Connecting the Dots: The Inextricable Link Between Imagination, Creativity and Innovation

S M A Moin ()
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S M A Moin: Queen Mary University of London

Chapter Chapter 5 in Creativity in the Imagination Age, 2022, pp 99-111 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The journey began with ancient people gathering around a night fire, sharing their pearls of wisdom wrapped in stories about their tactics of foraging and defence against the attack of the wild animals. Today, their heirs spend most of their time in a virtual world, telling stories on social media using smartphones. Yesterday’s science fictions and fairytales are today’s astounding realities, boosting the magic of innovation through breakthrough scientific discoveries. But the story of innovation and the scientific quest starts with a profound art—the art of creating an imaginary world out of our minds, putting our creativity into play. Using philosophy as a lens, this chapter investigates the relationships between imagination, creativity and innovations and why they matter. A model is also introduced to explain human progression, where imagination triggers creativity, creativity fuels innovation, and innovation extends the horizon of imagination further, keeping the cycle of human development rolling.

Keywords: Imagination; Creativity; Innovation; Creative destruction; Display model; Search model; Conceptual model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-98647-6_5

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