Innovators will usually have four main goals:

• Developing or creating new applications, relationships, systems, or products.
• Providing creative ideas or artistic contributions.
• Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Benchmarking, experimenting and testing novel approaches to solving problems.

Most strategists should excel at:

• Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

• Testing dosage evaluation instruments and survey meters for ensuring they are operating properly.
• Teaching nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, or other specialties at graduate educational levels.
• Scheduling examinations and staff activities.
• Providing advices on the selection of nuclear medicine supplies or equipment.
• Monitoring cleanup of radioactive spills for ensuring that proper procedures are followed and that decontamination activities are conducted.
• Monitoring handling of radioactive materials for ensuring that established procedures are followed.
• Formulating plans and procedures for nuclear medicine departments.
• Directing the safe management and disposal of radioactive substances.
• Establishing and enforcing radiation protection standards for patients and staff.
• Advising other physicians of the clinical indications, limitations, assessments, or risks of diagnostic and therapeutic applications of radioactive materials.