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Creative Intelligence: Discovering the Innovative Potential in Ourselves and Others
- By Alan J. Rowe
- Published Mar 12, 2004 by FT Press.
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Description
- Copyright 2004
- Pages: 176
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-13-204505-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-204505-6
Thriving in today's fast-changing world requires unprecedented creativity--in business, and in every facet of life. This book makes the reader consider: How creative are you? How can you be more creative? Creative Intelligencehas the answers. Alan J. Rowe shows readers how to understand exactly what creativity is, identify it, measure it, promote it and apply it more effectively. Rowe begins by presenting the four ways in which creativity manifests itself: intuition, innovation, imagination and inspirational leadership. Next, he introduces the Creative Potential Profile, an exclusive, systematic test for measuring creativity that is already used by the Irish government and many other high-profile organizations worldwide. Drawing on the latest research, Rowe identifies commonalities amongst highly creative individuals, then identifies powerful strategies for tapping into your hidden creative potential. He shows why most organizations suppress creativity, and offers comprehensive strategies for attracting more creative people to your organization and unleashing the creativity of everyone who's already there. In the 1990s, Daniel Goleman popularized "emotional intelligence," a concept that resonated with our long-held intuitions about human beings, while offering powerful new insights for action. Creative Intelligencewill do the same for THIS decade.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Finding Our Creative Intelligence.
Why Is the Study of Creativity Critical? What, Then, Is Creativity? The Four Styles of Creative Intelligence. Intuitive. Innovative. Imaginative. Inspirational. How Do We Identify a Person's Creative Intelligence? General Intelligence vs Creative Intelligence. What About Our Ancestors? Can We Measure Creative Intelligence? What Is the Creative Potential Profile? Other Views of Creativity. Who, Then, Is Creative? Environmental Influences on Creativity. Kinds of Creativity. The Many Faces of Creativity. The Role of Personality in Creativity. Can We Really Understand Creativity?
2. Finding Your Creative Potential.
Why Is Creativity Important? How Do We Use Creative Intelligence? How We See the World. Cognition and Creativity. Creative Visualization. The Creative Potential Profile. Intuitive. Innovative. Imaginative. Inspirational. The Creative Potential Profile Test Instrument. Personality Traits. What Leads to Creativity? Applying the Creative Potential Profile.
3. What Can We Learn From Creative Individuals?
Those Who Create. How to Enhance Creativity. Exploring the Creative Process. Nobel Prize Winners. What Is Different About Creative Individuals? Creativity Is Not Affected by Age. What Can We Learn from These Outstanding Individuals? A Sampling of Creative Individuals. Katherine Hepburn. Rembrandt van Rijn. Jean Piaget. William Shakespeare. What Have We Learned?
4. Using Our Creative Ability.
Creative Problem-Solving. How We See Problems. Finding Solutions. How Are Problems Defined? A Problem-Solving Example. Where Does Creative Problem-Solving Start? Approaches to Creative Problem-Solving. Other Approaches to Creative Problem-Solving. Is Creative Problem-Solving Possible? The Brain: A Key to Understanding Creative Intelligence. How the Brain Functions. Understanding the Brain. The Brain and Reality.
5. Applying Creativity to Education.
Creativity in Education. How Education Is Viewed. The Tradition of the Active Mind. Problems Confronting Education. How Do We Learn? How Education Is Changing. New Approaches to Learning. Introducing Change in Education. Differences in Students. Learning Theory. Testing and Learning. The Relationship Between Math and Music. The Environment and Education. Can Computers Enhance Education? The Role of Technology in Education. Teacher Involvement with Distance Learning. Alternative Schools. Where Do We Go from Here?
6. The Challenge of the Future.
Drivers of the Future. How Creative Leaders Function. How Change Is Introduced. Organizational Change. Creativity and Organizational Culture. Creativity at Work. The Importance of Creative Individuals. How Creative People Behave. Applying Creativity. The Future Is Now.
Bibliography.
Index.