Dr. Roger Firestien has presented programs on innovation to over 600 organizations around the world including: fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, universities, associations, hospitals and religious institutions.
His expert views on creativity have been covered in
Fast Company, Forbes,
Investor’s Business Daily, INC and
The New York Times. Roger’s nine-part series on innovation is on the
Open-Sesame e-learning platform, and has been translated into ten languages.
Dr. Firestien has written seven books and hundreds of articles on the creative process. His books include
Why didn’t I think of that? and
Create in a Flash. His latest book is
Solve the REAL Problem. It was released as an audio book in November of 2024.
He is a two-time TEDx speaker.
Dr. Firestien is President of Innovation Resources, Inc., Associate Professor Emeritus at the Center for Applied Imagination at Buffalo State University, a founding member of the Buffalo Society for Creativity in Medical Education and guest lectures at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, NY.
Roger splits his time between his home in Buffalo, NY and his family’s farm in Northern Colorado.
www.RogerFirestien.com