Creative people easily connect unrelated ideas
Innovation is often the result of connecting unrelated ideas from otherwise disconnected domains.
There is research indicating that creative people more easily make connections between unrelated ideas.[1]
See also:
- Analogical thinking uses a known example to explain something new
- Lateral thinking is range in action
The Myths of Innovation – Berkun (2010), ch. 1, § “Ideas never stand alone.” ↩︎