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Tim Hurson

Tim Hurson is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Tim Hurson rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

Tim Hurson belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Tim Hurson to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Tim Hurson from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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. 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 (CPS) Process, combining it with more rigorous engineering-based techniques such as IDEF. His book Think Better was translated into Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Spanish, Thai, and Polish. The English edition was re-issued with an updated preface in 2018. Hurson is a faculty member of the conference of the Creativity European Association (CREA). and co-founder regular presenter at Mindcamp Canada creativity retreat. He is a founding board member of Oberlin College's LaunchU Entrepreneurship bootcamp.

References

Further reading 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. Hurson, Tim; Dunne, Tim (2014). Never Be Closing: How to Sell Better Without Screwing Your Clients, Your Colleagues, or Yourself. Portfolio. Hurson, Tim (2007). Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill. Immen, Wallace (12 August 2005). "Get creative: Thinking too much just hurts". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 30 December 2007. Lees, David (8 January 1986). "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 (August 1999). "Why We Are Creatively Challenged". Creativity in Action.

External links

Tim Hurson website ThinkX Intellectual Capital Mindcamp

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tim Hurson

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tim Hurson claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Tim Hurson before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Tim Hurson ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Tim Hurson

In research: Tim Hurson appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Tim Hurson in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Tim Hurson is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1946 births, Creativity researchers, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tim Hurson outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Tim Hurson in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Tim Hurson means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Tim Hurson out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Tim Hurson in simple terms?

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.

Why does Tim Hurson matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Tim Hurson?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tim Hurson.