Such people are rare and, unless Messrs. Woodhead and Hegarty appreciate the difference between expertise and specialisation, we may actually end up having even fewer experts in the future. These are breaking down the barriers between disciplines. The scientists and technologists are developing the new technology, but artists and designers are pushing forward the applications and creating new opportunities. Unless we can create many experts, England will indeed struggle to compete in a global economy that prizes innovation and adaptability. There is a solution to the Committee's dilemma.
Creativity is essentially an aspect of expertise.
Creativity can't be taught. While specialisation has become a feature of modern society, it is not, however, particularly natural to the human brain. This is where the findings of cognitive science join with, and expand, the research into the biological nature of learning and the functioning of the human brain. The brain works in terms of wholes and parts simultaneously. The glory of human learning is that it is essentially a complex, messy, non-linear process.