At present businesses demand that if you have to succeed, you need to have an out-of-the-box thinking in order to come up with unique ideas.When many people think of innovation, they think about creating new products or systems that weren’t there before, or “something out of nothing.”
Thinking outside the box starts well before we’re “boxed in” – that is, well before we confront a unique situation and start forcing it into a familiar “box” that we already know how to deal with. Or at least think we know how to deal with.
The link 11 ways to beef up your out-of-the-box thinking skills. Make an effort to push your thinking up to and beyond its limit every now and again – the talents you develop may come in handy the next time you face a situation that “everybody knows” how to solve.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/11-ways-to-think-outside-the-box.html
Most people think that the ability to be innovative is a mystical state available only to the chosen few.
The effort, they imagine, takes a lot of time and hard work. And since they don't have time and don't like hard work, they reason that innovation just isn't in the cards for them.
http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/2014/09/how_we_get_resu.shtml
Thinking outside the box starts well before we’re “boxed in” – that is, well before we confront a unique situation and start forcing it into a familiar “box” that we already know how to deal with. Or at least think we know how to deal with.
The link 11 ways to beef up your out-of-the-box thinking skills. Make an effort to push your thinking up to and beyond its limit every now and again – the talents you develop may come in handy the next time you face a situation that “everybody knows” how to solve.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/11-ways-to-think-outside-the-box.html
Marketing and product managers often say they need a range of ‘out-of-the-box’ ideas to develop new products and to boost their brand or business. - See more at: http://drkenhudson.com/a-simple-tool-for-creating-out-of-the-box-ideas/#sthash.U6pPRZVW.dpuf
The 10 Most Creative New Business Ideas Out There
the attached link present examples of 10 innovative businesses that are truly thinking outside the box
http://www.allbusiness.com/creative-new-business-ideas/15562979-2.html
The phrase ‘Think Out of the Box’ has been coined to describe one goal
of the brainstorming phase and is encouraged, since asthis can aid helpin the
discovery of hidden elements and ambiguities in the situation and discovering
potentially faulty assumptions.
http://files.gtu.ac.in/circulars/14DEC/15122014_01.pdf
DESIGNING A PACKAGING TAKE-BACK SYSTEM in Carnegie Mellon universty
Thinking Outside ‘the Box : DESIGNING A PACKAGING TAKE-BACK SYSTEM
by H. Scott Matthews
Summary
Quantum’s hard disk drive bulk-packaging reuse program was developed
to reduce the volume of raw materials consumed in shipping product worldwide
to OEM customers. Achieving the goals of the project required significant coordination of internal departmental teams as well as with external OEM customers.
Despite these challenges, the project was able to achieve cost savings for
both Quantum and its customers. The PRP system reduced the number of discrete packaging components from 13 to 5. In addition, various environmental
effects such as packaging waste and emissions from logistics were significantly
reduced as a result of the program. The EIO-LCA model estimated 40% reduced
supply chain energy use and a 40% reduction in greenhouse gases. Thus, the
system succeeded in trading off increased logistics costs against reduction of
packaging use. In general, actual cost savings from such a system may take several years to be realized, due to slower than expected project acceptance and higher transportation and warehousing costs.
http://www.cmu.edu/gdi/docs/thinking-outside.pdf
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