Finding innovative solutions

Working innovatively to analyse problems and develop workable solutions.

Key things that you can do to undertake your development in this area include:

• Taking the time to think about the way things are done and whether they can be improved;
• Sharing ideas with others to ensure that they are practicable;
• Working with a mentor to identify different ways of working across the University; and
• Engaging with best practice from elsewhere in the University or beyond.

If you only do one thing to develop in this area:

• Your elusive creative games, TED Talk by Elizabeth Gilbert.

Resources:

• Where good ideas come from, Steven Johnson
• Brainstorming techniques: How to get more out of brainstorming in a group or on your own
• The seven habits of highly creative people
• The Ten Faces of Innovation: Strategies for Heightening Creativity, Tom Kelley