Manage U: How Can I Be More Creative at Work? 68 Creativity is a talent regularly sought by organizations and the career readiness competencies of proactive learning, positive approach, problem solving, and self-motivation can help foster creativity. By focusing on proactive learning, whether about work-related issues or not, your curiosity will foster creative thinking. Positive feelings like gratitude, hope, joy, and empathy have been shown to build creative thinking. Using problem-solving skills will help you to see issues with new perspectives. You should establish creativity goals to direct your attention and efforts at finding creative ways to approach situations. Discussion: Which of the above recommendations interest you? (proactive learning, positive approach, problem solving or self-motivation) In what ways can you improve your creative skills, and what specific activities are you willing to commit to in order to increase your creativity