Education
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
He is considered the "father of brain dominance technology." At Cornell University, Herrmann majored in both physics and music in the Class of 1943. He continued to study at the Graduate Studies R.P.I., New York University. After graduation Hermann became manager of Management Education for General Electric (General Electric) in 1970.
His primary responsibility was to oversee training program design.
Specifically, maintaining or increasing an individual"s productivity, motivation, and creativity. In 1978, Herrmann created the "Herrmann Participant Survey Form." He profiled workshop participant"s thinking styles and learning preferences in accord with brain dominance theory.
This quickly evolved into a theory of stable brain quadrants, independent of brain anatomy facts, each with its own characteristic “genius.” He developed the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI), the scored and analyzed Participant Survey, and designed the Applied Creative Thinking shop (ACT), which remains a leading personality assessment instrument and workshop topic in corporate training. Herrmann"s contributions brought him worldwide recognition.
In 1993, he was elected President of The American Creativity Association.
