Searching for the Holy Grail of Measuring Creativity

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• *Ernesto Villalba works at Cedefop from June 2011. Some of this work was made possible due to the support of the Centre for research on lifelong learning (CRELL), DG Joint Research Centre, European Commission. The views of the article are those of the author alone and do not represent the official view of Cedefop or the Commission.
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