The World of Creativity: Blog

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]

16

Nov

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-…   […]

10

Nov

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]

03

Nov

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 […]

27

Oct

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 […]

18

Oct

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 […]

10

Oct

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]

01

Oct

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]

25

Sep

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]   […]

16

Sep

What could you imagine?Creativity 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 […]

10

Sep

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