Keynote Speaker | Creativity & Innovation | Customer Experience | Human Connection | Visual Thinking

Brett Bower is an award-winning Australian cartoonist, animator, speaker and live visual entertainer with more than four decades of experience turning ideas into images.

His career began in animation in the early 1980s, working on productions including Scooby-Doo, Footrot Flats, Blinky Bill and other television and commercial projects. He later became known internationally for his live cartooning, sand art, visual entertainment and creative presentations for major corporations, conferences, events and audiences around the world.

But Brett's real message is much bigger than drawing.

He believes creativity is not something you are simply born with. It is something you can learn, exercise and bring back into your everyday thinking.

His presentations combine live drawing, storytelling, humour, audience interaction and practical creative exercises to show people how to look at problems differently, generate ideas and regain the confidence to be creative.

Brett has already taken this message into the world of Customer Experience, Marketing and Digital Transformation.

He was invited to participate in the international “Unlocking Creativity for Marketing & CX: Combining the Creative Mind with Technology” masterclass, alongside senior executives and experts associated with organisations including Spotify, LEGO, Renault Middle East, Oracle, Marvel/Disney and the University of Bologna. The event was specifically designed for C-level Marketing, Product, Digital, Omnichannel, Commerce and Customer Experience leaders. 

Brett delivered the interactive creativity workshop component, helping marketing and business leaders tap into their creative thinking through a practical, fun exercise. 

This provides a natural bridge between Brett's creative background and the challenges facing modern businesses:

How do you get people to think differently?
How do you create experiences people remember?
How do you stand out when everyone has access to the same technology?
And how do you keep the human element in an increasingly digital world?

Brett takes audiences on a highly visual and entertaining journey from childhood drawing to adult self-consciousness, showing what happens when people stop believing they are creative.

Using live drawing and humour, he demonstrates how creativity can be rediscovered, strengthened and applied to business, problem solving, communication and customer experience.

His central message is simple:

“Creativity is a muscle that needs to be stretched.”
 

That philosophy has already been used in a CX and marketing environment, where Brett's workshop was promoted specifically to help business and marketing leaders tap into their creative minds. 

CREATIVITY IS A MUSCLE
How to rebuild creative confidence and develop a culture where people feel comfortable generating ideas.

THE CREATIVE MIND IN THE AGE OF AI
Why technology makes human creativity, imagination and original thinking more valuable, not less.

HOW CARTOONS CHANGED THE WORLD
A highly entertaining visual history of cartoons, animation and visual communication.

THE POWER OF DRAWING
How drawing can improve observation, communication, memory, problem solving and creative thinking.

CREATIVITY + CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
How organisations can use creativity and human connection to create experiences that customers actually remember.

Brett doesn't deliver a conventional PowerPoint presentation about creativity.

He demonstrates it.

While he talks, he draws.

Ideas appear visually in front of the audience. Participants become part of the presentation. Humour and storytelling make complex ideas accessible, while the live drawing creates a memorable experience rather than simply another conference session.

His career spans animation, cartooning, television, live entertainment, corporate events, sand art, illustration and emerging technology.

He has worked with organisations and brands including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Wacom, IBM, Nintendo, Qantas and major Australian corporations, and has appeared across Australian television and international events.

He has also performed live alongside internationally recognised personalities and worked across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States.

Brett can deliver a traditional keynote, but he can also incorporate:

• Live cartooning 
• Audience participation 
• Interactive creativity exercises 
• Visual storytelling 
• Live digital drawing 
• MC and hosting 
• Sand art 
• Caricature entertainment 
• Interactive Caricature Bots 
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This makes Brett particularly suitable for conferences, leadership programs, marketing events, CX conferences, innovation programs, corporate retreats, sales meetings and technology events.