Biography
Managing Partner of Actitud Creativa, Creator of Creative.OS, the first operating system to manage Creativity and Innovation in organizations. Author of “Think Like a Genius” & speaker.
Member of the team that revolutionized the internet by launching the first “Outside the Banner” advertisement in 1999. He has spent the last few years delving into the research and development of Creative Thinking in organizations and is the author of the book “Think Like a Genius” (TM ) (Editorial Plataforma) He has led international teams in the three countries where he has lived; Argentina, China and since 2002 in Spain. He has numerous international certifications, he has been a Certified Trainer in “Six Thinking Hats” by “de Bono Thinking Systems”, he is a Certified Consultant in “Corporate Transformation Tools” of the Barrett Values Center and represents in Spain the prestigious Creative Education Foundation, an entity founded more than 60 years ago by Alex Osborn -the creator of Brainstorming- and who is dedicated to the investigation and promotion of Creative Thinking throughout the world. He is the author of several creativity techniques, including “TeamStormingTM”, to produce hundreds of ideas in a few minutes or the Creative Letters of “Thought Experiments”.
He is a regular speaker in various forums and author of the conference “DREAM”, “Creative Intelligence” or “Aikido Management”. In 2011 he created the “Innovation Day” that attracts more than 200 managers of Spanish companies and is replicated in public and private spheres due to its great success. He is also the founder of Creative-OS, the first Operating System in the world to develop and manage the ability to create and innovate in organizations.
He is an associate professor of Creativity and Innovation in various Masters and MBAs such as the Master in Business Innovation from the University of Deusto, the MBA from the University of Valladolid, or the Masters in Product Design, Communication and Strategic Design from the European Institute of Design, among much others. He is an internationally renowned speaker and has been invited to participate in events in countries such as South Africa, Italy, China or the United States.
He is the founder of Escuela-ON, The First Online School of Creative Thinking in the World. Juan is currently Managing Partner of Actitud Creativa, a leading consultant in the development of Creative Thinking and innovation in organizations, as well as a facilitator, speaker and collaborator of various media in Spain such as ESADE Creápolis, Cadena COPE, Gestiona Radio, Telemadrid or Harvard Business Review. During his career he has trained more than 20,000 people around the world.