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Building Innovative Skills: The Creative Intelligence Model, Third Edition
Building Innovative Skills The Creative Intelligence Model Third Edition Author:Norma Carr-Ruffino This is a college textbook designed for use at all levels鈥"community college, undergraduate, and graduate. The purpose is to prepare students for successful participation in organizations that value innovative ideas and approaches. The hot new skill in most companies these days is creativity and innovation. While everyone has creative pote... more »ntial, most people believe they are not creative. Students need assistance in uncovering the myths that block their creative potential. They need ways to explore their range of intelligences, techniques for boosting their creativity, and practice at applying it. Students who gain these skills have a major advantage in the workplace and marketplace. In addition their entire lives benefit from a creative approach and innovative responses to situations and events. Building Innovative Skills provides students with a marketable advantage in the workplace. Students get to explore the whole range of their 7 intelligences, moving beyond the usual focus on rational IQ. By learning to identify these intelligences, boost them, and apply them to problems and opportunities, students gain a huge advantage, including ability to 路 recognize lucrative opportunities and solve tough problems 路 develop new products, services, process, methods, and ventures 路 sense future trends 路 build collaborative relationships and resolve conflicts 路 negotiate win-win deals and agreements and sell their creative ideas 路 create more exciting and fulfilling relationships and personal lives« less