About Pamela Szalay
Founder of Imagine &

 Pamela Szalay, MS, is an independent consultant, coach, and founder of ImagineAnd, specializing in developing creative leaders and teams. Pamela also serves as a program facilitator for eCornell, delivering industry-leading professional development in leadership, creativity, and emotional intelligence.

With over 15 years of experience, Pamela works with people across the creative spectrum--those who see themselves as imaginative and those who don’t—helping them discover tools and strategies to unlock their strengths and reach meaningful goals. She has designed and facilitated innovation programs for hospitals, corporations, schools, and nonprofits across healthcare, education, and nonprofit sectors. Past clients include Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Delaware North, Explore & More Children’s Museum and the National School of Education Sciences in China—each reflecting her belief that creativity belongs everywhere.

Certified to deliver FourSight: The Breakthrough Thinking Profile, Pamela harnesses this tool to help individuals and teams understand their thinking preferences and navigate the creative process more effectively. This approach supports clarity, collaboration, and momentum—especially when facing complex challenges or pursuing ambitious goals.

Her published work spans topics such as creative problem solving, workforce engagement, emotional well-being, and the role of creativity in leadership and learning, from which she has developed unique insights into their intersection. Her work continues to champion creativity as a vital force for growth, connection, and meaningful change across diverse personal and professional landscapes.



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Certifications

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Publications

Academic Articles

Creative problem-solving (2020), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible, Palgrave Macmillan, edited by V. Glăveanu, co-written with Gerard J. Puccio and Barry Klarman. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_41-1

Understanding the Intersection between Well-Being and Creative Process: An Exploratory Study of Creative-Thinking Preferences and Aspects of Mental Health (2019), The International Journal of Creative Problem Solving, co-written with Gerard J. Puccio, Selcuk Acar and Amber Boyer.

Three C's: Exploring a Continuum of Creativity (2016), Why Study Creativity, ICSC Press, edited by Fox & Fox. *In this short essay, Pamela offers her ideas for developing a growth model of creativity to inform learning and instruction. Available on Amazon. 

Training the Next Generation of Leaders, in Green Teacher (Spring 2013, Issue 99) co-written with David Bauer.

Blogs

Creativity: Leading the Charge in Times of Change

Creativity Can Be Taught

Psychological Diversity Drives Innovation and Engagement

Creativity: A Skill to Cultivate in the 21st Century, co-written with Gerard Puccio for Develop Intelligence, 2017.

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