Use your Individual Development Plan (IDP) to create an action plan to strengthen your areas of opportunities for development reflected in the Development Journey Self Assessment results.

Take a recipe that you frequently use and either change an ingredient in it, or combine it with something you normally would not, to invent a new dish.

Seek opportunities to serve on a U-M task force or innovation team that serves as a pipeline for new initiatives.

Repurpose an item at home to perform a different function.

Read articles about your field and share new findings in an email with your group or team.

Identify an opportunity for your group or within a project and share it with your team.

Identify a process that could use improving and ask your supervisor if you can research ways to do that.

Collaborate with colleagues to brainstorm ways to promote and foster innovation within your unit. Present your findings to your supervisor.