Fredrik Haren is The Creativity Explorer, a global keynote speaker on Business Creativity, Innovation and Change.
He has delivered over 2,000 presentations, lectures and workshops in over 75 countries on 6 continents and has inspired over a million people from the stage to become more creative and to look at the world in a new way.
He celebrated 25 years as a professional speaker in year 2025 and spoke in 19 countries on 4 continents in 2025 alone.
He is the author of ten books, including “The Idea Book” which was included in “The 100 Best Business Books of All Time”. His latest book, “The World of Creativity”, was launched just before Christmas 2025, with Wiley Publishers. The book is the summary of what learning from creative people in 75 countries during the past 25 years has taught Fredrik about how we can discover our full creative potential.
Fredrik has been inducted in “Speaker Hall of Fame” on 2 continents. He is a CSP as well as Global Speaking Fellow. He is a recipient of “TIA”, given by The Global Speakers Federation and considered the highest award in the international speaking community.
Fredrik Haren – The Creativity Explorer – Lecture Topics
- The World of Creativity
After traveling to over 75 countries on 6 continents to discover as much as possible about human creativity, Fredrik Haren – The Creativity Explorer – will share valuable insights that he learnt from interviewing thousands of creative people around the world
- Live a creative life
Creativity is the most powerful human superpower. Nothing else has the same potential for changing one’s life for the better. It’s through creativity and imagination that we can dream up our perfect lives – and make them happen. Fredrik helps one do just that!
- Business Creativity – Workshop
The World Economic Forum had named “creativity” as the #1 most important skill of the future. Nothing is more important for an entrepreneur than maximizing their skills in business creativity.
Fredrik has a specialized practical workshop to better understand creativity.
The workshop will cover things such as (not limited to):
- Tools for helping one become more creative at work
- Techniques to develop new ideas
- A better understanding of the creative process to increase one’s creative abilities
- Exercises one can do alone or with their team to generate more and better ideas
- The Watt Com Boom
Fredrik is passionate about the change that is happening in the energy market right now and has a special speech called “The Watt Com Boom” about how the Energy Industry is going through a transformation at the moment. It’s a speech he has done for the largest energy conference in Sweden as well as for the top leadership team at the largest energy company in Sweden (Vattenfall) amongst others.
- Creativity to the Power of Computers
This is a speech on creativity and how to use AI to become even more creative and about how our views of what creativity is and can be, is being challenged by the fast developments in AI.
- The Power of Global Creativity
Fredrik explores how creativity is both universal and deeply shaped by culture. Drawing on insights from over 75 countries, Fredrik shows how diverse ways of thinking drive innovation, strengthen partnerships, and prepare organizations for an uncertain future. The talk offers a forward-looking perspective on how global creativity becomes a strategic advantage in a connected world.
- Unlocking Your Creative Potential
Fredrik explores how creativity is not a rare talent, but a skill we all possess. Fredrik reveals practical ways to tap into new thinking, challenge habits, and turn ideas into meaningful impact – both individually and collectively.
- Creativity Across Cultures
This topic explores how creativity is universal, yet expressed differently around the world. Drawing on perspectives from over 75 countries, Fredrik reveals how cultural context shapes ideas, problem-solving, and innovation – and why this matters for global collaboration.
- From Ideas to Impact
Fredrik shows how organizations can move beyond ideas to action. Drawing on global insights, the talk highlights how creativity, structure, and partnership transform innovation into sustainable results.
Who is Fredrik Haren?
The son of a primary school teacher and a musician, Fredrik Haren grew up in a family where knowledge, curiosity and a flair for performing on stages for the benefit of others were valued. From an early age, he was fascinated by creativity and ideas. He invented new games with his brothers, rewrote rules and played them again.
In 1993, while studying at a university in the US, he was first exposed to the internet and immediately realised that it would change the world as we knew it. In 1995 he wrote his university thesis on “Internet and Marketing” and turned it into a book in the same year, which was one of the first books on the subject in Sweden. He started working in an internet company, got shares and helped to build it up profitably from 1 to 60 employees in less than 5 years without any external investors. In December 1999, it was sold to a publicly traded company. Fredrik Haren decided to dedicate his life to the study of human creativity.
Innovation and creativity are the driving force behind successful businesses
Over the years he has interviewed thousands of people. The contents of these interviews have been incorporated into his books, articles and more than 2000 speeches. His most important theme is “humanity through the power of ideas”. This means that he believes in the potential of humanity and in the infinite power of human creativity. It is his concern to help as many people as possible to discover their full creative potential. And he believes that the world would be a much better place if more people were given the chance to be more creative – and if they learned to pick up the best ideas that arise in the world.