Creativity & Innovation
The ability to combine specialized knowledge, insight, and information to come up with unique ideas and solutions.
- Make a list to sort your thoughts and select an idea as you see patterns form
- Hone and make time for creative and design thinking and block time during your most creative hours
- Learn how to clarify the problem/challenge and consider writing a problem statement to stay focused
- Build a ‘design team or network’ to bounce ideas off others and see different angles to help reconstruct your idea
- Be open to feedback through sharing your ideas with team members to engage and inspire others
- Learn how to pitch your ideas to decision-makers and be prepared to ask for resources
- Take risks and develop prototypes are necessary to try, test, and refine ideas
Action verbs: brainstormed, conceptualized, created, designed, developed, envisioned, generated, illustrated, invented, launched, marketed, produced, shaped