THINKING

INSIDE

THE BOX!

THINKING

OUTSIDE!

IMAGINE

AN EASY

TASK

BUT FOR YOU

EASY = DIFFICULT

HOW DO YOU

FEEL?

FRUSTRATED!

SIMILARLY, WHEN A BOSS ENTERS

THINK OUT-

OF-THE-BOX!

HOW TO GO OUT

OF THE BOX?

WHERE TO GO?

HOW TO COME

BACK?

Giovanni Corazza

at TEDxRoma

answers OUT-OF-THE-

BOX questions

1.WHY?

IS SAFE!..

IS SAFE!..

..AND

WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

IS RISKY!

SO, IS IT A LUXURY?

OR A NECESSITY?

AS HUMANS, WE ALL HAVE THE

SAME INFORMATION

AS HUMANS, WE ALL HAVE THE

SAME INFORMATION

WHAT WE GENERATE

FROM THE COMMON

INFORMATION

MAKES US

DIFFERENT.

2. WHICH?(BOX ARE WE

TALKING ABOUT)

IS THIS THE BOX?

IS THIS THE BOX?

NO!

INITIAL CONDITIONS

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

INDIRECT CONDITIONS

3. H O W?

OH! AN APPLE.

OH! A RED APPLE.

OH! A RED APPLE FROM

THE TREE.

OH! AN APPLE.

OH! A RED APPLE.

OH! A RED APPLE GROWS

ON TREES.

"There is nothing more

deceptive than an

obvious fact."

OH! IT FELL ON MY

HEAD FROM THE TREE.

IT FELL ‘DOWN’.

Hmmmmm!!

GRAVITY?

4. WHERE?

NO PRESET

DIRECTION

TEMPTED TO

GO BACK

LONG

THINKINGThought that takes you far

OPEN-MINDED

FLUENTLOOK FOR

ALTERNATIVES

DON’T LOOK

FOR CORRECT

ANSWERS

Now suppose,

You are LUCKY!

And you land up a new idea

EUREKA!!

5. WHAT?

WHAT

is its

?

1. Match between NEW IDEA

and initial idea.

1. Match between NEW IDEA

and initial idea.

2. EVALUATE the IDEA per se.

6. WHEN?

When you ALLOW THE EXISTENCE of Divergent Information.

When you ALLOW THE EXISTENCE of Divergent Information.

And MIX-N-MATCH different disciplines.

OUT-OF-THE-BOX

THINKING …

SUMMARY

A NECESSITY

NOT OUT-OF-

THE-BRAIN

USES DIVERGENT

INFORMATION

INVOLVES LONG

THINKING

HAS A VALUE.

Created by Deboleena Dutta,

LSR,

during an internship by

Prof. Sameer Mathur,

IIM Lucknow.

www.IIMInternship.com