About This Speaker: Kyle Scheele
Kyle Scheele is a speaker, author, and creativity advocate known for transforming unconventional ideas into innovative projects that spark widespread engagement. Often described as the “patron saint of crazy ideas,” Kyle has built a career around demonstrating how playful thinking and bold experimentation can lead to surprisingly meaningful outcomes. His projects have captured attention from media outlets including Fast Company, WIRED, The Washington Post, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, UpWorthy, and Goalcast, helping his work reach millions of people across the globe.
Kyle’s most recognized project, the Viking funeral for regrets, began as a personal creative experiment for his 30th birthday. He built a large cardboard Viking ship designed to collect written regrets from people around the world. The project resonated profoundly, gathering more than 20,000 submissions and generating significant online engagement. This experience inspired his book How to Host a Viking Funeral, which offers insights into creativity, letting go of the past, and pursuing meaningful personal growth.
With videos that have amassed more than 250 million views across platforms, Kyle has become a compelling voice on creative risk-taking and unconventional problem-solving. His keynote presentations blend humour, storytelling, and practical tools that help audiences rethink limiting mindsets and pursue bold ideas with confidence.
Kyle extends his creative mission to younger audiences as the author of several children’s books, including the popular A Pizza with Everything on It. Whether speaking to corporations, schools, or conferences, Kyle Scheele uses his unique blend of humour and heart to remind people that everyone has the capacity to think differently, create boldly, and build a more meaningful life.
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