- Identify the traits and skill set needed for this role
- Create the initial project list for this role by identifying opportunities and dangers the company would like to research.
- Review your current personnel to see if anyone can fill the role. If nobody is capable, look to hire someone for the role.
- Once hired, include this person on your executive team so they can be up to speed on everything within the company, giving them insight on things that will help them be more effective in their responsibilities.
- Ensure this person lives and breathes your values, mission, and purpose.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
How Can I Build A Creative Thinker Role in My Company?
Here are the first steps to bringing this structure into your company:
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Identifying the traits and skill sets of such an individual is the key. What does a creative thinker look like? It's more than "thinking outside the box." It's thinking outside the box + mental discipline. You often find such people with their nose in a book, their head temporarily in the clouds, and their feet firmly planted on the ground.
If you weren't Anonymous, I'd offer you a job! Exactly. People that are willing to explore things deeper than others, but still connected enough to the world so that it can be presented to people and acted upon.
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