Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum identified creativity to be as crucial as artificial intelligence in performing the jobs of the future. Creativity Makes Us Human. Although computers can do a lot, our ability to imagine something and then actually make it happen, makes us distinctly human. Metacognition (thinking about thoughts) is a distinct human skills and one that keeps us collectively inspired.Cognitive skills in children responsible for learning and problem solving skills can be divided in two buckets: memory and recall skills, also called Lower Order Thinking Skills, and comprehension, critical thinking, creative thinking and logical thinking, known as Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).

Structured noise is the way our brain takes the familiar learned material and ‘shakes it up’ in a way that gives rise to new, original ideas. MIT ID Innovation Programme recognizes the need to prepare the next generation for the future, for that we need to understand the gaps in the market—the human skills that computers, artificial intelligence, and automation cannot achieve, This is where creativity fits.