Individuals with an innovative mindset exhibit foundational elements such as growth mindset, grit, creative collaboration and flexible execution.

• Embracing Challenges - Perceives difficulty and novelty as drivers of growth

• Learning from Criticism - Listens to and reflects upon feedback in an objective manner for improvement or learning

• Believing everybody can be developed - Recognizes abilities, and qualities as changeable and cultivated through effort and persistence

• Aspiring to achieve big things - Gets energized by working on impactful initiatives that bring significant change

• Cheering for others’ successes - Feels motivated and inspired by other people’s successes 

• Exhibiting courage - Jumps into the unknown, responding fearlessly to difficult or unexpected situations

• Putting passion all the way - Puts heart into every project and initiative, enjoying and performing to the best of abilities

• Showing perseverance - Works despite experiencing failure, showing steadiness and persistence throughout any journey

• Keeping patience - Endures undesirable situations setting frustrations aside to focus on solutions

• Demonstrating resilience - Bounces back from difficult situations with optimism to find creative ways to recover and adapt 

• Reflecting win-win mindset - Seeks mutual benefit in the interactions within team, partners and other people

• Giving and receiving trust - Believes in the character and strengths of others to drive initiatives, while being relied upon

• Showing respect - Recognizes inherent worth and value of team and partners words, actions and behaviors

• Embracing diversity - Recognizes opportunities to learn from others to build bigger and bolder outcomes

• Building long-term partnerships - Relates with people with mutual values to generate impactful initiatives

• Embracing change - Accepts change openly, integrating it to life without fear as an opportunity to learn and grow

• Learning fast - Incorporates new information quickly to any initiative, in a learn-by-doing approach

• Practicing open dialogue - Engages with different stakeholders to understand perspectives to produce the right outcome

• Experimenting with new opportunities - Performs creative methods to discover, understand and define opportunities 

• Showing agility - Redirects course of action whenever needed, without resistance