His research and teaching interests include topics that can be said to fall under managerial cognition, including individual and organizational creativity, strategic thinking, and self-regulatory orientation. Basadur has extensive experience as a creativity and innovation consultant, having developed trainers and process leaders, and led strategic planning, facility design, and team initiatives in a diverse range of client organizations including Teradata, eBay, UBS, Yum! Brands, and Bell Canada, among others. He is also active in the Chicago-area arts community, where he serves as a volunteer business consultant for arts organizations like Ensemble Dal Niente, the National Veterans Art Museum, New Music Chicago, and Sones de Mexico through the Arts & Business Council Chicago.