197: Fredrik Haren - The Creativity Explorer
Fredrik H\xe4r\xe9n has dedicated the last 25 years to helping people discover their full creative potential. He is The Creativity Explorer.
Fredrik speaks on business creativity, idea generation and global business. He has delivered over 2,000 presentations, lectures and workshops in over 70 countries on 6 continents, inspiring over 1 million people from the stage to become more creative in the workplace, and foster new ways of thinking. He is a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) of which there are only 700 globally; as well as 1 of only 30 GSPGlobal\u2019s in the world.
Fredrik has written ten books, including \u201cThe Idea Book\u201d which was included in \u201cThe 100 Best Business Books of All Time\u201d, \u201cThe Developing World\u201d (2010) as well as the author of \u201cOne World. One company\u201d.
The recipient of many awards, including being named \u201cSpeaker of the Year\u201d as well as \u201cOne of the 10 best speakers in Sweden of all time\u201d.
He is also founder of the Ideas Island (www.ideasisland.com), where he lets creative people stay for free on one of his three private islands so they can work on their ideas.
On this episode:
- Learn how creativity, leadership and change became Fredrik\u2019s lifelong passion and skill
- The importance of adapting to the \u2018new world\u2019
- How leadership has grown into transforming people rather than just organizations
- Why truly creative people actively develop their curiosity
- Applying the creative process to your leadership and life
- Learn how flexibility will be the deciding factor for the success of organizations
Key Takeaways:
- The role technology plays in transformation
- Leadership is improving exponentially
- To recruit means to \u2018grow again\u2019
- Curious = to care
- Creativity can lead to strategic decision making
- The power of relaxation
Tweetable Quotes:
\u201cIf you are a leader you are about changing where the organization is and where they are going and it\u2019s about changing the people to become better and to grow.\u201d - Fredrik Haren
\u201cWhat you are curious about you also care about. If you want to be really creative then you need to be curious and if you are a leader then your job is to make sure people are curious\u2026\u201d - Fredrik Haren
\u201cWhen you\u2019re on your deathbed you will cherish most, the strategic decisions you\u2019ve made in your life.\u201d - Fredrik Haren
You can get in touch with Fredrik on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/fredrikharen/) and Facebook(www.facebook.com/fredrik.haren). Check out his website https://www.fredrikharen.com and start influencing your business with creativity and innovation.
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