1. Select a creative / innovative individual. This person can be someone you know personally or someone whom you have been introduced to through work or your contacts from other professional networks.
2. Describe what identifies that person as a creative person.
3. Describe what contributes towards that person's creativity. Through your questions as well as their answers.
4. Select 5 or more interview questions from the list below that will allow you to identify underlying concepts and techniques that set the interviewee apart from others.
   • Interview Questions List:
     1. Do you consider yourself a creative person? Why?
     2. What are some of the skills involved or required in the work that you do?
     3. Provide an instance when you experience a creative block.
     4. What are some of the ways that you adopt to overcome creative blocks?
     5. What is an ideal environment for you to foster creative thoughts?
     6. What are some of the challenges that you face in order to become an innovative and creative individual in the work that you do?
     7. What are some of the successful projects that you have completed in the past?
     8. How would you describe the process of a successful creative project?
     9. What are some of the characteristics of a creative person?
     10. What are some of the traits that contribute towards your creative thoughts?
5. Through your questions, you should gauge:
   • the reasons why this individual is creative
   • some creative blocks they faced and how they avoided/overcame them
   • the constraints they had to work within, or used to their advantage

Part B: The Recorded Interview

1. Discuss ahead of time with your professor to obtain approval and confirm the chosen interviewee's name, title, company name, and reason why they are chosen.
2. Once approved by the professor, secure the informed consent of the interviewee in writing, by creating a form letter that:
   • Describes who you are,
   • Explains your reasons for interviewing them,
   • Confirms that they are providing this information freely;
   • Informs them that their responses to questions would be recorded;
   • Informs them that their recorded responses and voice would be shared during a presentation of the assignment to the class;
   • Informs them that at any point they may choose to discontinue the interview;
   • Informs them that the information provided would ONLY be used for purposes of this assignment and that none of the information provided would be divulged outside the class; and
   • Informs them that any and all records of the interview would be permanently destroyed after the grade appeal period.