Min Basadur is president of Basadur Applied Creativity and professor emeritus of organizational behavior and innovation at McMaster University's Michael G DeGroote School of Business.
11 Facts About Min Basadur
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Min Basadur graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in engineering physics in 1961.
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Min Basadur received three USpatents for his work there and brought several new industrial products to market.
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Min Basadur continued to research methods of stimulating and harnessing creativity at Frito-Lay, Ford and Pepsico During that time, he earned his MBA from Xavier University and PhD from the University of Cincinnati.
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Min Basadur's method was based on encouraging and facilitating unobstructed thinking and developing a sense of shared ownership and responsibility among participants for the solution they collectively identify.
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Min Basadur conducted extensive research to back up his claims that this collaborative process significantly improved the likelihood of successful solutions being identified and implemented.
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Min Basadur founded the Center for Research in Applied Creativity to provide training in Simplexity Thinking to corporations, public institutions and governments.
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The four styles Min Basadur identified are generation, conceptualization, optimization and implementation.
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Min Basadur published two books on the subject of developing creativity, Flight to Creativity: How to Dramatically Improve Your Creative Performance.
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Min Basadur contributed chapters to a number of books, and published many articles on the subject.
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In 2016, Min Basadur published a third book, Design-Centered Entrepreneurship, with Michael Goldsby.