The current research study utilized a case study research method to test the theory that the creativity and innovative processes are a complex adaptive system. Through qualitative interviews with renowned creators, the current study categorized the data into eight characteristics of complex adaptive systems: path dependent, systems have a history, non‐linearity, emergence, irreducible, adaptive, order and chaos, and self‐organizing. This study advances the literature by being the first to identify and test the creativity and innovative processes as a complex adaptive system. The current study also extends the theoretical model for creativity and innovation by providing support for each of the eight characteristics of a complex adaptive system. The supported model provides a new perspective on creativity and innovation that could benefit organizational research and how these processes are managed.

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做事就做：一个案例研究，将创造力和创新过程作为复杂的自适应系统进行测试

当前的研究使用案例研究方法来检验理论，即创造力和创新过程是一个复杂的自适应系统。通过对知名创作者的定性采访，当前研究将数据分为复杂的自适应系统的八个特征：路径依赖，系统具有历史，非线性，出现，不可约，自适应，有序和混沌以及自组织。这项研究成为第一个识别和测试作为复杂适应系统的创造力和创新过程的方法，从而推动了文献的发展。当前的研究还通过为复杂的自适应系统的八个特征中的每一个提供支持来扩展创造力和创新的理论模型。