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Creativity Audit

This Audit provides an overview of your creativity competency. Tick the column that most accurately describes your answer. After answering all questions, click 'Submit' to find your Personal Creativity score.

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Personal Character

1. I tend to be curious about a lot of things, and am always exploring new ideas.

2. Whether deliberately or not, I tend not to ‘conform’.

3. I’m pretty flexible and can jump from one situation to another quickly and easily.

4. I have a high level of self motivation and am able to successfully initiate new things.

5. I’m confident about who I am in a wide range of different situations.

6. I view myself and the world as complex and full of possibilities and potential.

7. I consider courage one of my significant virtues and I’m not afraid to make mistakes.

8. I will pursue different approaches to life and life problems contrary to the advice and views of others.

Knowledge

9. I understand the processes of creativity and ideas generation.

10. I am aware of enablers and barriers to my own creativity.

11. I know about different practices, such as meditation, that can enhance my personal connection to the source of creative thought.

12. I understand the value of physical fitness and regular exercise in enhancing my mental and creative processes.

13. I can identify where and how I’ve been successful because of my creative approach and input.

14. I understand the value of creativity to success.

Life Experience

15. My work and life experiences have been many and varied.

16. My life would be easily described as one of constant learning.

17. I never assume the best way to do something is the way it’s always been done before.

18. I have learnt to surround myself with people that enhance, not obstruct, my creativity.

Daily Activities

19. I practise some form of meditation or deep relaxation activity every day.

20. I am physically fit and I exercise sufficiently and daily.

21. I engage regularly and often in creative pursuits outside my work.

22. I have regular sleep habits; I do not go to bed late; I do get up early every day, including weekends.

23. I eat a diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables; my sugar intake is next to nothing; my coffee and other drug intake is nil.

Creativity Practise

24. I solve problems using different approaches and by following new ideas or nonstandard solutions.

25. I suggest many ways to solve a particular problem.

26. I can see many sides to a problem.

27. I separate the process of idea generation from the process of judging those ideas.

28. My problem solving processes encompass the freedom to make mistakes.

29. I always assess mistakes for new learnings.

30. I always present information and ideas, either orally or written, in a new style or new way.

Vision

31. I want to actually be creative, not just appear as though I am.

32. I have a fascination/admiration for great innovators and inventors.

33. I aspire to success in something new and exciting.

34. I put enormous value on creativity.

35. I have a clear vision and purpose in my life.

36. My ideas are directed towards achieving my vision and purpose.

37. I have a constant sense of enormous possibilities.

38. I ask others for help to clarify my vision, goals & ideas.

Outcomes Focus

39. I’m able to get other people on board with my ideas & vision.

40. I can get other people to do what I need them to do.

41. I’m supportive of others’ creativity; I listen to others’ ideas.

42. I find ways to create win:win outcomes.

43. I share my ideas with other people.

44. I can assess and pursue ideas for their success value.

45. I give effect to my ideas; I make them happen – i.e. bring them to reality.

46. My creative output impacts positively on a lot of other people.

47. My creative output results in improvements to my life and in my work.

Specific Outcome – think of a specific project that required your significant creative input:

48. My creative input to this project resulted in significant improvement to my life and in my work.

49. My creative input to this project resulted in significant positive outcomes for many others.