Sid Saleh

BIOGRAPHY

Sid Hanna Saleh is a teaching associate professor in the Department of Engineering, Design, and Society at Colorado School of Mines. Director of the McNeil Center of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Sid develops entrepreneurial programs, content and curricula in support of Mines’ Pathways of Distinction. Sid is a management researcher and educator who examines how individuals collaborate to develop novel ideas and creative solutions for complex challenges in spite of the constraints they face in organizations, startups and partnerships. Specifically, his research explores collaborative creativity, mentoring and collective choice in the context of entrepreneurship, innovation and talent retention. His research goal is to boost organizational innovation.

EDUCATION

PhD, Technology, Media & Society, The University of Colorado Boulder
BSc, Mathematics, The University of Houston

AREAS OF APPLICATION

Entrepreneurship
Collaborative creativity and constraints
Innovation
Product Management
Leadership
Conjoint Analysis

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Saleh, S.H., Foo, M.D. The Role of Time Pressure and Organizational Rules in Promoting Collaborative Creativity. Academy of Management Conference Proceedings, Chicago, IL, August 2018.

Saleh, S.H., Foo, M.D. The Role of Time Pressure and Organizational Rules in Promoting Collaborative Creativity. Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2018.

Saleh, S.H. & Hunt, R.A. How Entrepreneurs Use Heuristics and Biases to Make Decisions That Require Creativity. European Academy of Management Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 2018.

Saleh, S.H., Hekman, D.R., Foo, M.D., Chan, E. Triggering Group Creativity: The Counterintuitive Benefits of Workload Pressure. Presented to the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 30th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. April 2015.

Saleh, S.H., Foo, M.D., Hekman, D.R.  Mentor or Tormentor: How Mentors Impact Entrepreneurs’ Creative Performance. Presented to the Annual Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference, Denver, CO, May 2015.

Saleh, S.H., Foo, M.D., Hekman, D.R.  Mentor or Tormentor: How Mentors Impact Entrepreneurs’ Creative Performance. Accepted for presentation at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Wellesley, MA, June 2015.