Kristina Karlsson

Kristina Karlsson

  • Keynote Speaker
  • Business | Success | Growth
  • Based in Australia
  • Showreel
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Kristina Karlsson is the Founder and former Creative Director of global Swedish design and stationery business kikki.K – and Founder of Dream Life, with followers in over 160 countries worldwide.

She’s a sought-after coach, mentor & international speaker, a passionate learner and self-improver.

After growing up on a small farm in country Sweden, at the age of 22 she found herself in a new country, half a world away from family and friends, with little money and no idea what to do with her life. So what was a girl to do?

Imagine what her Dream Life could look like – write her dreams down on paper – and then make them happen.

Initially that led to Kristina and partner Paul selling all they owned to found and create global Swedish design and stationery business, kikki.K, with retail stores across the world and an online presence serving stationery & design lovers in over 150 countries worldwide.

And what a ride that was, for over 20 years from start-up until mid 2021.

Kristina won the hearts and minds of literally millions of people the world over, as the creative force and personality behind what was a genuinely authentic, founder and purpose led brand – driven by her personal philosophy’s, personal purpose and Swedish design aesthetic.

After a difficult and tumultuous business experience thru the Covid pandemic, Kristina parted ways with kikki.K in heart-breaking circumstances, but that’s a story in itself for another day… and one that came with many silver-linings (as hardships do).

The biggest silver lining of all is the freedom to now do what she loves again, with a small creative team, on a mission to continue inspiring and empowering people the world over to discover and chase their dreams. And you’re invited!

With deep personal experience of the power of dreaming and then doing, Kristina’s big crazy dream is to inspire and empower over 101 million people – just like you – to write their own dreams on paper and set about bringing them to life.

Why? Because by dreaming, we can all help make the world a better place, starting with us.

Keynote topics:

Lessons from Growing & Losing a $650m business…and starting again with a smile

History is peppered with the real-life stories of people who have broken the mould – dreamed up a new future – and gone on to make those dreams reality. Kristina is one of them, and in this engaging and raw presentation, she shares the key business & personal lessons she learned along the way – from business success to failure – and starting again..engaging, educating, inspiring & empowering audiences to make personal, team or organisational transformations.

Kristina takes goal setting to a new level – beyond constraints – to tap into your delegates hearts as well as their minds in an unconstrained and powerful way.

A great way to start strategy or planning sessions – or if you need to shake up and inspire your people to consider new approaches.

Tap the Power of Dreaming (2.5 hr Optional Workshop)

Drawing on her personal experience writing her dreams on paper in her early twenties, and then making them happen, the learnings she made researching and writing her best-selling book about the power of dreaming and her knowledge as a global thought-leader on the power of dreaming – Kristina helps audiences discover their dreams (business, team, personal or all) and to create an action plan to go get them.

Testimonials

We were blown away by how positively the event was received, due in no small part to your participation and sharing copies of your book. Your session rated 10/10 by 38% of attendees and 83% rated it higher than 9/10.”

The Leadership Institute – Women in Leadership Summit 2023

“Kristina’s speaker score was 9/10. That’s remarkable for this audience”

International Entrepreneurs Organisation, Sydney

“I’ve followed Kristina’s story for a long-time. I thought she would give a good keynote, but I had no idea it would be THAT good! People laughed, cried… and learnt.”

Dale Beaumont, Business Blueprint Conference

Kristina Karlsson was a wonderful speaker. She came prepared with her talk and tips in mind for the type of audience she had been briefed about. She outlined that it wasn’t all plain sailing, that it was hard work with long hours but working for yourself and making a success from it was a fantastic feeling. Kristina connected with our guests and the feedback has been extremely positive. Very pleasant to deal with and nothing was too much trouble, we would highly recommend her as a speaker.

Maroondah City Council

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