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When selecting employees for new design and research work, it is important to obtain their grade in creativity. Several reliable tests for creativity are available. Validation has been made by testing many excellent inventors and control persons. The relationship between inventor's grades in creativity and their academic grades shows little correlation. The best departmental balance appears to be one with high creativity (and often average IQ), and up to five high IQ engineers, in the opinion of the author. We need to develop new curricula to train highly creative people.

While writing a book on inventors, the author found that very few great inventors had college training-their education averaged only 11.3 yrs. A search of Psychology literature confirmed: (a) Little correlation exists between IQ and CQ (Creativity Quotient) (b) Evidence exists that continued education beyond 14 years may drastically decrease one's creativity and increase dogmatism, (c) a reliable creativity test does not exist, and (d) The Gifted Children Program gives litte attention to CQ.