"Yes, I consider myself to be a creative individual. Creativity is a tool to use, and I've used it quite effectively. For example, in my current position, we had a stubborn truancy problem, and the deans didn't know how to solve it. So rather than using a top-down approach or investigating it as a disciplinary or security issue, I took a different view of it. I directed the counselors to look for patterns of truancy and to map out their social networks to find out common traits between those who were chronically truant. They found that they were students who had conflicts at home and had few relationships with peers. To solve the problem, I instituted a policy where school counselors had to interview students on a regular basis immediately after the third truancy. From there, the counselors would notify the appropriate resources to help solve the problems in the home."