Are you innovative?

Answer the following questions ticking things you are most likely to do (not what you would like to see yourself doing).

1. When life gives you a lemon. You:

a. Make lemonade.

b. Make a sour face.

c. Write a book of lemon recipes.

2. What's the best way to work on projects?

a. “Let’s work independently and then check back with each other in a few days -- I think it's important to keep our options open to get the best plan.”
b. “Let’s make a timetable right away, so we know who's going to do what and when each part is due to be completed.” b. “I want to think of the long-term implications before jumping into the project.”

3. On a rainy day in Mumbai, when traffic is at a halt, you have an important meeting. What do you do?

a. Sit at home and vegetate.

b. Try and reach office and realise that no one else has turned up.

c. Organise a conference on the phone or get people together on the email.

4. What do you need to work effectively?

a. To know what is expected.

b. Flexibility and independence.

c. The chance to experiment with new ideas.

5. In a project with an impossible deadline you:

a. Try to do your best and see if staying for extra hours will help. Do a mediocre job but complete it.

b. Know it cannot be done. Why bother trying?

c. Think of ways in which it can be completed. Creative solutions, that's you!

6. You bump into your boss at a movie when you are supposed to be at home due to sickness, your reaction is:

a. Pretend you haven't seen him and be the pigeon who thinks if it shuts its eyes the cat won't see it.

b. Rush to meet him, and pray for inspiration on the way to think up an excuse.

c. You would never do such a thing. If you did, you would own up to it.

7. In a hostile workplace where there are pre-decided groups you find yourself,

a. Thinking of ways to break the ice like cracking jokes, buying gifts etc

b. Looking for a new job.

c. Doing your work and keeping to yourself.

8. If you were King Arthur, you would:

a. Try, and try again, of course.

b. Get professional advice.

c. Hey, you are no spider. You would like to work smarter than that, rather than only working hard!

9. If the electricity fails when you are about to make an important presentation, you would:

a. Hold your head in your hands and scream, Why me??

b. Pick up your notes and suggest an outdoor, informal presentation. Then make it interactive.

c. Reschedule the presentation.

10. Your wardrobe consists of:

a. Co-ordinates.

b. Mix and match.

c. Who has the time to look at the wardrobe? There are other things in the world that need your time.
Scoring Key
1. a = 10 b = 5 c = 15
2. a = 15 b = 5 c = 10
3. a = 5 b = 10 c = 15
4. a = 5 b = 10 c = 15
5. a = 10 b = 5 c = 15
6. a = 5 b = 15 c = 10
7. a = 15 b = 5 c = 10
8. a = 10 b = 5 c = 15
9. a = 5 b = 15 c = 10
10. a = 10 b = 15 c = 5

POINTS

50-75
Are you in a sarkari job or its bureaucratic equivalent? Then you would do well. You like sticking to the tried and tested and don't like many variations in any routine.

75-110
You may win points for perseverance but innovative you are not. You may need to combine your never say die spirit with some amount of creativity.

Then you would surely go places.

110-150
You are the reigning Emperor or Mallika of innovation. You are the
one, people in office come to ask for creative excuses when they want to bunk work. Combine this with preparation and you are likely to go ahead in life!

Regards
Prashant Iyer
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