Innovation Styles^®
for Groups

Welcome to our online version of the Innovation Styles^® Profile. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Note: Your scores will not be provided to you here; instead, if you are attending an upcoming session or workshop, your results will be provided to you there. Otherwise you will receive your results when your entire group has completed the profile.

As you complete the questionnaire, please keep the following in mind:

• Each of us has the ability to be creative and innovative. The main issue here is not "Am I innovative?" but "How do I prefer to innovate?"

• As individuals we may have equal potential for being innovative, yet use our own unique blend of four different styles.

Therefore, this questionnaire does not measure "level" of creativity. Rather, it shows your approach or strategy for innovative thinking.

First, we need some information, so we can process your questionnaire.

First Name	Last Name
Company
Group Group Code My Group Code is EPAR10 My Group Code is IC2 My Group Code is P&NR Managers My Group Code is OnTheRanch My Group Code is GotInnovation-01 Other
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NOTE: ALL FIELDS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT YOUR PROFILE.

Each of the next 28 statements is followed by two choices. Please select the degree to which one choice takes precedence over the other. You must complete all 28 statements. As you consider each one, keep this central question in mind: "How do I handle challenges best in my current job?"

1. I reach decisions more:
systematically.		by intuitive leaps.
2. I learn best by:
having clear goals and expectations of what I'll learn.		having new experiences with no preplanned goals.
3. I am most comfortable learning a new job when the learning primarily involves:
skills for improving relationships.		specific technical or academic information.
4. When a job requires very detailed work, I tend to be:
impatient and bored.		patient and steady.
5. I prefer working in groups that are:
loosely organized.		well-structured.
6. I like solving problems best when:
there are some standard ways to go about solving them.		there needs to be a new way to go about solving them.
7. Sometimes I might hinder constructive change by:
forgetting important details while focusing on future goals.		getting lost in the details of implementation and forgetting the goal.
8. I work best when:
I am free to respond to unplanned situations.		I plan my work ahead of time.
9. I communicate better with people who think in:
precise, no-nonsense ways.		imaginative, unique ways.
10. For me to be at my best, it's more important for me to have:
security.		autonomy.
11. One of my strengths is:
being committed to a vision of the future.		being committed to making things work.
12. When faced with a problem, I like to ask:
"What is being assumed in the way the problem is stated?"		"What do we know about the situation, and what have others done in similar situations?"
13. I solve problems and get best results when I:
work in spurts.		work steadily.
14. I most enjoy tasks where I can:
refine well practiced skills.		learn new skills.
Congratulations, you are half way through!
15. I find it more difficult to work with people who:
won't let themselves dream.		ask me to implement their goals for them.
16. I take great pride in developing:
new hypothesis about the nature of a problem.		ways to overcome a barrier to progress.
17. For my best solutions to problems, I have a reputation for being:
realistic and successful.		visionary and ingenious.
18. I can help innovation by making sure there is:
steadiness and thoroughness when developing new ideas.		open-mindedness to a wide range of assumptions and ideas.
19. I am most successful when I deal with:
insights and connections among ideas.		detailed, factual information.
20. I am most successful when I emphasize:
inventing unique solutions.		making practical improvements.
21. I am best at solving problems that:
have to be solved by trial and error.		require a logical explanation and overview.
22. I am best at solving problems that:
are specific and have a single, best answer.		need many perspectives and alternatives to be considered.
23. Training and development is most important to me when it gives:
better skills for achieving my goals.		opportunities for personal growth.
24. I manage my daily work best when I:
live by the moment.		live by plans.
25. I am known for being:
observant.		imaginative.
26. I like to find solutions by:
applying expert solutions in new ways.		using metaphors and analogies for new insights.
27. I like to find solutions by:
imagining the best possible outcome.		combining the most practical ideas of many people.
28. I am known for being:
open-minded.		decisive.

 

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