The one constant in life is change. But rigid ways of thinking can sabotage our efforts to thrive in a changing environment. Theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow believes human beings have the unique ability to think flexibly in ways that would unleash an inherent creativity — a skill he calls elastic thinking. “Analytical thinking might be how you figure out the best drive from home to work, but it’s elastic thinking that gave us the invention of the car,” he said. Mlodinow wrote a book on this topic called Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change, which he discussed on the Knowledge at Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111 .   The following is an edited transcript of the conversation. Knowledge at Wharton: What does it mean to have an elastic mind or elastic thinking? Leonard Mlodinow: I talk about two ways that humans think. One is rational, logical thought where we follow rules. We get from A to B using our logic and analytical thinking.…