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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Creative thinking. Multiple sources. Elaborated by Félix Socorro. May 2020

From: The disruptive triad and entrepreneurship: a theoretical model

Creative thinking

According to Mednick (1964), cited by Serrano (2004), creative thinking consists of "the formation of new combinations of associative elements. The more remote these combinations are, the more creative the process or the solution" (p. 5)

This thinking is divided in two types

Structural connection

According to Finke et al. (1995), cited by Carabús (2004), it is based on the relationship between previous ideas and current creative ideas. (p. 127)

Imaginative divergence

According to Finke et al. (1995), cited by Carabús (2004), it is "associated with divergent thinking, based on all those inspiring ideas and lead to open the range of possible responses through meaningful explorations" (p. 127)