Across
- 3. to make an extensive investigation into a subject or idea
- 5. the act of seeing, getting knowledge of, learning of, finding, or finding out; gaining sight or knowledge of something previously unseen or unknown
- 9. the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, and interpretations
- 12. a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest
- 14. the act of integrating components within existing ideas to create a new one(s)
- 17. any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity. The initial outcome of creativity
- 19. behaving as if no other was exactly alike; incomparable
- 21. without doing this, it often stops creativity
- 22. ideas about revising products to function, appear, or use resources differently to positively impact the value of the product or same costs producing it
- 23. the act of absorbing whole ideas into a new idea
- 24. in a business: the results from original creative thought from its employees, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks
Down
- 1. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance
- 2. remaining persistent and following through in the face of criticism, controversy, or setbacks
- 4. undertaking creative tasks on a regular basis so as to exercise one's creative resources
- 6. the act of amending, changing, or altering in hopes to improvement
- 7. to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse
- 8. the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years
- 10. ideas about revising how a product is produced to increase efficiency or safety
- 11. new, fresh, inventive
- 13. time, personnel, and technologies used to sustain business activities
- 15. a new method, idea, product, etc.
- 16. the combination of details or features of an event, picture or object.; the pattern or motif of artistic work
- 18. activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill; training
- 20. the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness
