Tim Hurson
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Tim Hurson 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
.
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. 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
, combining it with more rigorous engineering-based techniques such as IDEF
.
Hurson is a founding Director of Facilitators Without Borders, a faculty member of CREA (the conference of the Creativity European Association
) and co-founder of Mindcamp.
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and grew up in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He is now a Canadian citizen. He was educated at The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, and went to college at Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
in Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
.
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. 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
Productive Thinking Model
The Productive Thinking Model was developed by Tim Hurson, a Canadian author, speaker, and creativity theorist. It is a structured approach to solving problems or generating creative ideas that is based in part on the Creative Problem Solving Process and NASA's IDEF...
, a six-step process that builds on the Osborn-Parnes
Sid Parnes
Dr. Sidney J. Parnes is a retired professor at Buffalo State College and the co-founder of the International Center for Studies in Creativity. The Center is housed within Dr. Sidney J...
Creative Problem Solving Process
Creative Problem Solving Process
The Creative Problem Solving Process , also known as the Osborn-Parnes CPS process, was developed by Alex Osborn and Dr. Sidney J. Parnes in the 1950s. CPS is a structured method for generating novel and useful solutions to problems...
, combining it with more rigorous engineering-based techniques such as IDEF
IDEF
IDEF, an abbreviation of Integration Definition, refers to a family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering. They cover a wide range of uses, from functional modeling to data, simulation, object-oriented analysis/design and knowledge acquisition. These "definition...
.
Hurson is a founding Director of Facilitators Without Borders, a faculty member of CREA (the conference of the Creativity European Association
Creativity European Association
Creativity European Association holds an annual conference for people who wish to share ideas on how to live and work creatively. It has been held every spring in Sestri Levante, Italy since its founding in 2003....
) and co-founder of Mindcamp.