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Think about your current life. Indicate whether each item 9. My behavior influences others to
below is Mostly False or Mostly True for you. try new things. _______ _______
10. I like to spend time trying out
Mostly Mostly
new things. _______ _______
False True
1. I am always seeking out new Scoring and Interpretation
ways to do things. _______ _______ Innovativeness reflects an awareness of the need
2. I consider myself creative and to innovate and a positive attitude toward change.
original in my thinking and Innovativeness is also thought of as the degree to which
behavior. _______ _______ a person adopts innovations earlier than other people
3. I prefer to be slow to accept a in the peer group. Innovativeness is a positive thing for
new idea. _______ _______ leaders today because individuals and organizations are
4. I rarely trust new gadgets until I faced with a constant need to change.
see whether they work for people Add the number of Mostly True answers to items 1,
around me. _______ _______ 2, 8, 9, and 10 above and the Mostly False answers to
Networking is a vital part of leadership
Action Memo
information sharing. Answer the questions
5. I am usually one of the last peo- items 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 for your score: ______. A score
in Leader’s Self-Insight 9.1 to learn whether
ple among my peers to adopt of 8 or above indicates that you are very innovative
you network with other people similar to
something new. _______ _______ and likely are one of the first people to adopt changes.
6. I like to feel that the old way of A score of 4–7 would suggest that you are average or
what successful leaders do.
doing things is the best way. _______ _______ slightly above average in innovativeness compared to
7. In a group or at work I am often others. A score of 0–3 means that you may prefer the
skeptical of new ideas. _______ _______ tried and true and hence be slow and skeptical about
adopting new ideas or innovations.
8. I typically buy new foods, gear,
and other innovations before Source: Based on H. Thomas Hurt, Katherine Joseph, and Chester
D. Cook, “Scales for the Measurement of Innovativeness,” Human
other people. _______ _______ Communication Research 4, no. 1 (1977), pp. 58–65.

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