3. Thinking Outside the Box

When people say “think outside the box”, the box is a frame, the traditional way of thinking about a problem. Going beyond this frame can lead to radically new or interesting ideas.

• Vertical thinking is the traditional type of thinking where one moves forward by sequential steps and where each step must be justified.
• Lateral thinking is the process of generating new ideas. It teaches you how to look at a problem from a differe...

• Create new questions or approaches.
• Invite different groups.
• Conduct a different type of meeting to break through the “group think”.
• Change the venue, add music and invite different and fresh perspectives.
• Find ways of tapping into the right brain of the par...