Feature films to disruptive fintechs, Christopher delivers billion dollar insight
Describing his career as "15 years of hopscotch between corporate and creative"... Christopher S. Sellers is an international thought leader, author and speaker on the billion dollar value of creative skills and intelligence.
Dropping out of university to run a Kung Fu school, Christopher graduated acting college, and launched his creative career in London’s cabaret lounges -- eventually optioning original work to Netflix and the BBC.
Returning to Australia, he earned critical acclaim at the inaugural Sydney Fringe Festival writing and performing his two one-act plays, 'Coffee' & 'Time'.
Stepping back into corporate as an L&D Architect, Christopher designed escape rooms for intelligence agencies, scaled tech start-ups with zero-cost strategy and partners with VC's to turn high-potential ideas into high-return ventures.
In 2023, Christopher designed the world’s first Independent Financial Platform (IFP); VΛULT FINANCIAL -- a fintech solution for the 1.7B underbanked, eligible for $100M in institutional investment with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Christopher's first book, APPLIED CREATIVITY, details the Six Creative Skill Sets, his breakthrough framework that distills creativity into six learnable skills; essential to ideation, problem-solving and innovation.
His second book, WHY SMART PEOPLE AREN'T CREATIVE, explains the fatal gap between ideas and investment and the creative skills organisations require to capture high-value ideas for billion dollar innovation.
The go-to advisor for industry leaders seeking 'out of the box' ideas -- Christopher's edge lies in his ability to simplify creativity into practical application, helping decision-makers to validate, enhance, and scale innovation for breakthrough results.
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"Chris has introduced an exciting, original approach; innovation becomes a meaningful and valuable result rather than just a topic of discussion"
Adrian Jobson
Founder & Principal, Acculture
"Christopher delivered on his promise, no innovation theatre, all application. His skills assessment was a brilliant tool for our executive team, a refreshing change to thought leadership"
Caroline Dumesque
CEO, Calibrate
"Creativity is a tricky word to define, a tricky concept to wrap the head around and I've been blown away by how thoroughly Christopher has translated creativity into a usable framework"
Tony Albrecht
Creative Director, Contendor
"Christopher's facilitation and practical insight to the commercial application of ideas provided enormous value to our Board"
Charmaine Bowry
Partnerships Manager, Overseas Portfolio, Medibank
"Chris addressed up-front the 'I'm not creative fallacy' and proceeded to give us a problem to solve which demonstrated his creative thinking model... his presentation was the perfect start to our retreat"
Anthony Moss
Chair, CEO, Lead Your Industry Board Advisory
"Christopher's keynote presentation provided insightful and actionable information and had one of the most packed sessions of the conference. He is an engaging, informative, smart, and most importantly, FUN speaker"
Shan Morrison
Founder & Content Strategist