1. Education and Creativity

2. Managing Creative Personnel: Key Tool for Supervising Professional Project Personnel Characteristics of Creative/Professional Personnel: Ability to Suspend Critical Judgment Active Curiosity Openness to Feelings Persistence (Concentration) Isolation (Physical/Emotional) Analyze/Synthesize Ability Tolerance of Ambiguity Sensitivity Fluency/Knowledge Self Motivation Motivation of Creative Personnel Through: Challenging and Stimulating Work Greater Responsibility and Advancement Growth in Knowledge High Income and Status Organizational Identification and Communication

3. Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html