Welcome to Think Smart Innovation Blog. Do you like to be innovative?

• Tell me when you thought of an innovative way to do something at work. What did you do?
• What’s your process for coming up with solutions and ideas?
• Share your story about an idea you implemented.

Some skills and qualities that go hand-in-hand with innovation are:

• the confidence to take on big, ambitious goals and take risks
• the ability to adapt and be resourceful in unexpected situations
• the motivation to identify where things can be improved and then act on it
• the enthusiasm to try new things and gain new skills
• a creative and pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• the ability to think from out of the box, but also strategically and practically (after all, it doesn’t matter how creative an idea is if it isn’t realistic commercially)
• the ability to work independently without much input from others as well as to work with a team towards a shared goal

While it isn’t essential, the recruiter will be impressed if you can draw on your work experience, extracurricular activities, university studies, and so on to explain how you’ve developed these skills and qualities.