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Diagnostic Surveys for Creative Problem-solving

Student Name

Institution Name
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Diagnostic Surveys for Creative Problem-Solving

Who am I? (Before the test)

I think I am a fairly creative individual. I am very much sociable. I do not have any issues

in communicating with public, co-workers and supervisors. Fundamentally, I do not keep

pausing to find words or for thinking while I speak. I can speak coherently, fluently and

emphatically. I am a very cooperative person and would like to seek others support in completing

my tasks and I cooperate with others to complete theirs, in the sense I believe in creating

synergies and thus I am a good team player.

I see myself as a problem-solver, rather than a problem-creator. When confronted with an

issue that needs to be handled, I try and look at it from different perspectives after having defined

it. I seek several alternatives to a problem, rather than settling for the first and the most obvious

solutions. I believe that every problem, can be approached from different directions and each

approach gives rise to an unique solution. I also believe that each unique solution has its set of

pros and cons attached to it and I would like to weigh each one of them before rushing into

action.

At times, this kind of looking for alternates to one given issue to be challenged makes me

look like I am indecisive. However, that is not the case, it is just that I take a little longer

evaluating the problem from different directions, arriving at different solutions, weighing each

solution before I decide on a course of action for it.

The test itself. (A brief commentary)

I knew there are different tests that help us identify different aspects of our personality.

There are several tests that identify how we learn, how we work in a team, what our leadership
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styles are and so forth. However, I at one point of time, was not aware that there is a test that

comments on our creativity and it is with that sense of curiosity that I took the test.

Test Results. (An analysis and a reflection)

The first test – the innovative attitude scale puts me at a score of 74. This puts me in the

second quartile. In the second test of the creative style assessment I have the scored as follows:

Imagine: 28 (puts me in third quartile), Incubate:30 (puts me in the top quartile), Invest: 26 (puts

me in the third quartile) and finally Improve: 24 (puts me in the third quartile again.)

Now what does this make me. Except on the dimension of Improve, I have scored more

than the test means score (N=5000) that makes me stand reasonably above the normal level of

creativity among the test takers.

As I mentioned in the introduction paragraph of this essay, I am reasonably creative in

daily life and apply it well to the work situations as well. Again, I spend time working out

alternates, that is apparently where the incubations dimension comes in to play. I am aware that I

do spend time looking and seeking alternates and answers from different dimensions. I do invest

time in evaluating alternates (reflected in the third quartile score) and I finally I am average in

improving (Whetten, Cameron & Woods, 2000).

This test is a fair reflection of my own self-awareness on how creative I am. This test is

realistic and reflects my true self. It is an excellent test for evaluating creativity and allows us to

objectively assess it.

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References

Whetten, D., Cameron, K., & Woods, M. (2000). Developing management skills for Europe (pp.

168-173). [Harlow, England]: Pearson Education.

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