It is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This " think outside the box" .phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking. The term is thought to derive from management consultants in the 1970s and 1980s. This phrase can also be found commonly in dance, as encouragement to move creatively, beyond simple, geometric box steps and their basic variations, to literally step outside the box into more complex patterns of expression. To think outside the box is to look further and to try not thinking of the obvious things, but to try thinking of the things beyond them or even other than them.
Here is game of numbers and letters, to think outside the box.
Write random numbers and letters on a paper strip. Then ask anybody, to draw a face using these set of of letters and numbers.
See how ideas are generated and different designs of face emerges.
See visually about this think out of box game.
Who coined the term "Think out of the box"
This term is said to come from a puzzle created by a mathematician Henery Earnest Dudeney in the early 20th century.
Here is the nine dot puzzle which has to be connected with four lines
Scroll down for the answer to this puzzle
Fun quotes : Think outside the box
1) I do not think outside the box, I think what I can do with the box.
2) Make small mistakes, then you have no fear to try different things.
3) Creativity begins when there is no box on you.
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