Tim Hurson

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Tim Hurson

Born 1946
Johannesburg, South Africa
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Writer, Speaker, Consultant
Founding Partner, thinkx intellectual capital
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Tim Hurson

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Tim Hurson (born 1946) is a speaker, writer, and creativity theorist living in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and grew up in New York, USA. He is now a Canadian citizen. He was educated at The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, and went to college at Oberlin College in Ohio.[1]

Tim Hurson was a founding partner of Manifest Communications, a company focussed on social change strategy. He served as its President until selling the company in 1996.[2][3] After working independently for several years, he became a founding partner of thinkx intellectual capital.[4][5]

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, combining it with more rigorous engineering-based techniques such as IDEF.[6]

Hurson is a faculty member of the Creative Education Foundation, a founding Director of Facilitators Without Borders, a faculty member of CREA (the conference of the Creativity European Association)[7] and co-founder of Mindcamp.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Hurson, Tim". Canadian Who's Who. (2001). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. 625. Retrieved on 2007-12-22. 
  2. ^ Korn, David, [www.austgamingcouncil.org.au/images/pdf/eLibrary/3032.pdf “Commercial Gambling Advertising: Possible Impact on Youth Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behavioural Intentions”], Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre, pp. 44 (Appendix B) 
  3. ^ Canadian Foundation on Compulsive Gambling (Ontario). "CFCG(O) Welcomes New Faces to the Board of Directors" (PDF). Newslink: Problem Gambling News and Information (Fall 1999). 
  4. ^ thinkx - who we are. thinkx Intellectual Capital Inc.. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  5. ^ Tim Hurson. Speaker's Spotlight. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
  6. ^ Hurson, Tim (2007). Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, xii. ISBN 978-0071494939. 
  7. ^ CREA Conference: Team. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
  8. ^ Mindcamp 2007. Mindcamp. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.

[edit] Further Reading

  • Hurson, Tim (2007). Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill. 
  • Immen, Wallace. "Get creative: Thinking too much just hurts", Globe and Mail, 2005-08-12. Retrieved on 2007-12-30. 
  • Lees, David (1986-01-08). "The Successors - Canada's Emerging Business Leaders". Canadian Business. 
  • Cameron, Grant (December 2007). "Looking for 'sweet spot' when it comes to thought". The Bottom Line 23 (16): 1. 
  • Hurson, Tim (1999-08). "Why We Are Creatively Challenged". Creativity in Action. 


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