The World of Creativity: Blog

Redo, don’t 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]

Creativity is About Asking Questions (The World of Creativity: Episode 37)

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 […]

Divine Ideas vs Mortal Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 36)

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 […]

Smaller Ego = Bigger Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 35)

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 […]

Share Your Current Ideas to Force Yourself to Come Up with New Ones (The World of Creativity: Episode 34)

Interview with Nils Kristian Myhre Chief of sports at Elverum 8 times-in-a-row-national champions in Handball in Norway.                                                         .

What is Norwegian Creativity? If You Ask Me It Is: “Civilised Innovation”​ (The World of Creativity: Episode 33)

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 […]

Translation: Creativity in Real Time (The World of Creativity: Episode 32)

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.

Travel is the Fountain of Ideas (The World of Creativity: Episode 31)

Indian Creativity: Peaceful Focus (The World of Creativity: Episode 30)

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.

How Gratitude Triggers Good Ideas (The World of Creativity: The Maldives Episode 29)

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