Our global and digitally interconnected world is constantly changing. It requires that we practice learning throughout our lives and think in new and innovative ways. The skills that will shape your success in the 21st century include communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. This motivating series gives you the tools to help build and practice these valuable skills, now and throughout your lifetime. Creativity is the ability to use your imagination and connect ideas and objects in new ways to come up with original ideas. Innovation is the act of creating something new by making improvements or changes to a product or process to solve a problem. Innovation puts creativity into action. Find out how to build your own creativity and innovation skills with brainstorming techniques, strategies to clear mental roadblocks, and critical-thinking tools for evaluating ideas. Book jacket.