Thinking Out of the Box

Tasks can be done in two ways..

Conventional and

Unconventional

Where conventional way produces this result…

the unconventional may produces this.

Thinking out of the box is…

thinking beyond what is and creating new ideas using what is

Why do we need to think Out of the Box?

To Innovate!

We are nodes in the network sharing information in real time, in the end we all possess same information.

What is difference among us?

It is what we generate out of the existing information and leads to…

Variations

and allows Human society to grow.

Which box are we talking about?

Brain?

NO!

How can we do that?!

Boundary within our mind which separates..

What we know What we haven’t thought about yet

What creates this box?

Genetic system - our heritage

Boundary conditions- Our environment

Indirect experiences

Learning in school and collegesKnowledge of how other people have thought, discovered and created

Direct experiences

Learning from success and failures

Inside Outside

SAFE Unknown, Unseen

Risky!

Necessity for human dignity but difficult to do

How to go out of the box?

Perception

Inside Outside

Convergent Information Divergent Information

Divergent information

Absurd, apparently not relevant,

Takes us far…

Where to go?

Leads to…

Temptation of not to take risk and go back!

Which needs to be resisted.

Thought Processes:

•Brilliant Thinking

•Fast Thinking

•Deep thinking

•Long Thinking

Long thinking

Thoughts that takes you far from initial point..

It involves ..

Association of Ideas

Application of ideas, theories and concepts in areas where they are never used before

Open mindLook for alternatives not correct answers

How to assess new ideas?

Evaluate the idea per se for some value

Look for the match in result and initial drive and evaluate it for the alternative it is serving and keep noticing the difference.

How to encourage Out of the BoxThinking?

Environment

HUMANS New Idea Challenge!

If environment punishes mistakes

implies

No New Ideas!

Environment needs to allow

• The existence of divergent information to come in• Mismatch between disciplines• Use metaphors in organizations• Mistakes

Recap

Credits

This presentation is based on the work and TED talk given by Giovanni Corazza.

Disclaimer

Created by Namrata Yadav, IIT Roorkee, during an internship byProf. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.

www.IIMinternship.com

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