Creativity Expert & Innovation Strategist Known as the "Patron Saint of Crazy Ideas"; Author of "How to Host a Viking Funeral"

Springfield, MO, USA
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Kyle Scheele Biography

Kyle Scheele is an author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and creativity expert known for transforming bold, unconventional ideas into unforgettable experiences that inspire innovation and action. Dubbed "The Patron Saint of Crazy Ideas," he has built a reputation for proving that creativity isn't an innate gift reserved for a select few—it's a practical skill that anyone can develop.

Over the past decade, Scheele's imaginative projects have captured worldwide attention, from organizing a Viking funeral for the regrets of more than 21,000 people to creating the world's first fake marathon and producing viral social media campaigns viewed more than 250 million times. His work has been featured by WIRED, Fast Company, The Washington Post, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, Upworthy, and numerous other media outlets.

As a keynote speaker, Scheele has delivered hundreds of presentations to Fortune 500 companies, associations, universities, and nonprofit organizations across all 50 states. His signature presentations combine humor, storytelling, audience interaction, and actionable strategies to help individuals and organizations unlock creativity, generate breakthrough ideas, and build cultures where innovation thrives. Through his IDEA Cycle framework, he teaches audiences that great ideas are not the result of luck or inspiration—they are the product of a repeatable process that anyone can learn.

Scheele is also the author of two children's books -- "A Sundae with Everything On It" and "A Pizza with Everything on It" -- as well as "How to Host a Viking Funeral," books that blend humor, personal stories, and practical lessons about creativity, resilience, and pursuing meaningful work. His forthcoming book, "How Ideas Work: A Proven System for Generating Better Ideas, Faster" is due in 2027.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/01/2026.

Kyle Scheele Speaking Topics

  • HOW IDEAS WORK: A proven system for generating better ideas, faster

    Most organizations treat creativity like a personality trait or a lucky break. But after 20 years of research, interviews with creators across industries, and real-world experiments seen by millions, Kyle Scheele discovered something unexpected:

    Great ideas don’t happen randomly. They follow a predictable pattern. Once you understand that pattern — the IDEA Cycle — you can teach anyone in your organization how to generate, shape, and launch better ideas with more confidence and less friction.

    When creativity stops being limited to a few creative people, things change fast. Better ideas surface sooner. More voices get heard. And innovation becomes a central part of how your team works.

    This keynote demystifies the creative process and gives audiences a clear, practical system for turning inspiration into execution. Kyle uses humor to disarm skepticism, stories to pull people in, and a proven four-step model audiences can use long after the keynote is over.

    In this talk, Kyle will:

    • Demystify how ideas actually work
    • Teach the IDEA Cycle — a clear, repeatable system anyone can use to generate stronger ideas on purpose
    • Help teams identify where they are in the creative process, so they know what to do when they get stuck
    • Demonstrate how to create momentum for new ideas

  • BECOMING AN IDEA FACTORY: How to build a culture where innovation is inevitable

    Why do some teams consistently produce meaningful, breakthrough ideas while others stay stuck? The difference usually isn’t talent, motivation, or intelligence. It’s environment.

    Kyle Scheele spent 20 years studying this question across teams, organizations, and his own real-world experiments. What he found is surprising:

    Most teams don’t fail at innovation because they lack good ideas. They fail because those ideas are placed into environments that can’t support them.

    Through hilarious stories, disarming honesty, and lessons drawn from his own successes and misfires, Kyle unpacks where ideas get stuck, why they stall, and what to do about it.

    "Becoming an Idea Factory" gives leaders a shared language for innovation and a clear framework for building teams where great ideas aren’t rare moments of inspiration, but a natural byproduct of how work gets done.

    In this talk, Kyle will:

    • Identify the environmental factors that help ideas survive—or that quietly shut them down
    • Share the five conditions every idea needs in order to grow
    • Show how to unlock creative capacity in people who don’t see themselves as ‘creative’ by changing the system around them
    • Give leaders a clear, practical way to build teams where innovation happens by design, not by accident

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Kyle Scheele Videos

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Kyle Scheele Speaker Demo Reel

Kyle invites you to embrace constraints, find creativity in limitation, and rediscover the extraordinary potential that lives inside every one of us.

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Kyle Scheele is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as HOW IDEAS WORK: A proven system for generating better ideas, faster, BECOMING AN IDEA FACTORY: How to build a culture where innovation is inevitable and THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: How tough times fuel true creativity and innovation.. The estimated speaking fee range to book Kyle Scheele for your event is available upon request. Kyle Scheele generally travels from Springfield, MO, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Tasha Golden, Adam Markel, Matthew Luhn, Warren Berger and Afdhel Aziz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Kyle Scheele for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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