Creativity Patterns ◾ 161
Even though there is a progression from one stage to the other as discussed
above, the stages do not necessarily follow each other in a strict sequence. One
may iterate through one of more of these stages before moving on to the next stage.
For example, the verication stage may show the inadequacy of the solution made
available by the illumination stage. is serves as preparation for going back to the
incubation stage.
Consequences
e practice in the use of this pattern will help you to harness your creative ener-
gies in the solution of any problem that you may be facing while conducting your
research.
Usage Example(s)
Hadamard (1954) describes the use of the inventive process by Henri Poincare,
a famous mathematicia ...