The Developing World
How an Explosion of Creativity in the Developing World Is Changing the World, and Why the Developed World Has to Start Paying Attention.
Fredrik Härén
9789197547079
187 pages
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Overview
There is an explosion of creativity happening in the developing world right now. Best selling creativity author and keynote speaker Fredrik Härén wanted to understand what this creativity explosion means, what it will lead to and how it will change the world. So he set out to find out. For five years Fredrik Härén went to 18 developing countries (and 8 developed countries) and done more than 200 interviews with people who in some way are involved with business and creativity. He has met with cosmetics executives in Russia, professors in South Africa, creativity consultants in Egypt, IT-journalists in Iran, hotel managers in Dubai, designers in Indonesia, government officials in Thailand and mobile phone designers in South Korea and many, many more. The result of his research is this book. A book about "The Developing World." In this book you will learn about the advantages of being a creative person in a developing country, about what the developed world can learn from the developing world, and most importantly, you will read about the dangers of defining yourself as "developed" in a world that has never been developing faster than now. It is a book that may turn your view of the world up-side-down, and that hopefully will inspire you to become more curious about the great changes happening in the world right now.
Author Bio
Fredrik Härén is a Swedish author and speaker on Business Creativity who is based in Singapore. He has delivered over 1,500 presentations, lectures and workshops in over 50 countries and has inspired hundreds of thousands of business people to become more creative and to look at the world in a new way. He is the author of nine books, including "The Idea Book" that was included in "The 100 Best Business Books of All Time". He also runs Ideas Islands, 3 private islands in Sweden and Palawan that are solely dedicated to creating a haven for creative people to come up with great ideas.Fredrik has received several awards like Most Innovative Thinker of the Year, Speaker of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, and he just became a CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) The Global Speaking Organization has 6,000 speakers as members. Less than 700 are CSP's. In Asia there are only 10. One of them is Fredrik.HIs clients include American Express, DHL, Nokia, HP, GE, Microsoft, UPS, IBM, Jones Lang La Salle, Volvo, Volkswagen, Danone, Jeppessen, Ministry of France Singapore and many more! Some of his clients were so impressed with Fredrik's speeches that they even booked him more than once!To know more about Fredrik Härén or to book Fredrik Härén for a speech in your company / event, you may email us at admin@interesting.org.
