021: Kobus Neethling PhD: Creativity, Learning & Flow: Unleashing the Power of Your Team's Whole Mind

Join Dr. Krister Lowe and leading figure in the area of creative thinking, Dr. Kobus Neethling, for this week's episode of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast.  Dr. Neethling is the President of the South African Creativity Foundation and the Creator of the Neethling Brain Instruments (NBI).  He is a world-renowned scholar and practitioner in the area of creativity thinking and learning.  Additionally, he holds six degrees including two master's degrees, a doctoral degree and a post-doctoral degree.  Dr. Neethling is the author of many books and articles as well as award-winning television shows and is also the recipient of numerous accolades and awards for his pioneering work in field of creativity studies.  Dr. Neethling is a frequent key note speaker and actively consults to corporations, national sporting teams and education groups around the world.  Dr. Neethling was asked by the South African transitional government to provide creativity training to the police in order to build better relationships and later was engaged by Nelson Mandela's chief of staff to provide similar training to Mandela's staff.  Dr. Neethling has hosted an annual international creativity conference in South Africa every year for the last 21 years.  In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Neethling shares his early history and journey into the field of creativity studies, to his post-doctoral work with the late Dr. Paul Torrance at the University of Georgia, to inventing the Neethling Brain Instruments, to the establishment of the South African Creativity Foundation and to becoming a leading figure in the field of creative thinking.  He also shares insights into how teams, leaders and whole organizations can become more creative, adaptable and high-performing.  Dr. Neethling shares numerous stories from his work consulting to teams in a range of sectors including banking, mining, sales, education, sports, government and more.  Any team, executive or organizational coach interested in fostering creativity in their own practices will surely not want to miss this episode!