Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Workforce: An Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography is a companion piece to “Putting Creativity and Innovation to Work: Continuing Higher Education’s Role in Shifting the Educational Paradigm,” also in this edition of Continuing Higher Education Review. The survey of continuing higher education leaders (uPCEa institutional representatives) cited in the previous article of this issue indicated a relatively large number of respondents had not read many of these books. a brief orientation to this genre could be useful to our field. I have provided citations for a selection of books and a brief description of the main idea in each along with an excerpt. No single book provides the definitive answer to how to integrate creativity and innovation enhancements into our curricula, but certain themes emerge and the books fill in the gaps of our understanding and provide inspiration to try something new. These books begin with the premise that the practice of creativity and innovation can be taught. They fall into three general areas: the importance of enhancing creativity and innovation in students and in the workforce, the physiological and behavioral underpinnings of creativity and innovation, and practical advice and suggestions about teaching a creativity-innovation perspective. along with some classics, I have selected a number of my favorites from among newer and more popular titles.