Short Bio of Speaker

 Dr.Yew Kam Keong (Dr.YKK)is an international speaker, trainer, consultant and best-selling author in the field of creativity. He has been officially acknowledged Distinguished Talent on creativity by the Australian Federal Government.

He has served as a resource person on creativity to the Mauritius Government, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), TECAsia (world’s largest organization of CEOs), Shell, Intel Technology, Texas Instruments, ICI Paints Asia, Siemens, etc.

In recognition of Dr YKK’s expertise, the world famous toy-maker, Lego appointed him as a member of its eight-member international panel of creativity experts for its global creativity project, the Next Generation Forum; the only representative from the British Commonwealth. He was an adviser to the president of the International Federation of Invention Associations (IFIA) based in Geneva, Switzerland and is also a member of the prestigious Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management (CPTM), a Smart Partnership of government and business leaders based in London, U.K.

Dr. YKK was an instructor for the world-famous program “ Business School for Entrepreneurs” organised by the Excellerated  Business Schools of USA. He is former president of a national Association of Professional Speakers, a founder member of a national Mensa and and a Life member of the XL Results Foundation.

Dr. YKK has written and published 10 books on creativity. His best-selling book (reprinted 9 times) : “You Are Creative-Let Your Creativity Bloom” has received the endorsements of CEOs, professionals, managers, students, teachers, parents and other prominent personalities from all over the world. His other books include : “ Creative Business Challenges –Innovative Business Solutions” and “ Nurturing Creative Children .”

Dr. YKK has presented talks at national, regional and international conferences, including the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) International  Conference and the 7th World Chinese Entrepreneur Convention, Global Summit of Professional Speakers , International Education Conventions, Science & Technology Congress, International Speakers Convention . He is a member of the judging panel in the world’s biggest and possibly the most prestigious International MBA Innovation Challenge Competition  (Ref  www.innovationchallenge.com   ). Dr.YKK has also given talks on radio and TV programs.

Dr YKK tailored keynote speeches and conducts creativity sessions for the corporate and public sectors. He is a dynamic presenter who gets the audience enthusiastic participation during his talks and workshops. His key emphasis is on simplicity and fun, and practicality of the principles and techniques that he shared with the participants illustrated through stories and Mindxercises.

Dr.YKK is married with four children. He loves to travel, constantly learn new knowledge , lives a life of adventure and has experienced skydiving, scuba-diving, mountain-climbing, water-skiing, theme-park rides, caves exploring, etc.

TOPICS
TOPIC : Creativity & Innovation
TOPIC Title: Supercharging Your Business Through Creativity

Target Audience: Senior Business Executives
Level of Sophistication: General/Basic/Intermediate/Advanced : Intermediate
Duration of Talk (Excluding Breaks): 1-3 hours

List of connected topics:
• Creative Leadership
• Creativity in Sales & Marketing
• Creativity in Banking
• Creative Exuberance
• Creativity for Managers

Synopsis of Presentation :
One of the greatest obstacle to success in business is past successes. Successful businesses tend to bask in the glory of past successes rather than applying the collective creativity of their people to perpetuate success.

They spend too much time relying on the winning formulas of the past and lost touch with the reality present. However, in our fast changing business environment, it is no longer enough for companies to routinely go about its business. In today's highly competitive world you're either moving forward or you are lagging behind. You constantly have to innovate just to keep ahead of competitor.

The most underutilized resource in business today is the collective brainpower available to the company. It has been reported that the average person uses less than five percent of their brainpower. A surprise finding is that for most companies, the collective brainpower usage percentage actually decrease rather than increase. This is because thinking is compartmentalized, factions and functions compete against each other and too many people are sidelined from the thinking processes of the company.

In a world where competitors can undercut us in pricing, outspend us in marketing and promotion, copy our technologies and clone our trade secrets, our ability to think creatively in order to innovate our business is our only true competitive advantage. Business innovation is about raising the top-line and not unduly focusing on the bottom-line. Supercharge your business through creativity!

 
Who Should Attend :
Management

How you will benefit :
Participants will learn how to think-out-of-the-box to come out with great business ideas

Classification :
Business/Marketing/Direct

TOPIC Business Creativity & Innovation
TOPIC Title: A PRACTICAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GENERATING SESSION

Target Audience: Business Executives
Level of Sophistication: General/Basic/Intermediate/Advanced: intermediate
Duration of Talk (Excluding Breaks) 3-5 hours

Synopsis of Presentation :
This is a unique session where practical solutions are generated. Participants will learn and apply creativity techniques in problem exploration , followed by  a business solutions generating session. It is intended that the solutions to be implementable so that action can be taken upon return to office. However, because of time constraint, probably only one company’s problem will be taken up..

The session starts off with the importance of creativity in business and a powerful creativity tool for generating business solutions. Participants are requested to bring along one old magazines with colourful illustrations, ready to be torn and perhaps digested (not in the stomach but in the brain). Two flipcharts will be required. Taping charts on the wall is fine too.

Each participant will come prepared with a business issue that requires a solution with the understanding that he or she is willing to take action on it once solutions are generated. They have to keep an open mind and free themselves from being skeptical.

The session will be fun, exciting and who knows, perhaps multi-million ringgit business ideas may be generated.

Please be forewarned however,  that you may never think the same way again. As the famous writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “ The mind once stretched will never return to its original dimension.

Who Should Attend :
Management

How you will benefit :
The participants will get a brains-on direct experience in the science of creative solution finding to a real business problem and take away a practical solution for possible implementation.

Classification :
Business/Marketing/Direct

TOPIC Public Speaking
TOPIC Title : How to get a standing ovation every time you speak!
Target Audience: Personal & career
Level of Sophistication: General/Basic/Intermediate/Advanced: Intermediate
Duration of Talk (Excluding Breaks) 60-90 mins
 

Synopsis of Presentation :
How to get a standing ovation every time you speak!

Dr. YKK will prove to you that it is possible to get a standing ovation every time you speak. He shares with you nine other techniques that you could use for your next speech to make it more memorable.

Once your speech is memorable, you will find it easier to have a personal branding. This in turn will help you in selling your books and to develop new marketable products.

In this fun and entertaining session, Dr. YKK will demonstrate techniques that you could use for your future speeches. They are simple to use yet very powerful.

Better still, once you grasp the concepts behind them, you will be develop your own repertoire of techniques for your future speeches . All that you need is to unzip your mind and let your creativity bloom!

Who Should Attend :
General public, professional speakers and aspiring speakers

How you will benefit :
To captivate the attention of your audience to become a great speaker

Classification :
Personal/Career