Pamela Szalay, M.S.
Pamela Szalay is a consultant, facilitator, curriculum designer, writer and trainer who helps individuals and teams create, collaborate and lead change. No matter the backstory, Pamela knows how to provide a path to clarity, insight and innovation.
In the last ten years, she has worked with international manufacturing companies, universities, schools, not-for profit institutions and small local firms, and has designed programs for youth and adults. Pamela holds a Master of Science degree in Creativity and Change Leadership from SUNY Buffalo State and is certified to deliver FourSight: The Breakthrough Thinking Profile as well as the Creative Leadership Inventory. Notable projects include contributing to "The Creative Thinker's Toolbox", a DVD lecture series for The Great Courses, and delivering a three-day creativity training program to educators in China. Locally, she has designed curriculum for Explore and More Children's Museum as well as the Buffalo Healthcare Exploration Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
Prior to consulting, Pamela was a piano instructor and founded Imagine and Play Music. Her master's degree project on writing a business plan for a creative music school is a popular download through the digital commons at Buffalo State College. Pamela continues to compose and perform music.
In the last ten years, she has worked with international manufacturing companies, universities, schools, not-for profit institutions and small local firms, and has designed programs for youth and adults. Pamela holds a Master of Science degree in Creativity and Change Leadership from SUNY Buffalo State and is certified to deliver FourSight: The Breakthrough Thinking Profile as well as the Creative Leadership Inventory. Notable projects include contributing to "The Creative Thinker's Toolbox", a DVD lecture series for The Great Courses, and delivering a three-day creativity training program to educators in China. Locally, she has designed curriculum for Explore and More Children's Museum as well as the Buffalo Healthcare Exploration Program at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
Prior to consulting, Pamela was a piano instructor and founded Imagine and Play Music. Her master's degree project on writing a business plan for a creative music school is a popular download through the digital commons at Buffalo State College. Pamela continues to compose and perform music.
Authored by Pamela Szalay:
Creativity: Leading the Charge in Times of Change with Gerard Puccio, on the ATD Management Blog
Creativity Can Be Taught with Gerard Puccio, on the ATD Management Blog
Psychological Diversity Drives Innovation and Engagement with Gerard Puccio on the ATD Management Blog
Training the Next Generation of Leaders, with Dave Bauer in Green Teacher.
Three C's: Exploring a Continuum of Creativity, in Why Study Creativity from ICSC Press, edited by J.M. Fox & R.L. Fox. In this short essay, Pamela offers her ideas for developing a growth model of creativity to inform learning and instruction. Available on Amazon.
Academic Articles:
Puccio, G. J., Szalay, P. A., Acar, S., & Boyer, A. (2019). Understanding the Intersection between Well-Being and Creative Process: An Exploratory Study of Creative-Thinking Preferences and Aspects of Mental Health. The International Journal of Creative Problem Solving, 29(2), 5-15.
Puccio G.J., Klarman B., Szalay P.A. (2020) Creative problem-solving. In: Glăveanu V. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_41-1