Tim Hurson (born 1946) is a speaker, writer and creativity theorist living in
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. He was born in
Johannesburg,
South Africa, and grew up in
New York City,
USA
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. He is now a Canadian citizen. He was educated at
The Peddie School
The Peddie School is a college preparatory school in Hightstown, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is a non-denominational, coeducational boarding school located on a campus, and serves students in the ninth through twelfth ...
in
Hightstown,
New Jersey, and went to college at
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...
in
Ohio.
Hurson was a founding partner of Manifest Communications, a company focussed on social change strategy. He was its president until selling the company in 1996. After working independently for several years, he became a founding partner of ThinkX Intellectual Capital.
Hurson developed a problem-solving technique known as the ThinkX
Productive Thinking Model, a six-step process that builds on the
Osborn-
Parnes Creative Problem Solving Process
Creative may refer to:
*Creativity, phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created
* "Creative" (song), a 2008 song by Leon Jackson
* Creative class, a proposed socioeconomic class
* Creative destruction, an economic term
* Creative dir ...
, combining it with more rigorous engineering-based techniques such as
IDEF.
Hurson is a founding director of Facilitators Without Borders, a faculty member of the conference of the
Creativity European Association
Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible (such as an idea, a scientific theory, a musical composition, or a joke) or a physical object (such as an invention, a printed literary w ...
. and co-founder of Mindcamp. He is a founding board member of Oberlin College'
LaunchU Entrepreneurship bootcamp.ref>
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External links
Tim Hurson websiteThinkX Intellectual CapitalFacilitators Without BordersMindcamp
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1946 births
Living people
Creativity researchers
Peddie School alumni
Popular psychology
People from Johannesburg