Innovative Thinking

adjective A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

• The clever solution to the problem was both innovative and efficient.
• She's so clever, she always knows how to get out of tricky situations.
• That dude is seriously clever, he can talk his way out of anything.
• Her clever mind was like a well-oiled machine, always coming up with new ideas.

adjective having a fighting spirit; determined or resourceful

• The scrappy young entrepreneur managed to build a successful business from scratch.
• I admire her scrappy attitude towards overcoming challenges.
• That scrappy little dog may be small, but he's got a lot of fight in him.
• Despite facing setbacks, she remained scrappy and never gave up on her dreams.

noun the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

• The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming was a result of serendipity.
• Running into my old friend at the grocery store was pure serendipity.
• Finding a $20 bill on the sidewalk was such a serendipitous moment!
• Sometimes, the best moments in life come from serendipity, like finding love when you least expect it.

noun a sharp change in direction or position, often used in reference to a sudden movement or turn

• The path through the forest took a sudden zag to the left.
• I saw a cool car with a zig-zag pattern on the side.
• She zags through the crowd like she owns the place.
• His thoughts tend to zig and zag, making it hard to follow his train of thought.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

pronoun a word that takes the place of a noun

article a word that defines a noun as specific or unspecific

• Considering the current market trends, that's a thought worth exploring further.
• Hmm, maybe we should try that idea out, that's a thought!
• Yo, what if we actually did that? That's a thought, bro.
• When you mentioned starting a new business, I thought to myself, now that's a thought worth considering.

noun a man who specializes in generating creative concepts or solutions

• The idea man presented a comprehensive plan for the new project during the meeting.
• John is known as the idea man in our group because he always comes up with creative solutions.
• Check out the idea man over there, always thinking of new ways to do things.
• She's the idea man behind the scenes, constantly brainstorming and innovating.

noun A collaborative event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, collaborate on software projects

• The company organized a hackathon to encourage innovation among its employees.
• I heard there's a hackathon happening next weekend, are you participating?
• Let's team up and crush this hackathon, we got this!
• Life is like a hackathon, you have limited time to come up with creative solutions to challenges.