National creativity expert to speak at OSU

Thursday, August 27, 2009

(August 27, 2009   Stillwater, OK) – The Oklahoma State University Creativity Initiative, the OSU Department of Entrepreneurship and the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business will host national creativity expert Jeff Stamp on Sept. 16, 2009, at 2 p.m. in the Student Union Little Theatre.

Stamp will shed insight about personal creativity and how to develop creative problem-solving skills in a presentation titled “Thinking Creatively About Creativity - It Isn’t Just About Ideas.”

“Dr. Stamp is one of the top experts on creativity and ideation in the country,” said Michael Morris, N. Malone Mitchell, Jr. Chair in Entrepreneurship and head of the OSU Department of Entrepreneurship. “As a leading educator, Dr. Stamp is helpful in shedding insights not only on our own creativity, but how to get our students and employees to develop their creative problem-solving skills.”

Stamp was the inventor, creator, and brand manager of “Baked Lays”, for PepsiCo’s snack division Frito-Lay. He was also principal at the Eureka Ranch, a leading creativity center.  Stamp currently serves as chair of entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of North Dakota and the CEO of Bold Thinking, LLC.