Creativity and innovation: Skills for the 21st Century

Creativity and innovation have been highlighted as essential skills for the 21st century, especially if we consider that both skills can promote human potential by eliciting positive aspects of the individual. These skills have been valued in diferente contexts. The purpose of this text is to discus...

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Autores: NAKANO, Tatiana de Cassia, WECHSLER, Solange Muglia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/7454
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7454
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Creativity
Innovation
Positive psychology
Criatividade
Inovação
Psicologia positiva
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Sumario:Creativity and innovation have been highlighted as essential skills for the 21st century, especially if we consider that both skills can promote human potential by eliciting positive aspects of the individual. These skills have been valued in diferente contexts. The purpose of this text is to discuss the notions of creativity and innovation as independent constructs and to discuss the relationships between these concepts according to the scientifi c literature. Three different propositions will be presented, namely, treating these constructs as synonyms, as distinct from each other or as complimentary.