Scott Barry Kaufman

Psychologist, author, and speaker Scott Barry Kaufman is former scientific director of the Imagination Institute and a professor of positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also cofounder of The Creativity Post, co-author of “Wired to Create: Unravelling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind”, and author of “Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined”. Kaufman won the 2011 Daniel E. Berlyne Award from Division 10 of the American Psychological Association for outstanding research on aesthetics, creativity, and the arts by a junior scholar, and is a 2011-2012 recipient of the Mensa International Award for Excellence in Research. He is listed on Business Insider as one of the “50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world”.