He has been described as brilliant, insanely funny, engaging and utterly professional. With a great sense of comic timing, he energises audiences as he presents the latest trends. He calls his approach ‘intellectual acupuncture’ – but however you label them, Magnus Lindkvist’s lectures are unforgettable.

For almost three decades, he has been performing all over the world, enchanting audiences with his research into the trends of the future.

Magnus Lindkvist has published a number of books on the theme of the future, creativity and trends. His latest book, The Dare to be Different Book: Seven dares to embrace, enhance and exploit your own uniqueness blends interdisciplinary insights from technology, the arts, popular culture and more, in order to unlock the secrets to genuine innovation and creativity. The Reset Book: How to Bounce Back from a Crisis, which was released in 2023, provides insights, tools and solace for any person or organisation seeking to reset and bounce back. In Minifesto (2016), he celebrates small ideas and explains why they are so important in a world obsessed with major narratives. In 2021, he and Swedish music journalist Jan Gradvall released Creative Friction (available in Swedish), in which they draw on the history of popular culture to explore what unites creative people.

With a Master of Science in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and a degree in film production from UCLA, Magnus Lindkvist weaves his qualitative insights with the imaginative storytelling style of Hollywood. He does not just learn and teach about how creative clashes happen – he is the living embodiment of the method.