2005 Faculty University of California Irvine Campus: Leadership and Management Development for Technology Professionals (LAMP). Innovation Boot Camp is a key component of the curriculum.

Institute for Effective Innovation™: Co-founder of the Institute for Effective Innovation dedicated to helping people make innovation an everyday business basic, an essential success ingredient in today's rapidly changing world.

The Innovation Instinct™ Self Assessment Tool: Creator of this tool designed to help people develop their abilities to generate, build and implement valuable ideas.

Innovation Boot Camp™: Co-creator of this practical, hands-on workshop designed to help groups better understand innovation, what it is, where and how to hunt for it.

2004 de Bono Thinking Systems, Inc. Consulting Project: Retained as Product Development Manager to lead the development of Focus on Facilitation™, the first course developed without de Bono's direct involvement.  The product was launched to the distributor network during a world tour. Lynda's expertise in product development, managing projects, developing training courses and solid business experience are the reasons why her services were retained to lead this exciting project. 

2004 Marks 10 Years in Business:   Imagine moving from Toronto to Los Angeles during a recession and launching a new business knowing the potential for failure is huge.  We did it! The key: savvy merchandising experience.

2004: Innova Training, the United States distributor, inducted Lynda into the Innovator's Club at the Future by Design Conference for her innovative work with de Bono Thinking Systems methods.

Keynote, Team Off-sites, Conference Presenter: Lynda Curtin is an energetic, in demand presenter at conferences and corporate events seeking a jolt of fresh new thinking like the Stanford Breakfast Briefing Series below.

Business Experience: A broad range of consumer goods—product management, marketing, merchandising, product development, advertising, sales, and training—all with a strong focus on the consumer. For example: in her role as Product Manager for Canada's #1 selling brand of major appliances, Lynda helped deliver sales exceeding $100 million, breaking all sales and profit records. Today, her clients appreciate her practical, results oriented business experience, and you will, too.

Trained and certified by Dr. Edward de Bono, the world’s leading expert on creative and innovative thinking, Lynda is one of the most successful and experienced de Bono Thinking Systems practitioners in North America because she is skilled at linking theory with real world application.  

2004-2005 President of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the National Speakers Association (NSA/GLAC): This is the leading organization for professional development for speakers, trainers, consultants, authors and facilitators. 

Fashion Merchandising Graduate

Are You Thinking Out Loud? Company Brochure - PDF

Are You Innovating Out Loud? Lynda Curtin's one sheet - PDF file

de Bono Thinking Systems, Inc.: Master Trainer biography, PDF file

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