Creators on Creating: Awakening and Cultivating the Imaginative Mind

Alfonso Montuori is an educator, consultant, and musician. He was born in Holland, grew up in Lebanon, Greece, and England, and came to the United States in 1983. In London Alfonso worked as an interpreter for Scotland Yard and as a professional musician performing on saxophone and flute, recording and performing extensively throughout England for several years, as well as starting his own indie label, Banana Records. Today, Alfonso continues his passion for music through his collaboration with his wife, jazz singer Kitty Margolis, as producer of her award-winning recordings. He is as a voting member of the National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences.
A graduate of the University of London, he has been Distinguished Professor in the School of Fine Arts at Miami University of Ohio, and in 1985-1986 taught at the Central South University in the People's Republic of China.

Alfonso has consulted on leadership, creativity and innovation with numerous organizations, including Procter & Gamble, Network Appliance, & Olivetti.


Alfonso's books include Evolutionary Competence; From Power to Partnership (co-authored with Isabella Conti); Creators on Creating (co-edited w/Barron & Barron); and Social Creativity, vols. 1-2 (co-edited w/R. Purser). He has written articles in publications such as Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Education, Futures: The Journal of Policy, Planning, and Future studies, and Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 
He is on the board of numerous academic journals and the Associate Editor of World Futures
Alfonso has contributed major entries to the International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, The Encyclopedia of Creativity, The Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, the Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance, The Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, and the Handbook of Humanistic Psychology.