Tim Hurson

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Tim Hurson
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Born1946
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s) Writer, speaker, consultant
Founding partner, ThinkX Intellectual Capital
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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. 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]

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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. [2] After working independently for several years, he became a founding partner of ThinkX Intellectual Capital. [3]

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 (CPS) Process, combining it with more rigorous engineering-based techniques such as IDEF. His book Think Better [4] was translated into Chinese, Portuguese, [5] Korean, Spanish, [6] [7] Thai, and Polish. [8] The English edition was re-issued with an updated preface in 2018. [9]

Hurson is a faculty member of the conference of the Creativity European Association (CREA). [10] and co-founder regular presenter at Mindcamp Canada creativity retreat. [11] He is a founding board member of Oberlin College's LaunchU Entrepreneurship bootcamp. [12] [13]

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    - "Tim Hurson". Speaker's Spotlight. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
  4. Hurson, Tim (2007). Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. xii. ISBN   978-0-07-149493-9.
  5. Hurson, Tim. Pense Melhor. Um Guia Pioneiro Sobre o Pensamento Produtivo. DVS Editora. ISBN   978-8588329492 . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  6. Hurson, Tim; Muñoz, Leonardo (July 5, 2020). Pensar Mejor en Épocas de Cambio: Pensamiento Productivo para (re)construir mejores negocios, mejores relaciones, un país mejor. Ediciones Mindcamp. ASIN   B08CGJCNLS . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. Hurson, Tim; Muñoz, Leonardo (November 27, 2019). Pensar Mejor Para Hacer Mejor: Pensamiento Productivo en Acción. Ediciones Mindcamp. ISBN   978-1710870947 . Retrieved 6 March 2024.
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  11. "Presenters Past (and Present)". Mindcamp Canada. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  12. "Venture Accelerator". Oberlin College & Conservatory. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  13. "Innovation CoLab Winter Term Preview". Oberlin College & Conservatory. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

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