Tim Hurson (born 1946) is a speaker, writer and creativity theorist living in Toronto, Canada. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in New York, 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.