Dr Mark Batey

R & D Director MSc PhD CPsychol

Dr Mark Batey, Joint Chair of The Psychometrics at Work Research Group at Manchester Business School, is a world-leading authority on the Psychology of Creativity. In 2009, he was ranked 2nd in the world for published research into creativity and in 2010 appeared with Lord Robert Winston on BBC’s Child of Our Time.

Dr Batey’s research into the psychology of creativity focuses on understanding the psychological traits that can be used to understand how people approach being creative. He has examined intellectual, personality, motivational and confidence factors implicated in everyday creativity and problem solving and his latest contribution to the psychology of creativity is a comprehensive new model for understanding how creativity can be assessed. His ongoing research projects continue to explore the psychological factors related to everyday creativity, creativity at work and multi-level issues that draw upon theories of the individual, team and organisation.

Dr Batey is an editor for the International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving and sits on the Editorial Board for the American Psychological Association Journal of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and Arts (PACA). He is also a reviewer for international journals such as Personality and Individual Differences, Learning and Individual Differences, Psychological Assessment, Intelligence, British Journal of Psychology, Creativity Research Journal and the Journal of Creative Behaviour. He also finds time to run the Psychology of Creativity discussion group on Linkedin, write a regular blog and lead training workshops, seminars and conferences on creativity.

Dr Batey has extensive corporate experience and has advised major businesses about creativity, innovation and leadership with organisations that include Anheuser Busch InBev, BBC, Greater Manchester Police, Group 4 Securicor, Hill Dickinson, Johnson & Johnson, M-Real, Merck, Sharp & Dohme, Novar, PZ Cussons, Reading Football Club, Rolls-Royce, SITA, Sony Music Entertainment and Syco Television.

Corporate work from Dr Batey has covered issues relating to creativity in assessment, selection, recruitment, training, development, culture and leadership.

Links

Profiles and Groups

Dr Batey can be found on twitter where he tweets about the psychology of creativity -

www.twitter.com/#!/markbatey

Psychology of Creativity LinkedIn Group –

www.linkedin.com/groups/Psychology-Creativity

Linkedin profile – www.linkedin.com/in/markbatey

Psychology today blog – www.psychologytoday.com/blog/working-creativity

Manchester Business School blog – http://batey.tm.mbs.ac.uk/

Manchester Business School profile – www.mbs.ac.uk/profiles/mark.batey

Papers

Dr Batey’s research papers and publications can be accessed from -