Traits of highly innovative people

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to analyze the most important traits of highly innovative people. Design/methodology/approach: Critical literature analysis. Analysis of international literature from main databases and polish literature and legal acts connecting with researched topic. Findings: The publication concentrate on problems connected with various aspects of traits of highly inventive people. In the paper there is an analysis of the very important role of cognition in innovativeness. In the paper there is an analysis of various aspects of the role of cognition like: general intelligence, genius, cognitive abilities and observer judgments of intelligence. On the basis of the analysis following main traits of highly innovative peoples can be distinguished: sensitive, not motivated by money, sense of destiny, adaptable, tolerant of ambiguity, observant, perceive world differently, see possibilities, question asker, ability to synthetize, able to fantasize, flexible, fluent, imaginative, intuitive, original, ingenious, energetic, sense of humor, self-actualizing, self-disciplined, self-knowledgeable, specific interests, divergent thinker, curious, open-ended, independent, severely critical, non-conforming, confident, risk taker. Originality/value: Detailed analysis of all subjects related to the problems connected traits of highly innovative people. Keywords: Industry 4.0; innovation, industrial enterprise, innovative traits, highly innovative people. Category of the paper: literature review.