Creativity and Innovation Skills Quiz

Think Creatively

• Use a wide range of idea-creation techniques such as brainstorming to generate new ideas
• Create new and worthwhile ideas, both incremental and radical concepts
• Elaborate, refine, analyze, and evaluate own ideas to improve and maximize creative efforts

Work Creatively with Others

• Develop, implement, and communicate new ideas to others effectively
• Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives
• Incorporate group input and feedback into the work
• Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work
• Understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes

Implement Innovations

• Act on creative ideas to make a tangible and useful contribution to the field
• Critical thinking and problem solving is essential for implementing innovations

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Use various types of reasoning such as inductive, deductive, etc. as appropriate to the situation
• Use systems thinking to analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other
• Make judgments and decisions based on effective analysis and evaluation of evidence, arguments, claims, and beliefs
• Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view
• Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments
• Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis
• Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes

Solve Problems

• Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways
• Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions

Information Literacy

• Access information efficiently and effectively
• Evaluate information critically and competently
• Use information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at hand
• Manage the flow of information from a wide variety of sources
• Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information

Media Literacy

• Analyze media to understand how and why media messages are constructed
• Examine how individuals interpret messages differently, how values and points of view are included or excluded
• Apply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of media
• Create media products using the most appropriate media creation tools, characteristics, and conventions
• Use diverse, multi-cultural environments to create media products

Communication and Collaboration

• Communicate clearly and effectively using oral, written, and nonverbal communication skills
• Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes, and intentions
• Use communication for a range of purposes, such as to inform, instruct, motivate, and persuade
• Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness
• Communicate effectively in diverse environments, including multi-lingual
• Collaborate with others by demonstrating ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams
• Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal
• Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member

Test your knowledge on creativity and innovation by answering questions related to idea creation techniques, evaluating ideas, and working creatively with others. Explore concepts like brainstorming, implementing new ideas, and being open to diverse perspectives.