Grad Development 2019-2020

In the development of my pitch, I have been really struggling to come up with a creative idea. After brainstorming a range of solutions to the brief I did not feel confident in any of my ideas so decided to look into creativity and creative thinking. Upon researching some of Seth Godin's work on creativity I came upon a blog post of his: (Godin, 2014) This blog post really helped me to understand that the power of a creative solution is that there is no right answer - my pitch allows me to SELL this solution! I need to come up with what I BELIEVE is the right answer and ride this out. I can use this pitch as a learning opportunity. I now understand that the most important part of a creative solution is riding it out and learning from it.

Recently I have really been struggling with time management. My busy schedule means that I often end up compromising and not being able to put the maximum effort I would like to put into my job, my placement or university. An example of this was last week when unfortunately a very busy week meant I mixed up the days of when I was in work and placement and was left panicking at the last minute, having to email my placement supervisor to let him know I wouldn't be in. At the time this made me feel very guilty and embarrassed at my lack of organisation, as in a real workplace this would not be acceptable. I sent an apology to my supervisor and promised it wouldn't happen again and explained the situation, fortunately, my placement was very understanding. I want to make sure this doesn't happen again, therefore, I have planned out a schedule for the next month to make sure I can fit in everything. I need to remember next time that not everyone is perfect and sometimes people ma...