather - and - watching the Champions League finals with my football-crazy ten year old son whose favorite team is
- [Even in gloomy situations, there's an opportunity for creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 102)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/even-in-gloomy-situations-theres-an-opportunity-for-creativity-the-creativity-explorer-episode-102/) - "Do you find yourself being in a terrible situation right now?" ​In this episode of The Creativity Explorer, I encourage you to remember that even in gloomy situations, there is an opportunity for creativity. Perhaps especially then."Do you find yourself being in a terrible situation right now?" ​In this episode of The Creativity Explorer, I encourage you to remember that even in gloomy situations, there is an opportunity for creativity. Perhaps especially then. Watch it on Youtube or on LinkedIn. Stay safe and creative. ***Fredrik***
- [Find your own ideas island. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 101)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-your-own-ideas-island-the-creativity-explorer-episode-101/) - This is a message about finding your own creative space. Recorded on Ideas Island, where I am at the moment getting the island ready for our 2021 guests. Watch it on Youtube or on LikedIn. Stay safe and creative. ***Fredrik***
- [What do you need to clear out to make space for something new? (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 100)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-old-ideas-do-you-need-to-clear-out-to-make-space-for-something-new-the-creativity-explorer-episode-100/) - In this episode of The Creativity Explorer, I share a video about the need to empty out your old ideas to give space to new ones. Filmed in my totally empty house…​In this episode of The Creativity Explorer, I share a video about the need to empty out your old ideas to give space to new ones. Filmed in my totally empty house… ​Watch it on Youtube. Stay safe and creative. ***Fredrik***
- [Think Like a Comic Artist. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 97)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/think-like-a-comic-artist/) - In this week's episode of The Creativity Explorer, I share an insight that came from sitting down and talking to comic artist, and President of Association of Comic Artists Singapore. Jerry Hinds. A video about the power of taking on "the hat" of many different creative professions when attacking a creative project. Watch it on YouTube​
- [Follow your ideas (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 99)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/follow-your-ideas-the-creativity-explorer-episode-99/) - In this weeks video I talk about the value of following your ideas. Yes, following your heart is important - but following your ideas is arguably more important. Ideas is your subconscious telling you what to do next by giving you energy, positivity and drive. Watch the video here And here on LinkedIn. Stay safe and
- [Time to apply for Ideas Island 2021! (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 91)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/time-to-apply-for-ideas-island-2021/) - Is this the year you get to go to IDEAS ISLAND and stay one week on a private island in Stockholm to work on your creative project?! Is it time for you to treat your creativity to something special? Then do read on: It’s time to apply for Ideas Island 2021! Watch the video for
- [Why you should apply to Ideas Island. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 92)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/why-you-should-apply-to-ideas-island/) - Did a video about why sitting on an island is good for your creativity, and about why you should apply to Ideas Island this year (before 15 feb). (Or if you want to be a good friend: Why you should tell your creative friend (who can travel to Stockholm this summer) to apply. Do not
- [Fake Truths. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 93)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/fake-truths/) - Never mind Fake News - when it comes to innovation we need to watch out for “Fake Truths”: i.e. beliefs that stops us from seeing the potential in new ideas because we falsely think that certain things will not change. What are some Fake Truths that were revealed in your industry? I would love to
- [You can never have too many ideas. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 94)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/you-can-never-have-too-many-ideas/) - Last week I posted 40 ideas for titles for my next book on creativity and asked for feedback. 28,000+ people saw the posts, and hundreds voted in my poll - thank you! All of that triggered a new idea for a title last night in my dreams: THE PURSUIT OF CREATIVITY. That title is currently
- [Greenlighting. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 95)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/greenlighting/) - In this week's episode of The Creativity Explorer I share about that very special feeling when it feels like your creative project is just speeding forward with nothing stopping it - and why you need to take advantage of these periods as they can let you create more in a few days than you normally
- [Was Covid good or bad for creativity? (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 96)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/was-covid-good-or-bad-for-creativity/) - Covid was really bad for the economy, for our health, for tourism etc, but was it good or bad for creativity? One year after the pandemic started I reflect on the overall impact Covid had on our creativity. Good or bad. I also give my own reflection on how it impacted my own creativity. The
- [Combine what you love. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 98)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/combine-what-you-love-the-creativity-explorer-episode-98/) - In this episode of The Creativity Explorer, I share an example of you can take two things that you love and combine them in order to get something that you love even more. In my case an idea that made me laugh out loud while running. Stay safe and creative. Fredrik Haren - The Creativity
- [Find your "Studium" - Your reason for learning.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/find-your-studium-your-reason-for-learning/) - Studium is what I call the intersection between a) What you love b) What the market wants c) Where the trends are going. To be successful tomorrow you today need to find your Studium. (Studium is Latin for "studying something with zeal and dedication/determination".) What is your Studium? Who do you know who is in
- [One of my favourite creativity techniques](https://www.fredrikharen.com/one-of-my-favourite-creativity-techniques/) - Do you want to discover your full creative potential? Then never stop learning new creativity techniques and never stop being inspired by other creative people. For this week I have decided to try out a new idea for the weekly video. Instead of sharing an interview on creativity I have created a video about a
- [Creative opportunities by seizing supply](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creative-opportunities-by-seizing-supply/) - What do buying an island, and a Swedish energy innovation have in common? In this week's video, we will explore how we can think creativity around supply and demand, with examples from Swiss renewably energy innovations, to how to buy an island for a bargain! Creativity is all about doing things differently, and by playing
- [Creativity lesson from the children of the slums of Mumbai](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-lesson-from-the-children-of-the-slums-of-mumbai/) - What can we learn about creativity from the children of sex-workers and trafficked children from the slums of Mumbai? A few months ago I had the honor of meeting some amazing young women from Kranti. I wanted to know what we could learn about creativity from people we normally would not listen to for their
- [This is the best place to be creative](https://www.fredrikharen.com/this-is-the-best-place-to-be-creative/) - Over the years I have asked this question to way over 100,000 people in over 65 countries and in all kinds of industries. ​There are five answers that constantly comes back. But, before I tell you what they are, why don’t you answer the question yourself: Where do you get your best ideas? (If you
- [The Case Against Brainstorming](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-case-against-brainstorming/) - In this week's episode of The Creativity Explorer I discuss the very popular creativity technique Brainstorming, and describe some interesting facts about why it is not a very good technique and some advice for how to make it work better. Don't get me wrong, brainstorming has its place in the creativity toolbox, but not for
- [To reach our full potential we have to understand about mPossible](https://www.fredrikharen.com/to-reach-our-full-potential-we-have-to-understand-about-mpossible/) - In this week’s video from The Creativity Explorer (Episode 76) we focus on the slogan of these videos: “Discover your full creative potential”, and especially on one word of that slogan. The word: “Potential”. In the video I share how understanding about mPossible (the area outside of what we THINK is possible, but that which
- [Do not be a chicken. An approach to creativity, and to life.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-be-a-chicken-an-approach-to-creativity-and-to-life/) - This week's video on creativity is just a simple observation that came to me this morning while running by a couple of swans. Seeing the swans got me reflecting on the three different ways that I find myself approaching the creative process, and the one way - inspired by those same swans - that I
- [Amazing creative service examples from Singapore](https://www.fredrikharen.com/amazing-creative-service-examples-from-singapore/) - In this episode I share four examples of how the public service sector in Singapore used creativity and customer focused mindset to create a great service experience. Many people think that creativity and public service do not go well together - but I totally disagree! I think the public sector is the one industry where
- [What should I do if no one listens to my ideas?](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-should-i-do-if-no-one-listens-to-my-ideas/) - In this week's episode of The Creativity Explorer I talk about the most common question I get after I deliver a speech on the topic of creativity that usually goes something like: "I have all these great ideas, but no one listens. What should I do?" Watch the video for my answer. (Or Youtube if
- [So, you who are so creative..](https://www.fredrikharen.com/so-you-who-are-so-creative/) - What is the one thing you should not ask a creativity speaker? The answer is in this video, and it really has nothing to do with a creativity speaker - but about how you should look at yourself being creative. ​Watch it here. ​ ​Or on YouTube.
- [What I learnt about innovation from the humble nail](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-i-learnt-about-innovation-from-the-humble-nail/) - A video about one of the best insights I have gotten around innovation and change from a CEO - a CEO of a 300-year-old company at that. What can we learn about innovation and change from a nail company? Find out in this video. and if you (like me)prefer LinkedIn. ps. I am really happy
- [The Factum Moment: More important than The Eureka Moment](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-factum-moment-more-important-than-the-eureka-moment/) - I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing Saimir Strati, world record holder in building some of the lagest mosaics in the world (we are talking mosaics with 250 000 screws or hundred’s of thousands of toothpicks, or ten’s of thousands of sea shells etc.) Saimir told me about “The Moment of Silence” that occurs
- [The Inherent Power of Your Own Ideas.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-inherent-power-of-your-own-ideas/) - Today my 5 year old daughter - who after multiple tries of trying to learn how to bike had yet not mastered it - came to me and said: “Papa, can we bike?”. I said “Of course!” We went out on the lawn and in 5 minutes she had learned the art of riding a
- [When looking back, look for positives](https://www.fredrikharen.com/when-looking-back-look-for-positives/) - As a person who is subscribing to the emails from The Creativity Explorer I want to wish you a GREAT 2021 I created this post on Linkedin about the need for looking for positives when we look back. Creativity is fueled by a positive image of what the world could become. And a positive mindset
- [Creativity Resolution](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-resolution/) - In these times of resolutions I want to encourage you to make a couple of “Creativity Resolutions” for the year ahead. We usually create resolutions around bad habits we want to stop doing ("quit smoking”, for example) or around a habit we hope will make us better people (“run 10 km per day”, for example)
- [What we can learn about creativity from a hostage negotiator?](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-a-hostage-negotiator-taught-me-about-becoming-more-creative/) - 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,
- [Introducing "Covidification"​](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [One secret behind getting 5+ million followers](https://www.fredrikharen.com/one-secret-behind-getting-5-million-followers/) - n this week’s video, we learn from the power couple behind the web comic “One of those days”. In the video they share about the importance of noticing the small changes in emotion in order to see opportunities for great stories. Yehuda & Maya Devir have over 5 million followers on their Instagram account so they
- [What is the most amazing feeling in the world?](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-is-the-most-amazing-feeling-in-the-world/) - In this week's episode of The Creativity Explorer, I talk about the most amazing feeling you can have - and about the second most amazing feeling you can have. And about what happens when you combine the two. The video includes a surprise birthday celebration. What idea could you make happen for someone that you love?
- [Do not take silence as a no.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-take-silence-as-a-no/) - This week's video is a short reminder that not hearing anything back from the person you are trying to sell an idea to is not the same as them not being interested. After emailing once every six months to a client I really wanted to work with, they - out of the blue, and without
- [Creativity vs crisis](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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.
- [Taking a creative break](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [Stay confused, stay creative?](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [The most important creative project for a creative person](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [To Be Creative We Have To Move (The World Of Creativity: Episode 12)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/to-be-creative-we-have-to-move/) - Author and global keynote speaker Fredrik Haren travels the world to learn about and be inspired by human creativity. In "The World of Creativity" videos he shares some of his insights and thoughts on the topic. Read more about Fredrik at www.FredrikHaren.com
- [The Moment of Nothing (The World of Creativity: Episode 20)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-moment-of-nothing/) - About what we can learn about creativity from Holland. About "The Moment of Nothing" - the moment just before creation begins. Interview with sound artist and composer Sebastiaan Roestenburg of Ambassadors.com. Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/…/sebastiaan-roestenburg-81051112/… Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sebastiaanroestenburg/ This interview is part of the research for the upcoming book "The World of Creativity" where global keynote speaker Fredrik Haren travels
- [Creativity and Sleep (The World Of Creativity: Episode 21)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-and-sleep/) - About the connection between sleep and creativity. Interview with Sarah Zallek, M.D. Physician Director of Strategy, Communication, and Education OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute Medical Director, Illinois Neurological Institute Sleep Centers Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Medical Staff President, OSF Saint Francis Medical CenterFilmed in Peoria, Illinois,
- [Memories: The Soul of Creativity (The World of Creativity: Episode 22)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/memories-the-soul-of-creativity/) - The latest video in my series "The World of Creativity". Today with miniature artist Eddie Putera This interview is part of the research for the upcoming book "The World of Creativity" where global keynote speaker Fredrik Haren travels the world to learn about the many facets of human creativity and tries to uncover what we
- [How Creativity Can Beat Habit (The World of Creativity: Episode 23)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-creativity-can-beat-habit/) - My latest video about a very creative idea for how to solve a problem with smokers throwing cigarette butts on the beautiful beaches of the Maldives. A great example of how creativity can beat the habit.
- [To Be Human, Let Someone In (The World of Creativity: Episode 24)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/let-someone-in/) - Interview with Amar Ramesh, one of India's most successful wedding photographers. By author and keynote speaker Fredrik Haren. About what it means to be human. https://studioa.amarramesh.com
- [Preach What You Practice (The World of Creativity: Episode 26)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/preach-what-you-practice/) - Interview with Peggy Chan, founder and chef at vegetarian restaurant Grassroots Pantry in Hong Kong about how creativity is about doing. (http://www.grassrootspantry.com) [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZJY6OSavs[/embedyt]
- [What Sand Art Can Teach Us About Creativity (The World of Creativity: Episode 27)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-sand-art-can-teach-us-about-creativity/) - I love the message of "Do not worry about destruction - but be ready for re-creation." [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEkcqidtFQ[/embedyt] Interview with Indian sand artist Nitish Bharti about creativity. By Fredrik Haren, author and global keynote speaker on creativity. (Follow Nitish here: https://www.facebook.com/nitishbhartiart Click the headline to watch the video!
- [Be Human: Interact With Each Other (The World of Creativity: Episode 28)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/be-human-interact-with-each-other/) - Some of my weekly episodes on The World of Creativity will be on the topic of "What does it mean to be human?". My Inner Theme is "Humanity to the Power of Ideas" and I like to sometimes learn from people around the world about what we can learn about being human. Then I go
- [How Gratitude Triggers Good Ideas  (The World of Creativity: The Maldives Episode 29)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-gratitude-triggers-good-ideas/) - [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohdxq-pEAGw[/embedyt] Click the link to watch the video.
- [Indian Creativity: Peaceful Focus (The World of Creativity: Episode 30)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/indian-creativity-peaceful-focus/) - What can we learn about creativity from India? Interview with Dr. Rekha Shetty, Indian author of innovation books. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuaLtZTj0rY[/embedyt] Click on video above to watch.
- [Travel is the Fountain of Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 31)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/travel-is-the-fountain-of-ideas/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqRimotGqmo
- [Translation: Creativity in Real Time (The World of Creativity: Episode 32)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/translation-creativity-in-real-time/) - Interview with my three translators during my speech in Bangkok about how to say "creativity" or "imagination" in their langauge, and about how translation is creativity in real time. [embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAuewALWJ9E[/embedyt] Click on post to watch video.
- [Share Your Current Ideas to Force Yourself to Come Up with New Ones (The World of Creativity: Episode 34)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/share-your-current-ideas/) - Interview with Nils Kristian Myhre Chief of sports at Elverum 8 times-in-a-row-national champions in Handball in Norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y-ACR_25IE&feature=youtu.be .
- [Smaller Ego = Bigger Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 35)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/theworldofcreativity35/) - In this episode author and professional speaker Fredrik Haren interviews Thai make-up artist, a_tikaworn about how listening to clients and making yourself small leads to bigger ideas. a_tikaworn is such a humble and creative person doing the make-up on some of Thailands most successful models and celebrities. Listen to his ideas about letting go of ego
- [Divine Ideas vs Mortal Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 36)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/divine-ideas-vs-mortal-ideas/) - Most people talk about “having ideas” but there actually are two types of totally different types of ideas, and when we understand how they are different we never look at ideas - or the creative process - in the same way again. In this interview Fredrik Haren - The Creativity Explorer - meets with Hong
- [Creativity is About Asking Questions (The World of Creativity: Episode 37)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-is-about-asking-questions/) - In June I went to Ukraine for a speech and during the visit my client KA Group helped me set up a meeting with very creative Ukrainian theatre director Stas Zhirkov. I had an interesting conversation with him about how important it is for the creative process to ask questions and about what the role
- [Redo, don't Dodo. (The World of Creativity. Episode 38)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/redo-dont-dodo-the-world-of-creativity-episode-38/) - What can we learn about creativity from Mauritius? Fredrik Haren - The Creativity Explorer - travels to this paradise island to learn about creativity in the most unlikely of places: a green house of a tomato grower and encourages us to learn the lesson of the Dodo. Remember: Creativity is not taught, it's inspired.[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I59mZi1jMjA[/embedyt]
- [What could you imagine?Creativity inspiration from Sharkboy. (The World of Creativity. Episode 39)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-could-you-imaginecreativity-inspiration-from-sharkboy-the-world-of-creativity-episode-39/) - A quick interview with Achmat Hassiem. AKA “Sharkboy”, who I interviewed in Macau last week as we both spoke at the same conference. Sharkboy’s story is an amazing story about survival and comeback (he had his leg bitten off by a 5 meter shark and came back to win a medal in the Paralympics.) In
- [Wondering in search of energy. (The World of Creativity. Episode 40.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/wondering-in-search-of-energy-the-world-of-creativity-episode-40/) - About how creativity is all about wondering in search of energy. Interview with ceramic artist Helga Ritsch about how she is letting her mind wonder (well wander too I guess) in search of energy. About how creating with your hands is different than creating with just your head. (Recorded in Zurich, Swizerland.) [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKteMlgsaUE[/embedyt]
- [Only Add What Should be Added. (The World of Creativity. Episode 41)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/only-add-what-should-be-added-the-world-of-creativity-episode-41/) - In the episode 41 of The World of Creativity, I meet with Simone Züger, designer and artist, to talk about what we can learn about Swiss creativity. (Recorded in Zurich, Switzerland.) [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4lZEN20Bjs[/embedyt]
- [The Mierda Moment (The World of Creativity. Episode 42)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-mierda-moment-the-world-of-creativity-episode-42/) - Fredrik Haren, the creativity explorer, interviews Anna Alsina : Glass Art/ Contemporary Glass Sculptor and learns about The Mierda Moment. The Mierda Moment is that time when a failure pushes you forward.[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFY4AEwx_U[/embedyt]
- [How the body creates - insights on creativity from a dancer. (The World Of Creativity. Episode 43.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/how-the-body-creates-insights-on-creativity-from-a-dancer-the-world-of-creativity-episode-43/) - In this episode I go to Barcelona and meet with professional Flamenco dancer and teacher Lucero Cardenas to learn about how creativity is connected to the whole body. Here is the whole poem she made up on the fly as she was dancing: All right. Dance is the heartbeat of life, It’s always present. And
- [Know where to be creative by understanding tradition. (The World of Creativity Ep 44.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/know-where-to-be-creative-by-understanding-tradition-the-world-of-creativity-ep-44/) - Lessons from a sushi master. (see shorter version here: https://youtu.be/xZfWjgHjmns) Yoshi (a young sushi master) used to fight a lot with his father (an old sushi master) because Yoshi wanted to change everything and his father wanted to change nothing, but when Yoshi started to study the traditions of sushi making he better understood why
- [Add some uniqueness to what you create (The World of Creativity Episode 45.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/add-some-uniqueness-to-what-you-create-the-world-of-creativity-episode-45/) - What can we learn about being creative from a Malaysian batik expert? Watch this video to learn what I learnt about creativity from Emelia Tan, a Malaysia batik expert who teaches the art of batik to others. Batik - and creativity - is about adding some uniqueness into what we do. Fredrik Haren, The Creativity
- [Think Vastly, Act Narrowly. (The World of Creativity. Episode 46.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/think-vastly-act-narrowly-the-world-of-creativity-episode-46/) - Fredrik Haren, the creativity explorer meet with Kevin Cottam, the global nomad and author of The Nomadic Mindset to learn about what the nomadic people can teach us about creativity. For SHORT version of this interview please go to: https://youtu.be/NNqRHIFcNqA For more about Kevin please do go to: http://thenomadicmindset.com/ [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdiv0BBsJVQ[/embedyt]
- [Get feedback, but make your own decision. (The World of Creativity. Episode 47.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/get-feedback-but-make-your-own-decision-the-world-of-creativity-episode-47/) - What can we learn about creativity from the world champion in public speaking? Watch this video as Fredrik Haren meets with Manoj Vasudevan, who was crowned the World Champion of Public Speaking, among a pool of 35,000 aspirants from 142 countries in the World’s Largest Speech Contest. For more about Manoj see: https://thoughtexpressions.com/about-...
- [Using instinct for creativity. Lessons from squash champion. (The World of Creativity Episode 48)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/using-instinct-for-creativity-lessons-from-squash-champion-the-world-of-creativity-episode-48/) - Interview with 8 time world champion in squash Datuk Nicol David from Malaysia. Recorded at ICLIF in Malaysia by Fredrik Haren. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG3z4wRY8HA[/embedyt]
- [High trust = safe to take risk = more creativity. (The World of Creativity. Episode 50.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/high-trust-safe-to-take-risk-more-creativity-the-world-of-creativity-episode-50/) - Fredrik Haren - The Creativity Explorer - interviews Stephen M. R. Covey. Stephen M. R. Covey is co-founder of CoveyLink and of the FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice. A sought-after and compelling keynote speaker and advisor on trust, leadership, ethics, and high performance, he speaks to audiences around the world. He is the New
- [Look for look-a-likes. Find likeminded people. (The World of Creativity. Episode 49.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/look-for-look-a-likes-find-likeminded-people-the-world-of-creativity-episode-49/) - What can we learn about creativity from a central bank? Zeti Akhtar Aziz was head of the central bank of Malaysia for 16 (!) years. In this video she shares the importance of finding look-a-likes in order to be inspired to have new ideas. Since there is only one central bank in a country per
- [Learn from the blind: Imagine what is right infront of you. (The World of Creativity. Episode 51.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/learn-from-the-blind-imagine-what-is-right-infront-of-you-the-world-of-creativity-episode-51/) - By focusing on what is right infront of us we not only get a different approach to creativity, we also live more in the moment. Lessons about creativity from the blind and visually impaired. Fredrik Haren - The Creativity Explorer - talks about creativity with Kathryn McPherson of Dialogue in the dark. Learn more about
- [Do not sweat the small stuff. Sweat the big stuff. (The World of Creativity. Episode 53)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/do-not-sweat-the-small-stuff-sweat-the-big-stuff-the-world-of-creativity-episode-53/) - What we can learn about creativity from Denmark. Interview with Magnus Petersson chef and restaurateur of restaurant Selma in Copenhagen, Denmark. About how people in Denmark are more creative because they let the small problems go so that they can focus on the big problems. (For more about Selma see: http://selmacopenhagen.dk) [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-nKwW1M1w[/embedyt]
- [Live in imaginary worlds. (The World of Creativity. Episode 54)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/live-in-imaginary-worlds-the-world-of-creativity-episode-54/) - Interview with Frederic Siegel, animation director and visual artist, about the advantage of living in multiple worlds. Expand your creativity: Imagine more possibilities. Read more about Frederic on: https://fredericsiegel.ch/info [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn14o3okh44[/embedyt]
- [Creativity starts with living in the present mode. (The World of Creativity. Episode 55)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-starts-with-living-in-the-present-mode-the-world-of-creativity-episode-55/) - Interview with sculptor and painter Carla Cascales by Fredrik Haren - The Creativity Explorer. Filmed in Barcelona. Carla Cascales: awarded Sculptor, Painer and Silver Laus Design Award 2017 Winner Carla Cascales Alimbau was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, where she currently lives and works. Her artistic practice encompasses a host of disciplines including drawing,
- [To be more creative: Look around. With Gavin Patterson. (The World of Creativity. Episode 56.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/to-be-more-creative-look-around-with-gavin-patterson-the-world-of-creativity-episode-56/) - Interview with illustrator Gavin Patterson by Fredrik Haren, The Creativity Explorer. About how observing things is key to creativity and how we can learn to do that from someone who makes a living from really observing the world. http://www.carpaintings.ch [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWcMZTvDqQI[/embedyt]
- [Catch the next trend, interview with Phyo Phyo Aung. (The World of Creativity. Episode 57)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/catch-the-next-trend-interview-with-phyo-phyo-aung-the-world-of-creativity-episode-57/) - Phyo Phyo Aung, influencer from Myanmar with more than 1 million followers across different platforms, about catching trends. Follow Phyo Phyo Aung at: https://www.facebook.com/phyophyoaung... or: https://www.instagram.com/phyophyoaung_/ [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hMA9TVxvyg[/embedyt]
- [Creativity and the balance between focus and curious mode. (The World of Creativity. Episode 58)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-and-the-balance-between-focus-and-curious-mode-the-world-of-creativity-episode-58/) - The key to being creative is to be able to go between the two different modes of a creative soul. The "curious research mode" and the "focused execution mode" In this interview with photographer Jacob Gils (https://www.jacobgils.com) he talks about that balance between being focused on a creative project and being in curious mode looking
- [Do not have good ideas, or great ideas. Have GRAND ideas. (The World of Creativity. Episode 59)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/worldofcreativity57/) - I recently visited the Taj Mahal and in this video, I reflect on the power of having grand ideas. Ideas that people will come and visit in awe 400 years after you had them. Aim for that. You might not get those kinds of ideas very often, or even ever, in your life. But aim
- [Why learning to think in patterns will make you more creative - The Creativity Explorer & Ray Mak.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/why-learning-to-think-in-patterns-will-make-you-more-creative-the-creativity-explorer-ray-mak/) - Discover your creative potential by learning about how thinking in patterns can boost your creative capacity from this interview with Ray Mak, a YouTuber from Malaysia with more than 100 million views on his channel. Creativity is all about combining things in unusual and unexpected ways, and when we learn how to think
- [What can an astronaut teach you about creativity? (The Creativity Explorer meets Sergey Ryazanskiy.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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/
- [The most beautiful moment of the creative process (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 63.)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [The scariest moment for a creative: The Frankenstein Moment.](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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:
- [From 0 to 1 Billion views on Youtube. Learn from Alex Badan](https://www.fredrikharen.com/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
- [What is Norwegian Creativity? If You Ask Me It Is: “Civilised Innovation"​ (The World of Creativity: Episode 33)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-is-norwegian-creativity/) - After spending a some time in Norway I am blown away. This country is regularly ranked as the best country in the world to live in. Having oil - lot’s of oil - helps, of course. But many countries have oil, but few did what Norway did: invest in an oil fund. The Norwegian sovereign
- [About Getting Clients to Change (The World of Creativity: Episode 25)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/about-getting-clients-to-change/) - A few days ago I had Julio Zuleta over to my house for dinner. Julio is Director of Engineering for R&D at famous grill company Weber, and as such an expert on grilling. (He also has 7 (seven!) grills at home…) Over dinner (yes we had BBQ) he told me that many customers of Weber
- [The Power of Finding Your "Inner Project" (World of Creativity: Episode 18)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-power-of-finding-your-inner-project/) - I am a big fan of the value of anyone finding their Inner Theme - (www.InnerTheme.com), but today I want to talk about the value of finding your “Inner Project”. I just found one and it has added another level of meaning to my life. An Inner Theme is your message to humanity. The core
- [Isha and Thoughts About Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 17)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/isha-and-thoughts-about-ideas/) - This episode about an insight on creativity that came to me after one hour of mediation in the famous yoga centre in Isha. Recorded outside Coimbatore. Join author and global keynote speaker Fredrik Haren as he travels the world to learn and be inspired by creativity people from across the globe. For more about Fredrik
- [Creativity for Indian Truck Drivers (The World of Creativity: Episode 16)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-for-indian-truck-drivers/) - This episode about how to use big data to make the life better for truck drivers in India. Recorded in Mumbai. Join author and global keynote speaker Fredrik Haren as he travels the world to learn and be inspired by creativity people from across the globe. For more about Fredrik see www.fredrikharen.com
- [Perfect: It's Not Enough (The World of Creativity: Episode 15)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/perfect-its-not-enough/) - Video with Paul Gerber, iconic Swiss watchmaker who shares his insights on creativity. Read more about Fredrik Haren at www.FredrikHaren.com and about Paul Gerber at http://www.gerber-uhren.ch/en/portrait/.
- [Creativity of Scale (The World of Creativity: Episode 14)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/creativity-of-scale/) - What happens when you think big ideas on a big scale? Yesterday I had the pleasure of being the closing keynote speaker at the Leading Edge conference in Mumbai organised by Outlook Business. Earlier in the day two ministers from the current Indian government had delivered their speeches. One of the ministers was Piyush Goyal
- [Today: Do Something You Have Never Done (The World Of Creativity: Episode 13)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/today-do-something-you-have-never-done/) - Today from Zermatt in Swizerland about pushing ourselves to do things we have never done before. What are some of the new things you want to do?
- [The Best of Two Things (World of Creativity: Episode 11)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-best-of-two-things/) - If you have heard me speak on creativity you most likely have heard me define an idea as how “you take (at least) two things and combine them in a new way”. I love this definition as it shows how being creative is “just” about taking things we already know about and re-arranging them. Over
- [A “Good Good Idea” (The World of Creativity: Episode 10)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/a-good-good-idea/) - “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
- [Merry Creativity (The World of Creativity: Episode 9)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/merry-creativity/) - 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
- [The Future Speaks Mandarin and Cantonese (The World of Creativity: Episode 8)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-future-speaks-mandarin-and-cantonese/) - 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
- [The Death of Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 7)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-death-of-ideas/) - 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
- [The Adventure of Creativity (Episode of Creativity: Episode 6)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-adventure-of-creativity/) - 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
- [Show Them the Love - Why You Have to Make The Audience Feel You Love Them (The World of Creativity: Episode 5)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/show-them-the-love-why-you-have-to-make-the-audience-feel-you-love-them/) - 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
- [What Can We Learn About Creativity From Ukraine (The World of Creativity: Episode 4)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/what-can-we-learn-about-creativity-from-ukraine/) - 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
- [Humanity to the Power of Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 3)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/humanity-to-the-power-of-ideas/) - 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
- [Meat the Competition (The World of Creativity: Episode 2)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/meat-the-competition/) - 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
- [The Nomadic Mindset (The World of Creativity: Episode 1)](https://www.fredrikharen.com/the-nomadic-mindset/) - 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

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## Episode

- [](https://www.fredrikharen.com/episode/episode-01/) - What is Creativity? Fredrik Haren's funny and inspiring speech from the Global Leadership Summit
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