Navigating the Resources
1. Read the information below about the trait to develop a greater understanding of your strength/opportunity.
2. Consider the Stop, Start, Continue examples to create your own actionable change behaviors.
3. Explore the trait more fully by taking advantage of the weblinks below.
Innovative Thinking
Innovative thinking measures the extent to which you are comfortable exploring and incorporating creative ideas. Explore the resources below to better understand innovative thinking in the workplace and begin applying behavioral strategies to improve in this area.
Strength
Higher levels of innovative thinking indicate you tend to evaluate problems using a combination of creativity and pragmatism.
Opportunity
Lower levels of innovative thinking indicate you may not be comfortable with new or innovative solutions.
Excess
Excessive levels of innovative thinking may generate impractical ideas and have difficulty developing workable solutions to problems.
Identify an opportunity area that you would like to change. Then, develop behaviors that you can Stop (unhelpful or limiting behaviors), Start (behaviors that you can begin now), and Continue (behaviors that you already do well) to improve in this area. Use the examples below to help create your own Stop, Start, and Continue behaviors.
- Discounting others’ ideas because they seem far-fetched.
- Focusing only on what is practical or able to be implemented.
- Making decisions without others’ creative insights.
- Considering at least two options that seem unusual or outside of the norm.
- Exploring multiple ideas that may not seem practical before landing on a final solution.
- Bringing people into the decision making process who can provide creative ideas.
- Reviewing information in a detail oriented manner.
- Being willing to change and adapt.
- Using imagery to get your idea across.
