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fresh thinking (bookworm); lateral thinking (Anglophile); unconventional thinking (Mirror); inside-out thinking (Baaghi); thinking outside the box (Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box or thinking beyond the box) is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking. The term is thought to derive from management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s challenging their clients to solve the "nine dots" puzzle, whose solution requires some lateral thinking. WK Alexander Demidov); thinking out of the box (Thinking outside the box entails a thinking process, which comprehends the implementation of an unusual approach to the logical thinking structure. It's a procedure which aims to escape relational reasoning and thinking. Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box or thinking beyond the box and, especially in Australia, thinking outside the square) is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking. The term is thought to derive from management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s challenging their clients to solve the "nine dots" puzzle, whose solution requires some lateral thinking. WK Alexander Demidov); outside-the-box thinking (developers, organizational consultants, and university professors all had much to say about the vast benefits of outside-the-box thinking. Alexander Demidov) |
