Creativity and innovation keynote speaker, author, and thought leader
Business leaders, educators, corporate teams, innovation forums, academic institutions, and organizations seeking creative and human-centered thinking.
Dr Kobus Neethling is one of the world’s most accomplished authorities on creativity and creative behaviour. He holds six degrees, including two master’s degrees, a doctorate, and a post-doctorate completed cum laude, with academic research conducted through the University of Cape Town and the University of Georgia in the United States. His life’s work focuses on the identification, development, and application of creative thinking across business, education, and leadership.
Dr Neethling is the author of more than 80 books and nine television series, with numerous international bestsellers to his name. His works include Creativity Uncovered, Very Smart Parents, and the widely read Am I Clever or Am I Stupid, which has sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. His writing is known for translating complex neuroscience and creativity research into practical, usable frameworks.
He is the president of the South African Creativity Foundation and a Guinness World Record holder as co-author of Making the Impossible Possible, written in four and a half minutes. Dr Neethling has received ten International Who’s Who Awards, including Personality of the Year and recognition as one of the 2,000 Outstanding Scholars of the 20th Century by Cambridge in England.
Dr Kobus Neethling holds six degrees including two Masters, a Doctorates and Post-Doctorate (cum laude) in the identification and development of creative behaviour (Universities of Cape Town and Georgia-USA)
Dr Kobus Neethling has written more than 80 books and 9 TV series including a number of international best-sellers (Including three new international best-sellers: ‘Creativity uncovered’; ‘Very smart parents’ and version two of ‘’Am I clever or am I stupid’—has sold more than 200000 copies)
President of the South African Creativity Foundation
Guinness World Record Holder: Co-author of “Making the Impossible possible” —the book of more than a 100 pages written in the fastest time ever —four and a half minutes
Kobus Has received 10 International Who’s Who Awards including Personality of the Year (2000); One of 2000 outstanding Scholars of the 20th century (1999: Cambridge England) and The International Who’s Who of Intellectuals Award
Member of an international steering committee to research the possible integration of the two disciplines—Creativity and Innovation (2009)
Invited as a co-author to contribute to the trendsetting book on 21st century innovation “The future ofinnovation” (London; March 2009) —coining the phrase. “Innovation of the mind without innovating the heart is no innovation at all”
Dr Kobus Neethling gave the opening keynote at the European Creativity and Innovation Conference (ECCI) –Belgium October 2009;
Member of the International Innovation Alliance –a group of 7 innovators from five continents – all international ‘innovation reward recipients’ The most prestigious innovation expert group in the world.
Dr Kobus Neethling is one of the top 3 speakers in the world on the topics of creativity and innovation” —-as quoted in the programme of the 12th European Conference on Creativity and innovation
Dr Kobus Neethling is a Keynote Speaker and Corporate Trainer. He focuses on getting companies and individuals to extra-ordinary levels of thinking and doing. He is also an author of more than 70 books and has written and presented many television series.
Dr Kobus Neethling has presented motivational talks, training programmes, development programmes to most of South Africa’s leading companies and organisations and numerous international companies
Left, Right, and Whole-Brain Writing
Many popular authors have a left-brain writing style. Some authors have a right-brain writing style. Very few authors have a whole-brain writing style.
Consider articles in news magazines. Many of these, such as the ones found in Forbes and Fortune magazines, have a left-brain writing style.
That is, these articles incorporate facts in a linear, logical format. Data and information are analyzed, and ideas flow from one idea to the next, then to the next, and so on. This is a classical left-brain writing style. Many nonfiction books, newspaper articles, and magazine stories use this writing style.
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