Dr. Neethling works with major corporations, public and private companies and national sporting teams globally - taking them from "Ordinary to Beyondness".
All companies and teams fall into the ordinary paradigm very quickly and very fast - even if they were previously on the cutting edge. If selling 6 cars a month is the industry norm, that is ordinary! But by stretching the norm., and by setting target date and goals, the apparently impossible can become the new ordinary! For decades, the 4 minute mile was un-achievable, but once that record had been broken, sub-4-minuters became possible and even common - and the 'stretch zone' became the new platform.
A recent example is where Kobus Neethling worked with a mining group where the industry norm was X number of deaths per month or per year. This client of his - at the time of this update, had 13 months without a serious injury! So by have worked with them in the 'stretch zone', they moved into the afore-unknown area of 'Beyondness'
When 300 runs was the limit in one-day cricket, that was all that players and crowds expected UNTIL South Africa scored 435 runs. Suddenly it was achievable - and the records books changed.
By using whole-brain and creativity techniques, Dr. Neethling explores what is stretch for you - and what is your beyondness ?
He gave the opening keynote at the European Creativity and Innovation Conference in 2009. Considering that the world-renowned Edward de Bono was also a speaker at the conference, the honour of opening such a prestigious conference emphasises the fact that Dr. Kobus Neethling is now rated internationally as one of the top 3 speakers in world on the topics of Creativity and Innovation.
His achievements include:
* being the President of the South African Creativity Foundation
* Holding six degrees including two Masters, a Doctorate and Post-Doctorate (cum laude) in the identification and development of creative behaviour (Universities of Cape Town and Georgia-USA)
* the creation of 9 TV series and the writing or co-authoring of more than 90 books including three new international best-sellers: ‘Creativity uncovered’; ‘Very smart parents’ and the edited and re-worked 'Am I clever or am I stupid?’(which has sold more than 200000 copies))
* being a Guinness World Record Holder: Co-author of “Making the Impossible possible” - a book of more than a 100 pages written in the fastest time ever (four and a half minutes);
* Having 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
* Having received the 1998 International Leadership Award from the Creative Problem Solving Institute (USA) which is acknowledged as the Most prestigious creativity award in the world
* Having received the first International Creative Genius Award (2004) from the International Genius Academy (USA)
* Having developed the largest battery of Whole Brain Instruments in the world (used in 30 countries) including the acclaimed 8-Dimension Brain Model
* Winning the International Silver Screen Award (for a TV episode called Creativity (2005)
* Being voted by Femina magazine as one of the six best presenters in South Africa (2005)
* being the Co-developer of the Hit TV show “ Out of the Box” ---WINNER OF THE 2007 ‘US INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL’ SILVER SCREEN AWARD
* being the 2008 Recipient of the Excellence in Innovation Award (Mumbai: Feb 2008) – one of the most prestigious innovation awards in Asia.
* being a Member of a prestigious international steering committee of 4 people to research the possible integration of the two disciplines - Creativity and Innovation (2009)
* having Co-authored the international trend-setting book on 21st century innovation “The future of innovation” (London; March 2009) which coined the phrase. “Innovation of the mind without innovating the heart is no innovation at all”
Kobus Neethling has invented a series of whole brain instruments specifically for cell phone users - a world first which will be the new benchmark in understanding and serving your client, patient, employees etc
His most requested TALKS and Training TOPICS are:
A New kind of creativity for a new kind of century
- the 3 zones of creativity
- the qualities of a Beyonder
- moving from problems to possibilities
- ideas for extraordinary times
- seeing the future first
· Using your Whole Brain in the 21st century
- understanding your 4 quadrant brain
- moving beyond your comfort zones
- discovering the 8 dimensions of your brain
- putting your 8-dimension brain into action
- gaining an amazing edge
· From Creative Problem Solving, to Opportunity Finding to Miracle Making
- understanding the stages of creative empowerment
- expanding the power of your whole brain
- redesigning your beliefs
- the essence of your human being-ness
- becoming the miracle maker
· The five critical ways to ‘get out of the box’
· How to become 8 times more creative
· The essence of successful creativity
· Creating happiness with your whole brain