Glossary: Thinking  |  Innovation         Thinking Outside the Box * * * Definition Enablers Examples     Thinking outside the box means approaching challenges and problems in new, innovative ways; conceptualizing problems in non-conventional ways; perceiving situations differently; and searching for non-obvious solutions.   This puzzle illustrates the value of outside-the-box thinking. Join the 9 dots with 4 straight lines without lifting the pen. It is only by thinking outside that the box the solution can be found. Learn   Super-Creativity 24/7   Teach     Outside-the-box Thinking as a Habit For super-creative people outside-the-box thinking is not a one-time effort, it's an effortless habit.       Each cycle of the virtuous spiral of relentless creative thinking has three phases: ① Leave your comfort zone and become an explorer; ② Adopt a beginner's mind and challenge assumptions, ask 'Why? What if?' questions; ③ Step out of your shoes and look at things through lenses of a complete stranger.   For a ventureprepneur, an out-of-comfort zone is a comfort zone. Vadim Inventor Author Founder Create 360! Be super-creative! Think creatively, act creatively, live creatively, grow creatively! Dennis Rules are meant to be broken. Donald Trump   Example: Donald Trump Trump is famous for his outside-the-box thinking and shock-therapy communications and actions. Trump uses unconventional approaches – known as Trumpship – to politics and governance. He looks at them in a brand new venturepreneurial way and challenges established norms and practices consistently.   Trumpformational Leadership 8 Keys to Trump's Success as a Disruptive Change Leader     Insight and Highersight Insight helps you understand what's inside the box. HIGHERsight helps you see farther and understand what's outside the box.   "The box" is a cell of voluntary mental self-imprisonment. Outside-the-box thinkers are jail breakers. Vadim Inventor Author Founder   'The Box' is a metaphor that symbolizes a set of any self-imposed cognitive limitations. To think outside the box is to look wider and further and to try not thinking of the obvious things, but to try thinking of the things beyond them.   Lateral thinking is concerned with breaking out of the concept prisons of old ideas. Edward de Bono   Be different and better!   Super-Creativity 360/24   e-Book for self-learners PowerPoint slides for teachers / trainers       Example → Problem Solving: American vs. Russian Approach     Once you rid yourself of conventional thinking you can get on with creating something truly innovative Vadim Inventor Author Founder   Outside-the-box Benefits of Outside-the-box Games     Simple outside-the-box diversification and marketing ideas can bring big − sometimes huge − returns. → Example   Outside-the-Box Intelligence Disruptive Strategist     Breakthrough Thinker Challenge Assumptions  →  Tips Disruptive Victory Break Rules  →  Quotes Open Mind Beginner's Mind Open-Minded Attitude  ▪  Curiosity Awakening Question Entrepreneurial Serendipity   Think outside the box while  designing your life Vadim Inventor Author Founder