Being creative means you can think about a task or problem in a new or different way. You’ll use your imagination to come up with ideas to solve the problem or task.
It's all about: Imagination, generating ideas, visualising, designing, innovative, resourceful
Have you ever wanted to design your own outfit or perhaps create your own video game? These are the kind of ideas that drive your creative skill.
In school, you may have had to create a visual presentation in class and talk out loud to present – this is an example of you using your creative skill.
At home you may have got the chance to rearrange your bedroom furniture or decorate a wall with posters or paint, again you’ll have used your creative skill here.
Throughout life, you’ll use your creativity skill every day.
Using apps such as TikTok and making videos to send to your friends.
Making a visual presentation in class to show information instead of just using numbers and words to help communicate your ideas.
Having and sharing an idea that’ll improve the way your team works.
Creativity is important because it lets employers know you look at problems and situations from a different point of view.
Think about the times when you have:
when you used creativity to solve a problem that made your team more productive
worked with new people with different views and ideas that helped inspire you
when you were open to new ideas or suggestions from others
improved the way you or a team worked on a project or task by trying something new
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