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Progress often depends on creative thinking and innovation. Be they transformative, paradigm-shifting breakthroughs, or smaller, incremental improvements that may have less of an impact on their own but still contribute to progress, creative ideas can help solve problems and lead to domain-specific innovations or broader, transdisciplinary advancements.
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Haught-Tromp, C. (2016). Facilitating Creative Thinking in the 21st Century. In: Ambrose, D., Sternberg, R.J. (eds) Creative Intelligence in the 21st Century. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 11. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-506-7_7
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