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The Innovation Skills and Attributes I Look For When Hiring Innovators
Do you think of life as a game? It’s more than just an analogy. Life really is a game, and there are rules. Rules that can help us survive and thrive. This article will show you how to win this one-in-a-million chance at life by knowing how to make others aware of your innovation skills and abilities so you can achieve career success.
I will share what I look for when hiring people on my teams. There are skills, attributes, and habits that distinguish those who innovate from those who don’t. There are many people with good ideas. But not everyone has what it takes to bring their idea to life and make it thrive in the real world. What separates the two is a set of skills, habits, and mindsets that allow them to have good ideas and take the necessary actions to see their idea through and make them a success.
I break these down to:
- 3 Innovation Skills
- 10 Attributes of Innovators
3 Innovation Skills I Look For When Hiring
Skills are the abilities that you need to do something. We learn skills from skilled practitioners and then practice them and get better at them over time. So, if innovation is a skill, what innovation training should you consider to build your innovation…