A capacity for creating original, useful ideas or arrangements.
Reach for it when recognizing sustained practical creativity as a personal or collective strength
The repair showed inventiveness without requiring specialized parts.
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everyday
Fits when original thought across many kinds of work is intended
Careful Creativity is wider and may not produce useful inventions.
warm
Fits when mental range and possibility are the admired source
Careful Imagination may never be converted into a tangible solution.
warm
Fits when making the most of limited means deserves praise
Careful Resourcefulness can choose known solutions and need not be inventive.
professional
Fits when clever problem-solving and effective contrivance stand out
Careful Ingenuity highlights a solution's cleverness more than a broad creative capacity.
professional
Fits when new ideas are being applied and adopted
Careful Innovation describes activity or outcomes rather than the quality of mind.
formal
Fits when genuine difference from existing work is the criterion
Careful Originality can be unusual without being practical or skillful.
technical inventiveness
Technical inventiveness kept the observatory working with locally made parts.
show inventiveness
The challenge asked each group to show inventiveness within strict material limits.
remarkable inventiveness
Her remarkable inventiveness made the small stage feel limitless.
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