The Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training team comprises a group of experts and scholars from top international universities and centers in creativity, innovation, leadership, and psychometric testing. Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training offers three kinds of high-quality services

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The Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training team comprises a group of experts and scholars from top international universities and centers in creativity, innovation, leadership, and psychometric testing. Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training offers three kinds of high-quality services

Our Experts

Creative Sparkle experts offer advisory services and specialized training opportunities to private and public sector organizations, which are interested in developing their employees’ creativity and fostering their talent, in addition to trainings and specialized consultations to nurture gifted and creative students in school and post-secondary education.
Professor Mark A. Runco
Director of Creativity Research and Programming, Southern Oregon University

Mark Runco is the Director of Creativity Research and Programming at Southern Oregon University. He previously taught and was tenured at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, California State University, Fullerton, and the University of Georgia. He was Endowed Professor of Creative Studies and Director of the Creativity Center at UGA 2008-2018. Dr Runco was also founding Editor of the Creativity Research Journal and is now Emeritus Editor as well as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Creativity. He is Past President and Fellow of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association and recipient of various awards, including three for Lifetime Achievement awards (the latest from the American Psychological Association). Dr. Runco co-edited three editions of the Encyclopedia of Creativity and has published approximately 300 articles and chapters on creativity. The 3rd edition of his textbook, Creativity: Research, development, and practice (Academic Press) has been translated into 10 languages. Dr Runco founded Creativity Testing Services and published several dozen tests covering many aspects of creative potential and creative performance. He has consulted with Lego, Disney, Turner Broadcasting, Crayola, and a number of international companies. Further details can be found at www.markrunco.com

Professor Margaret Sutherland
Director of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils, The University of Glasgow

Margaret Sutherland, PhD is Professor of High Ability Studies and Inclusive Practice and is Director of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She serves on the Executive Committee and is treasurer of the WCGTC. She has written articles in the field of high ability and is author of Gifted and Talented in the Early Years: A practical guide for 3-6 year olds and Developing the Gifted and Talented Young Learner. She has 42 years teaching experience in mainstream primary schools, behaviour support and latterly in higher education.

Professor Bonnie Cramond
Professor Emerita of Gifted and Creative Education and Former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, University of Georgia

Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Bonnie is Professor Emerita of Educational Psychology and Gifted and Creative Education at the University of Georgia (UGA) and the former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development at UGA. She is known for her research in the assessment and development of creativity, especially among at-risk students, and for her extensive work in the creativity field. Bonnie Cramond studies children who are … well, different. She studies the behaviors of children categorized as “strange.” What she has discovered is that “strange” children are often creative geniuses living in noncreative worlds. As an international and national speaker, she has published numerous articles and a book on creativity research, and she teaches classes on giftedness and creativity. Her work centers particularly in the identification and nurturance of creativity, especially among students considered at risk because of their different ways of thinking, such as those misdiagnosed with ADHD, emotional problems, or those who drop out. Cramond is a member of the board of directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, a former editor of the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, and on the review boards of several other journals.

Professor Rena Subotnik
Advanced Development Talent Program, University of California, Berkeley

Rena F. Subotnik PhD serves as Research Associate with the Advanced Development Talent Program, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education. For 22 years Dr. Subotnik was Senior Director of the American Psychological Association’s Center for Psychology in Schools and Education where she led projects to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas to enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains. Earlier in her career she was a middle school gifted teacher, professor of educational psychology and head of secondary education at Hunter College, research coordinator of the Hunter College laboratory schools for gifted children (grades PreK- 12), and an education staff member in the office of a United States Senator where she helped develop influential federal policy in teacher education. Dr. Subotnik’s talent development Megamodel applies to domains such as science, mathematics, and music, employing high performance psychology to mentoring, teaching, and coaching students and education personnel. The model has been cited over 3000 times in articles, books, and chapters including Scientific American, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Frontiers in Psychology. She has successfully competed for federal and private foundation grants on talent development with projects that have explored the impact of selective science high schools, mentoring of science talented students, and cognition and creativity. Her expertise and research are known around the world. She has been an expert advisor to the Singapore Gifted Education Branch and the Singapore National Institute of Education, the Hungarian Talent Network, Tribal Mensa in India, the German national gifted education project, the Courant Institute of Mathematics at New York University, and the Arabian Gulf University.

Professor Roni Reiter-Palmon
Director of Innovation, The Center for Collaboration Science, University of Nebraska Omaha

Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon is a Distinguished Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology and the Director of the I/O Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She is also the Director of Innovation for the Center for Collaboration Science, an inter-disciplinary program at UNO. She received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Her research focuses on creativity and innovation in the workplace, cognitive processes of creativity, team creativity, development of teamwork and creative problem-solving skills, and leading creative individuals and teams. Her research has been published in leading journals in the fields of Organizational Psychology, Management, Leadership, and Creativity. She is the former Editor of The Psychology of Creativity, Aesthetics and the Arts, the leading creativity journal in the field. She has published four edited books on the topic of creativity, and is the editor of the book series “Creativity and Innovation in Organizations” published by Palgrave. She has obtained over 8.5 million dollars in grant and contract funding from government and businesses focusing on creativity, leadership, and teams. She is the president elect of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association (creativity). She is a fellow of Divisions 10 and 14 (creativity and SIOP) of APA, and has won the system wide research award from the University of Nebraska system in 2017.

Professor Michael D. Mumford
Director, Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma

Dr. Michael D. Mumford is the Geroge Lynn Cross Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Georgia in 1983 in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology and psychometrics. Dr. Mumford has published more than 450 peer reviewed articles (h index > 100) in the areas of creative leadership and creative thinking skills. He has served as senior editor of The Creativity Research Journal and The Leadership Quarterly while sitting on numerous editorial boards including the Journal of Creative Behavior and the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. He is a recipient of the Academy of Management's Eminent Leadership Scholar award for career contributions to the study of leadership and the American Psychological Association's Arnheim award for career contributions to the study of creativity. Dr. Mumford has received more than $30 million in grant funding from the united states Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He routinely consults with organizations such as Disney, Volvo, Dupont, and Scania on the leadership of research and development teams and the development of creative talent.

Professor Mark A. Runco
Director of Creativity Research and Programming, Southern Oregon University

Mark Runco is the Director of Creativity Research and Programming at Southern Oregon University. He previously taught and was tenured at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, California State University, Fullerton, and the University of Georgia. He was Endowed Professor of Creative Studies and Director of the Creativity Center at UGA 2008-2018. Dr Runco was also founding Editor of the Creativity Research Journal and is now Emeritus Editor as well as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Creativity. He is Past President and Fellow of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association and recipient of various awards, including three for Lifetime Achievement awards (the latest from the American Psychological Association). Dr. Runco co-edited three editions of the Encyclopedia of Creativity and has published approximately 300 articles and chapters on creativity. The 3rd edition of his textbook, Creativity: Research, development, and practice (Academic Press) has been translated into 10 languages. Dr Runco founded Creativity Testing Services and published several dozen tests covering many aspects of creative potential and creative performance. He has consulted with Lego, Disney, Turner Broadcasting, Crayola, and a number of international companies. Further details can be found at www.markrunco.com

Professor Roni Reiter-Palmon
Director of Innovation, The Center for Collaboration Science, University of Nebraska Omaha

Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon is a Distinguished Professor of Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology and the Director of the I/O Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She is also the Director of Innovation for the Center for Collaboration Science, an inter-disciplinary program at UNO. She received her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Her research focuses on creativity and innovation in the workplace, cognitive processes of creativity, team creativity, development of teamwork and creative problem-solving skills, and leading creative individuals and teams. Her research has been published in leading journals in the fields of Organizational Psychology, Management, Leadership, and Creativity. She is the former Editor of The Psychology of Creativity, Aesthetics and the Arts, the leading creativity journal in the field. She has published four edited books on the topic of creativity, and is the editor of the book series “Creativity and Innovation in Organizations” published by Palgrave. She has obtained over 8.5 million dollars in grant and contract funding from government and businesses focusing on creativity, leadership, and teams. She is the president elect of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association (creativity). She is a fellow of Divisions 10 and 14 (creativity and SIOP) of APA, and has won the system wide research award from the University of Nebraska system in 2017.

Professor Bonnie Cramond
Professor Emerita of Gifted and Creative Education and Former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, University of Georgia

Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Bonnie is Professor Emerita of Educational Psychology and Gifted and Creative Education at the University of Georgia (UGA) and the former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development at UGA. She is known for her research in the assessment and development of creativity, especially among at-risk students, and for her extensive work in the creativity field. Bonnie Cramond studies children who are … well, different. She studies the behaviors of children categorized as “strange.” What she has discovered is that “strange” children are often creative geniuses living in noncreative worlds. As an international and national speaker, she has published numerous articles and a book on creativity research, and she teaches classes on giftedness and creativity. Her work centers particularly in the identification and nurturance of creativity, especially among students considered at risk because of their different ways of thinking, such as those misdiagnosed with ADHD, emotional problems, or those who drop out. Cramond is a member of the board of directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, a former editor of the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, and on the review boards of several other journals.

Professor Margaret Sutherland
Director of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils, The University of Glasgow

Margaret Sutherland, PhD is Professor of High Ability Studies and Inclusive Practice and is Director of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She serves on the Executive Committee and is treasurer of the WCGTC. She has written articles in the field of high ability and is author of Gifted and Talented in the Early Years: A practical guide for 3-6 year olds and Developing the Gifted and Talented Young Learner. She has 42 years teaching experience in mainstream primary schools, behaviour support and latterly in higher education.

Professor Rena Subotnik
Advanced Development Talent Program, University of California, Berkeley

Rena F. Subotnik PhD serves as Research Associate with the Advanced Development Talent Program, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education. For 22 years Dr. Subotnik was Senior Director of the American Psychological Association’s Center for Psychology in Schools and Education where she led projects to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas to enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains. Earlier in her career she was a middle school gifted teacher, professor of educational psychology and head of secondary education at Hunter College, research coordinator of the Hunter College laboratory schools for gifted children (grades PreK- 12), and an education staff member in the office of a United States Senator where she helped develop influential federal policy in teacher education. Dr. Subotnik’s talent development Megamodel applies to domains such as science, mathematics, and music, employing high performance psychology to mentoring, teaching, and coaching students and education personnel. The model has been cited over 3000 times in articles, books, and chapters including Scientific American, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Frontiers in Psychology. She has successfully competed for federal and private foundation grants on talent development with projects that have explored the impact of selective science high schools, mentoring of science talented students, and cognition and creativity. Her expertise and research are known around the world. She has been an expert advisor to the Singapore Gifted Education Branch and the Singapore National Institute of Education, the Hungarian Talent Network, Tribal Mensa in India, the German national gifted education project, the Courant Institute of Mathematics at New York University, and the Arabian Gulf University.

Professor Michael D. Mumford
Director, Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma

Dr. Michael D. Mumford is the Geroge Lynn Cross Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Georgia in 1983 in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology and psychometrics. Dr. Mumford has published more than 450 peer reviewed articles (h index > 100) in the areas of creative leadership and creative thinking skills. He has served as senior editor of The Creativity Research Journal and The Leadership Quarterly while sitting on numerous editorial boards including the Journal of Creative Behavior and the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. He is a recipient of the Academy of Management's Eminent Leadership Scholar award for career contributions to the study of leadership and the American Psychological Association's Arnheim award for career contributions to the study of creativity. Dr. Mumford has received more than $30 million in grant funding from the united states Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He routinely consults with organizations such as Disney, Volvo, Dupont, and Scania on the leadership of research and development teams and the development of creative talent.

Psychometric Testing
Psychometric Testing

Psychometric Testing

We are distinguished in the field for providing personality tests and up-to-date psychometric tests that measure a variety of higher-order thinking skills, such as creativity, imagination, and intelligence. All our assessments were developed by employing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques without any human intervention so that individuals can obtain a comprehensive report about their performance on our various assessments immediately after they complete them. Automated scoring is a new concept in the field of measuring cognitive abilities worldwide, and this is one factor that truly distinguishes us. In addition, we are renowned for offering exclusive international tests with local norms that suit individuals in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

Products

Individuals and Organizations
Organizations
  • Creativity Quotient©️
  • Language: Arabic
  • Age range: 9 to 60 years
  • Price: 100 Saudi Riyal (SAR)

It is the first application in the world that can measure creative thinking abilities (fluency, flexibility, and originality) by employing AI techniques. The Creativity Quotient application (app) is the first divergent thinking test in the Arab world that is characterized by high validity and reliability and meets the standards derived from the GCC. The app includes verbal and figural tasks with a question bank. Once the activities are completed by an individual, they receive a comprehensive report on their performance in fluency, flexibility, and originality in addition to the overall score, which shows the applicant’s position compared with their peers in the same age group

Download a Sample Report of Creativity Quotient©️​

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  • Successful Intelligence s-IQ©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 9 to 60 years
  • Price: 100 Saudi Riyal (SAR)

The Successful Intelligence test represents a real revolution and scientific breakthrough in measuring human intelligence by employing the latest theory in measuring intelligence, which is the theory of successful intelligence. It includes an evaluation of an individual’s analytical, creative, and practical abilities and provides the overall score of intelligence by employing deep learning algorithms. Similar to the Creativity Quotient app, the applicant or decision-maker receives a prompt report once they finish the tests because the scoring time is greatly reduced. Thanks to the question bank, every person gets different questions with an identical degree of complexity to ensure the security of the test. The s-IQ©️ test report provides detailed information about the individual’s position compared with their peers in the same age group in the above-mentioned three abilities in addition to the total score of intelligence according to the normal distribution curve

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  • Creative Decision-Making©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 12 to 60 years
  • Price: 8 Saudi Riyal (SAR)

Unlike other creativity assessments that require individuals to generate ideas to solve a problem, the Creative Decision-Making©️ assesses an individual’s ability to select creative ideas from a group of options. Such a skill is extremely important for educators and policy makers to identify those who have the ability to distinguish between creative ideas and other (less creative) ideas. This scale is designed for individuals in the age group of 12 to 60 years

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  • CT-Scale©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 12 to 60 years
  • Price: 7 Saudi Riyal (SAR)

The Figural Critical Thinking Scale (CT-Scale©️) assesses high-level clear thinking necessary to extract meaning out of confusion and ambiguity, and it is defined as the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from or generated by observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication as a guide to belief and action. Unlike verbal critical thinking scales, the figural form is completely free from the influence of culture and learning, and it does not require any advanced language skills

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  • Everyday Creativity Index©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 12 to 60 years
  • Price: 6 Saudi Riyal (SAR)

The Everyday Creativity Index©️ was designed to measure certain characteristics and behaviors that distinguish creative individuals, such as openness to experiences, curiosity, flexibility, imagination, and everyday originality. Examples include redecorating a room at home or devising a novel solution to a business problem. It is also called little-c creativity, which is necessary for creative achievements (Big-C)

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  • Attitudes and Values Toward Creativity Scale©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 12 to 60 years
  • Price: 5 Saudi Riyal (SAR)

The Attitudes and Values Toward Creativity Scale©️ assesses creativity as a work value. An attitude consists of how we feel, what we think, and what we are inclined to do about something. Recent research has shown that attitudes and values toward creativity can positively influence individuals’ job satisfaction, creative work/school environment, and emotional competencies. Moreover, attitudes about creativity affect people’s involvement in creative activities and their confidence to engage in creative work

Download a Sample Report of Attitudes and Values Toward Creativity Scale©️​

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  • Personality-360©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 22 to 60 years
Personality-360©️ is one of the most comprehensive personality evaluations and is the first choice for private and public sector organizations to learn about the personality profiles of their employees and managers. It measures 24 traits covering all aspects of an individual’s personality. Once the individual completes the assessment, the decision-makers get a comprehensive report on the strengths and areas for improvement of their employees. Although personality is a relatively stable trait, recent research indicates that it is possible to develop and improve some of its components, especially those related to the work environment, such as fairness, flexibility, creativity, and openness to experiences. The results of this test can be used to form integrated and balanced work teams that will help increase the overall efficiency of the work environment.
  • C-Motivation Scale©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 22 to 60 years

The C-Motivation Scale©️ is designed to identify the intrinsic motivation level o of individuals to carry out creative work in their work environment, and it is derived from the componential theory of creativity devised by Professor Teresa Amabile, Professor Emerita at Harvard University. It measures three dimensions: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and lack of motivation toward creative work. High score on the C-Motivation©️ scale indicates that the individual practices creativity in the context of work due to the presence of internal motives and values that motivate them for creative achievement and not just to obtain external motives, such as rewards and incentives
  • Organizational Climate for Creativity Index (OCCI)©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 22 to 60 years

The creative climate is considered to be one of the most important elements of successful organizations locally and globally. Therefore, the Organizational Creative Climate Index (OCCI)©️ was developed to provide officials and decision-makers with necessary information about the extent to which the work environment has elements that stimulate creativity, such as appropriate physical environment, positive social relationship between co-workers, and incentive system. The Organizational Innovation Climate Index (OCCI)©️ evaluates eight factors that stimulate creativity and four factors that inhibit creativity in the work environment. The results of this test can assist officials in making decisions that would help develop a more creative and attractive work environment and promote job satisfaction and happiness among employees
  • Entrepreneurship Skills Scale©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 22 to 60 years

Entrepreneurial skill is the process of generating something different of value by devoting the necessary time and effort, assuming risks, reaping the resulting returns, and gaining individual satisfaction. The Entrepreneurship Skills Scale©️ aims to measure entrepreneurial abilities through three aspects:

(1) innovativeness, which represents unfamiliar creative solutions to solve problems and meet needs,
(2) risk, which includes the desire to provide basic resources to invest in an opportunity while bearing responsibility for failure, and
(3) proactiveness that is related to implementation, which takes into account that leadership is fruitful.
  • Innovative Leadership Scale©️
  • Languages: English and Arabic
  • Age range: 22 to 60 years

In these challenging and unique times, the demand for effective leadership, both in organizations and society, has never been greater. We face complex, interconnected problems and dilemmas that can only be solved by leaders who have the ability to see the bigger picture and adapt to an ever-changing context. The Innovative Leadership Scale©️ aims to measure an individual’s ability to lead varied teams and workforces, utilize new approaches to address complex challenges, collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups, reinvigorate their leadership style through a diverse and supportive group of peers, and accelerate change in their agendas with renewed confidence and support

Consultations and Training

Creative Sparkle experts offer advisory services and specialized training opportunities to private and public sector organizations, which are interested in developing their employees’ creativity and fostering their talent, in addition to trainings and specialized consultations to nurture gifted and creative students in school and post-secondary education.

Examples of training and workshops offered by Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training

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Organizational Creativity

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Enhancing Emotional Intelligence Skills in Organizations

Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation in Organizations

Leading for Innovation and Creativity

Creative Thinking Skills for Executives

Internal Evaluation for Organizations

We provide a valuable opportunity for private and public sector organizations to conduct internal assessments to identify their strengths and areas for improvement. With the accumulated experience of our experts, whose combined publications exceed 1,000 studies according to the Google Scholar Index, and consulting expertise for top international companies such as Coca Cola, Lego, the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Disney, and Educational Testing Services, we guarantee our partners reliable results based on sound scientific practices that can help them take efficient decisions.

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