Novel [new] associations which are useful” (Isaksen and Treffinger, 1993)

‘the ability to bring something new into existence’(Anthony Storr)

A process needed for problem solving…not a special gift enjoyed by a few but a common ability possessed by most people” (Jones, 1993)

Rule breaking/boundary testing

“The making of the new and the rearranging of the old” (Bentley, 1997)