Creativity and Innovation: Theory, Research, and Practice

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Creativity and innovation are frequently mentioned as key 21st-century skills for career and life success. Indeed, recent research provides evidence that the jobs of the future will increasingly require the ability to bring creative solutions to complex problems. And creativity is often the spice of life, that little extra something that makes the mundane into the interesting, making our routines into fresh new approaches to our daily lives. Over the past quarter century, our understanding of creativity has advanced significantlywe know more about what it is (and isn't), we better understand how to foster it, and we have deeper, more complex knowledge about how it relates to intelligence, leadership, personality, and other constructs. This book brings together some of the world's best thinkers and researchers on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to provide a comprehensive but highly readable overview of these exciting, important topics.

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Exceptionally well organized and presented, Creativity and Innovation: Theory, Research, and Practice is an impressive compendium of informed and informative articles contributed by experts in the field . . . very highly recommended for both community and academic library collections.,Midwest Book Review, 11/1/16
Creativity and Innovation: Theory, Research, and Practice brings together the work and insight of some of the most well-known researchers in creativity and highlights the importance of cultivating, assessing, and understanding creativity as it relates to intelligence, leadership, personality, and other constructs. ,Gifted Child Today, 7/1/18

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Prof. Jonathan Plucker is the Julian C. Stanley Endowed Professor of Talent Development at Johns Hopkins University, where he works in the School of Education and Center for Talented Youth.