type: BadgeClass
id: https://api.badgr.io/public/badges/9DtnSsqhTXmK6GyO_28qMQ
name: Creative Problem-Solving
image:
  id: https://api.badgr.io/public/badges/9DtnSsqhTXmK6GyO_28qMQ/image
description: Earners of the Creative Problem-Solving Digital Badge have demonstrated 21st century creative problem-solving skills, which include the capacity to: exercise both divergent and convergent thinking; identify patterns; manage ambiguity; and apply an iterative process.
issuer: https://api.badgr.io/public/issuers/U5ONQEzNTwy7s7-EK5UrRg
tags: initiative
tags: empathy
tags: collaboration
tags: information literacy
tags: intercultural fluency
tags: resilience
tags: self-awareness
alignment:
  target name: Exercise both Divergent & Convergent Thinking
  target url: https://labs.casenetwork.imsglobal.org/cftree/item/322
  target description: Individuals who can exercise both divergent and convergent thinking add value in the 21st century workplace by generating fresh ideas and applying a process for evaluating them.
alignment:
  target name: Manage Ambiguity
  target url: https://labs.casenetwork.imsglobal.org/cftree/item/323
  target description: Individuals who can manage ambiguity add value in the 21st century workplace by tolerating their own anxiety; gathering information before settling on solutions prematurely; and implementing and trusting an appropriate process.
alignment:
  target name: Apply an Iterative Process
  target url: https://labs.casenetwork.imsglobal.org/cftree/item/324
  target description: Individuals who can apply an iterative process add value in the 21st century workplace by systematically testing ideas; challenging their own preconceptions; and expanding the range of potential solutions.
alignment:
  target name: Identify Patterns
  target url: https://labs.casenetwork.imsglobal.org/cftree/item/325
  target description: Individuals who can identify patterns add value in the 21st century workplace by making sense of data; recognizing commonalities among seemingly unrelated situations; and framing novel problems in familiar terms.
criteria:
  narrative: ### Educational Experience The recipient of this badge has a strong understanding of creative problem solving and its applications in the workplace. ### Professional Experience The recipient of this badge has successfully applied their creative problem solving skills, and the associated sub-competencies in a professional environment. ### Assessment The recipient of this badge has exhibited their creative problem solving skills through a series of performance-based assessments grounded in workplace scenarios.